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JAIRAM RAMESH

Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is in trouble due to his comments on the home ministry’s stance on China. In a visit to Beijing, Jairam Ramesh criticised the Indian home ministry of being ‘overly defensive’ and ‘alarmist’ in its approach towards the entry of Chinese companies in India. He also suggested the home ministry needed to be much more relaxed in its approach to Chinese investments in India. Bharatiya Janata Party criticised him for raising issues related to national security and the Prime minister Manmohan Singh warned him against making remarks about the functioning of other ministries. Home Minister P Chidambaram also expressed unhappiness over Jairam’s remarks that his ministry was putting needless restrictions on Chinese investments.However, Jairam Ramesh apologised to Home minister for his comments, but reported that he may be quit over his minister post.

BIOGRAPHY

Jairam Ramesh was born on 9th April, 1954 in Chikmagalur, Karnataka as the son of Late Prof. C.K. Ramesh and Shrimati Sridevi Rameshat. He gained his school education from ‘St. Xavier’s School’and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. In addition, he also gained Master of Science in Management and public policy from Mellon University’s Heinz College. He has held many government and political posts. He served in the Planning Commission, Ministry of Industry and other economic departments of the Central government and has been entrusted with numerous special assignments such as reorganizing India’s international trade agencies, implementing India’s technology missions and analyzing energy policy. He has also served as Advisor to the Finance Minister, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Advisor to the Prime Minister. In 2004 General election, he was elected from Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh for Rajya Sabha. Then he served as the ‘Minister of State for Commerce and Industry’ and the ‘Minister of State for Power’ in the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. In 2009 election, he was again elected from Andhra Pradesh to Rajya Sabha. Now, he has been the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests. He helped put together the ‘National Common Minimum Programme’ of the UPA. He is a man of diverse talents as he has authored a number of key Government reports in areas like energy, technology, capital goods, industrial policy and telecom. He is the columnist of many newspapers like ‘Business Standard’,’ Business Today’, ‘The Telegraph’, ‘Times of India’ and ‘India Today’ under the pen-name “Kautily”. His famous books are “Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India “, “Kautilya today - Jairam Ramesh on a globalizing India” and “Mobilising Technology for World Development”. He even serves on the boards of a number of public institutions in India and abroad and has been a founding member of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He is married to Jayashree and they have two sons, Anirudh and Pradyumna.

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010

Cricket lovers are anxiously waiting to knew who will be the winners of the third edition of ‘World Twenty20 cricket’ series.  This amazing cricket tournament was started on 30th April in West Indies and it will end on 16th May 2010. Twelve teams are participated in this tournament. All Test playing nations and two teams who were qualified in the Qualifier match are playing in this tournament. India, Pakistan, Australia, England, West Indies, Sree Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Ireland and Afghanistan are the teams and they were divided into four groups. Barbados, Guyana and Saint Lucia are the playing ground of this tournament. In the first edition of the ‘ICC World Twenty20′, India became the first World T20 Champions by defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final. Previous runners-up Pakistan was the winner in the second edition of ‘ICC World Twenty20′ by defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final. Every teams are presenting their biggest team in this tournament. The first World T20 Champion, India is already out from this tournament. They were defeated by Australia and West Indies in Super eight matches. Previous champion Pakistan and England were entered in the semi final of the tournament. So get ready for watching this amazing cricket bonanza in coming days.

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 TEAM GROUPS

Group A - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia
Group B - Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Zimbabwe
Group C - South Africa, India and Afghanistan
Group D - West Indies, England and Ireland

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 SQUADS

India Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c),    Yuvraj Singh, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar

Pakistan Squad : Shahid Afridi (c), Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Hammad Azam, Kamran Akmal, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Abdur Rehman

Afghanistan Squad : Nowroz Mangal (c), Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Hameed Hasan, Karim Sadiq,     Mirwais Ashraf,  Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Nasratullah Nasrat, Noor Ali, Raees Ahmadzai, Samiullah Shinwari, Shabir Noori, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Shapoor Zadran

Australia Squad : Michael Clarke (c), Daniel Christian, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Dirk Nannes, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White

Bangladesh Squad : Shakib Al Hasan (c), Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Jahurul Islam,     Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal

England Squad : Paul Collingwood (c), James Anderson, Ravinder Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy

Ireland Squad : William Porterfield (c), Andre Botha, Peter Connell, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnsto, Nigel Jones, Gary Kidd, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson

New Zealand Squad : Daniel Vettori (c), Shane Bond, Ian Butler, Martin Guptill,Gareth Hopkins, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Aaron Redmond, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor

South Africa Squad : Graeme Smith (c), Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveld, Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel, Morne Morke, Dale Steyn, Juan Theron, Roelof van der Merwe

Sri Lanka Squad : Kumar Sangakkara (c), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Chanaka Welegedara

West Indies Squad : Chris Gayle (c), Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher,  Wavell Hinds, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor

Zimbabwe Squad : Prosper Utseya (c), Andy Blignaut, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Greg Lamb, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Christopher Mpofu, Ray Price, Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 SCHEDULE

Fri 30
17:00 GMT, 13:00 local      1st Match, Group B – Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 30
21:00 GMT, 17:00 local      2nd Match, Group D – West Indies v Ireland
Providence Stadium, Guyana
May-2010

Sat 01
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      3rd Match, Group C – India v Afghanistan
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sat 01
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      4th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Bangladesh
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      5th Match, Group C – India v South Africa
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      6th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Australia
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 03
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      7th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon 03
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      8th Match, Group D – West Indies v England
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      9th Match, Group B – New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      10th Match, Group D – England v Ireland
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 05
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      11th Match, Group A – Australia v Bangladesh
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 05
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      11th Match, Group C – South Africa v Afghanistan
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      13th Match – A1 v D2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      14th Match – C1 v B2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      15th Match – A2 v C2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      16th Match – B1 v D1
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      17th Match – C1 v D2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      18th Match – A1 v B2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      19th Match – C2 v D1
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      20th Match – B1 v A2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mon 10
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      21st Match – B2 v D2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 10
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      22nd Match – A1 v C1
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11
17:00 GMT, 13:00 local      23rd Match – B1 v C2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11
21:00 GMT, 17:00 local      24th Match – D1 v A2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Thu 13
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 14
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 16
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      The Final – TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Barbados