Karachi, Nov. 9 : Pakistan cricket team coach Intikhab Alam has expressed happiness over the return to form of speedster Shoaib Akhtar ahead of the three-match One-day International series against the West Indies that kicks off in Abu Dhabi from November 12.
Exuding confidence about his side, Alam said Akhtar has regained the sort of speed that once made him the most feared pacer in international cricket, while the rest of the team is also itching to get back into action.
Melbourne, Nov 9: Popstar Melissa Etheridge has voiced her opinion against the banning of same-sex marriages, declaring that if California won''t allow gays to marry, she won''t pay her state taxes.
The 44-year-old singer says that no marriage - no tax dollars – because she is not being treated as a "full citizen", reports the Daily Telegraph.
People reports that Melissa posted a new blog post on The Daily Beast opposing the passage of California''s Proposition 8, along with Brad Pitt, Mary J. Blige, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dharamsala, Nov 9 : Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala organised a music concert here to promote peace and harmony.
Organised by Raise the Tibetan Flag Campaign (RTFC) and a self-help group, RAGPA, the concert provided a chance to exiles to stay connected with their music, which they feel is dying a slow death after the Chinese invasion of their homeland.
Such concerts they felt, help to preserve their culture.
Washington, Nov 9 : A new study has found that androgynous leaders, that is, leaders with both masculine and feminine traits are best in facilitating and creating a good innovation climate in an organisation.
Innovation means a deliberate introduction of new products, processes or methods in a role, group or organisation that clearly improves the results.
“Modern working life makes great demands on innovation to secure companies’ competitive advantage,” Science Daily quoted sociologist and researcher Anne Grethe Solberg at the BI Norwegian School of Management, as saying.
Both men and women have a right to help make strategic decisions in a company.
Chicago, Nov 9 : When American talk show host Oprah Winfrey wept on the shoulder of the man next to her during Barack Obama''s victory speech, little did she know that it would bring him into the spotlight.
Sam Perry, of Menlo Park, Calif., himself never realised that a weeping Winfrey leaning on his left shoulder in Grant Park on November 4 would bring him so much fame.
Oprah, who did not know the man, revealed on the "O" blog: All Oprah, all the time Oprah''s human hankie revealed Oprah: ''It was the best paper''.
Karachi, Nov. 9 : Pakistan cricket team coach Intikhab Alam has expressed happiness over the return to form of speedster Shoaib Akhtar ahead of the three-match One-day International series against the West Indies that kicks off in Abu Dhabi from November 12.
Dharamsala, Nov 9 : Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala organised a music concert here to promote peace and harmony.
Chicago, Nov 9 : When American talk show host Oprah Winfrey wept on the shoulder of the man next to her during Barack Obama''s victory speech, little did she know that it would bring him into the spotlight.
