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Goren Bridge: Canadian slam?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Canadian slam?

The Hindu  

Today’s deal reminds us of a tournament in Canada some years ago that attracted many American experts. The Americans responded the next day with a suggested defense to a Canadian Slam – cash your two aces, then sit back and wait for your trump trick. The best technical chance was to cash the ace of diamonds, ruff a spade in …

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Goren Bridge: The Battle
1 year, 2 months ago

Goren Bridge: The Battle

The Hindu  

A pretty normal auction. He led a low diamond toward the dummy, and West rose with his king of diamonds to lead another trump. West led a low diamond to East’s ace, who led his last trump. The winning line was to rise with dummy’s ace at trick one and lead a club to the jack. Should the defense lead …

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If there is to be a future, it should not be led by the West
2 years, 7 months ago

If there is to be a future, it should not be led by the West

Al Jazeera  

‘The West has proven it is incapable of leading the world,’ says African studies scholar Yannick Giovanni Marshall. If there is to be a future worth living, a future where we won’t always be under the threat of Nazism, climate catastrophe, nuclear war, or fascism, the West should stop leading the world. The West has proven that it is incapable …

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From Kaif's colts' maiden win to heartbreak for Garg's side — India's past performances in U-19 World Cup
2 years, 11 months ago

From Kaif's colts' maiden win to heartbreak for Garg's side — India's past performances in U-19 World Cup

Firstpost  

India have won the U19 World Cup title a recrd four times. Two years after Bangladesh’s roaring victory over India in that final of the ICC U19 World Cup, the biennial tournament returns, this time being hosted by the West Indies. 2004 U19 World Cup Four years since India’s maiden title triumph at the U19 World Cup, it was Ambati …

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West Bengal polls: How Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram daredevilry led TMC from near-collapse to sweeping the state
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal polls: How Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram daredevilry led TMC from near-collapse to sweeping the state

Firstpost  

With all leaders who could pull others with them gone, this victory has placed Mamata Banerjee in a safe seat to rule the state With over 200 sure seats by now, the Trinamool Congress has put itself in a secure position in West Bengal’s politics for the long haul. In fact, even if the numbers for the party were much …

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Led by notorious germaphobe, West Wing braces for coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Led by notorious germaphobe, West Wing braces for coronavirus

CNN  

Washington CNN — It’s a refrain President Donald Trump repeats whenever he encounters a cough, a sneeze or a sniffle. “When somebody sneezes – I mean, I try and bail out as much as possible when they’re sneezing,” Trump said last week during a briefing on the coronavirus, using his own aversion to potential maladies as an example for Americans …

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Researchers find genes of mysterious human species that interbred with Africans thousands of years ago
4 years, 10 months ago

Researchers find genes of mysterious human species that interbred with Africans thousands of years ago

Firstpost  

Not much is known about this ghost population other than they seemed to diverge from the evolutionary line around 650,000 years ago. Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa, the latest evidence of humankind’s complicated genetic ancestry. The …

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Kieron Pollard-led West Indies tune up for Hyderabad T20I
5 years, 1 month ago

Kieron Pollard-led West Indies tune up for Hyderabad T20I

The Hindu  

Kieron Pollard returns to the venue - Rajiv Gandhi Stadium - where he made a name for himself as one of the explosive batsman in the T20 format when he scored a spectacular 18-ball 54 for Trinidad & Tobago against New South Wales in the Champions League T20 championship, exactly a decade ago. Read: Bumrah starts training under Delhi Capitals’ …

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