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This is the feeling I got about Sania Shoaib Wedding as it is stealing all the attention for the wrong reasons. Now, it is competing with IPL season 3 as far as catching media attention is concerned. I remember that 3 years ago, the wedding of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan caused similar kind of sensation and people were crazy for many days about it. Now, the same thing is happening. The presence of the first wife of Shoaib Malik in the same city that Sania Mirza lives added the perfect twist in the saga and it just made the wedding even more interesting to the mass people.

When it comes to manufacturing, China is the country. Companies like Dell have invested billions of dollars there and the reality is that they ship products everywhere from China. Naturally, having an alternative is a good thing for major manufacturing countries. As far as automobile is concerned, India has proved to be a good destination for production and all the major automakers in the world are now in India.

It seems that India can be a good place for computer manufacturing too. 

This blog just passed 4 years on 22 March 2010. Incidentally, 22 March is also my birthday. On 22 March 2006, I started blogging here and it is really like my first love in blogging. The blog and the entire Know More Media network fell victim to the mighty economic recession. I understand the decision of owners of Know More Media to shut down the blog network at the end of July 2008. Now, the recession is gone and I hope that the blogs come back to life again.

New Zealand has clinched the three-match ODI series against Pakistan in United Arab Emirates following a thrilling victory in the third and the final match of the series in Abu Dhabi. New Zealand won the last ODI by only 7 runs. Chasing a target of 212, Pakistan was struggling after losing 9 wickets at 101. However, a gallant innings from 17 year-old Mohammad Aamer almost took the match away from New Zealand’s grip.

Before the end of Cold War and Soviet Union, Pakistan was the best friend of USA in South Asia. On the other hand, India has very close relationship with Soviet Union. So, Pakistan received generous aid from USA over the decades. After the fall of Soviet Union, the equation got changed some and Washington has now very good relationship with India too. Anyway, US Congress has approved a bill to increase non-military aid to Pakistan.

The match between India and Australia has been abandoned due to heavy rain. Winning the toss, Australia chose to bat first and scored 234 for the loss of four wickets from 42.3 overs. However, batsmen could not continue the game due to heavy rain and they had to leave the ground to take shelter from rain. As ground was wet and unable to play because of water, match referee refused. Now, both Australia and India will have to look for their next match to make sure their place in the semi-final round.

The curtain of ICC Champions Trophy is going to be opened day after tomorrow. You can find the schedule here in this blog. Yes, this is the good part of Internet today. Cricket may not be a popular sports outside of India and there is not that many websites dedicated to this game. However, there are some dedicated bloggers who are there for you. They are writing every day just to bring some news for you so that you don’t have to browse that much. Here, I am giving a list of some blogs that will give coverage to ICC Champions Trophy 2009.

Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra, two of the top actresses of Bollywood, are coming together in a remake of Bride Wars which would be produced by Shrishti Arya. Bride Wars is a romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Kate and Anne are two best friends who wanted to get married in the same hotel on the same day and they try to sabotage each other’s marriage.  

India got off to a good start to Compaq Cup 2009 tri-nation tournament as they defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this victory, India ensured their appearance in the final, leaving New Zealand out of the tournament. India will face Sri Lanka on Saturday in their second match of the preliminary stage before meeting the same opponent in the final.