Two new teams will be added to the second edition of the T20 Mumbai League to make it an eight team event which is to be held from May 14 to 24 at the Wankhede Stadium.Adding to the current squad of six teams, the newly introduced teams will represent the constituencies of Mumbai Western Suburbs and Mumbai Eastern Suburbs, respectively, a media release issued on behalf of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) said on Thursday.The MCA has invited bids from interested parties as per the criteria put down in the ‘Invitation to Bid’ (ITB) document.Triumph Knights Mumbai North East emerged as the champions in edition One and Mumbai Ranji team all rounder Shivam Dubey was crowned player of the series.Also Watch | Delighted to have Vijay Shankar in India’s World Cup team: Virat Kohli to India TodayAlso Watch | Ishant Sharma is biggest surprise in 5-man Cricket World Cup stand-by listAlso Watch | India name 15-man squad for 2019 Cricket World Cup read more
Categories: Health, Local San Diego News, National & International News, Politics FacebookTwitter December 31, 2018 Utah implements nation’s lowest DUI limit AP, AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Year’s Eve revelers in Utah could find themselves with more than a hangover as 2019 dawns. If they drink and drive, they could end up on the wrong side of the nation’s newest and lowest DUI threshold.The 0.05 percent limit went into effect Sunday, despite protests that it will punish responsible drinkers and hurt the state’s tourism industry by adding to the reputation that the predominantly Mormon state is unfriendly to those who drink alcohol. The state’s old limit was 0.08 percent, the threshold in most states.For Utah lawmakers, the change is a safety measure aimed at encouraging people not to drive at all if they’ve been drinking.The change was easily approved in 2017 by the Legislature, which is mostly Mormon and mostly Republican, and signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert, also a Republican and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The religion teaches its members to abstain from drinking alcohol.“The vast majority of people nationwide think that if a person has been drinking they shouldn’t be driving,” said Republican Rep. Norm Thurston, who sponsored the measure.The change means that depending on things such as food intake, a 150-pound man could be over the 0.05 limit after two beers in an hour, while a 120-pound woman could exceed it after a single drink in that time, according to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The National Transportation Safety Board also backs the change, and many in the hospitality industry worry that other states will follow suit. Utah was among the first to adopt the now-standard 0.08 threshold decades ago, and lawmakers in four states — Washington, Hawaii, Delaware and New York — have floated measures to lower their DUI limit in recent years. None has passed.“Other states proposing the 0.05 law, don’t just follow blindly in the footsteps of Utah,” said Jackson Shedelbower, a spokesman for the American Beverage Institute, a national restaurant group.In 2017, the group took out newspaper ads in Utah, neighboring states and in USA Today, featuring a fake mugshot under a large headline reading, “Utah: Come for vacation, leave on probation.”It’s unfair that smaller people could violate the new threshold after just one or two drinks in quick succession, even though they’re no more impaired than someone talking on a hands-free cellphone, his group argues.NTSB member Bella Dinh-Zarr countered that fears about the law are overblown. Nearly 100 countries have a similar limit, and it hasn’t correlated with less drinking per-capita. Federally funded research indicates the standard could save some 1,500 lives a year if adopted around the U.S., she said.“The restaurant industry should support this because it keeps their customers alive and drinking,” Dinh-Zarr said.Utah’s law takes effect as the state basks in the news that the U.S. Olympic Committee chose Salt Lake City over Denver as a future bid city, most likely for the 2030 Winter Olympics. State tourism officials say they’re not concerned about the law driving away visitors.With the increased use of Uber and other ride-hailing apps, many people going out for a night on the town don’t set foot in their own cars. In Utah, DUI arrests have dropped more than 50 percent over the past seven years despite a booming population, according to state figures.Even if the law doesn’t present a practical problem, it could scare off some visitors who see the state as rigid about liquor laws, said David Corsun, director of the Daniels College of Business’ Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management. Still, it’s hard to say how big the impact might be.“If you really want to ski Utah, you’re going to ski Utah. You’re just going to figure it out,” Corsun said.Police, meanwhile, say they’re aiming to stop dangerous drivers, not target people who might have had a drink or two and could be in violation of the lowered DUI threshold.“You can’t just stop someone who left a bar because you suspect they may have used alcohol,” said Sgt. Nick Street with the Utah Highway Patrol.Still, patrons of Salt Lake City’s burgeoning bar scene do feel unfairly singled out by the change.Stopping for a whiskey after work with her sister at the upscale pub Beerhive, Maude Romney, 29, said she’ll likely only go to places she can walk to from her downtown home.“I’m paranoid about it already,” she said.A DUI charge can be expensive and have long-term effects on careers.In a booth in a corner, recent Ohio transplant Rob Wheatley, 50, said he drinks to try new craft beers, not to get drunk. He’s skeptical that the law will be a serious deterrent for binge drinkers.“I don’t know if it’s going to change anyone’s behavior,” he said. “If they’re going to have a beer, they’re going to have a beer.” Posted: December 31, 2018 read more
2019 GMC Sierra Denali review: So close to greatness Comment Car Industry Electric Cars 2020 BMW 330e first drive: A plug-in 3 Series without compromise 37 Photos 1 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class first drive: If it ain’t broke… More From Roadshow Enlarge ImageWith 20 or so more EVs planned for production in the next six years, Volkswagen is going to need a lot of battery cells. Volkswagen Volkswagen has made no secret about its plans for electrification in the near future. With 20 battery-electric models slated to come to market in the next six years, VW is going to need a lot of battery cells, and to get them; it’s decided to make its own.Volkswagen will invest nearly 1 billion Euros in a battery cell production facility in the Lower Saxony region of Germany, the company said Monday in a press release. This news comes pretty soon after the announcement that it would be retooling its factory in Zwickau (also in Saxony) to be an EV only plant.”Today’s decision by the Supervisory Board marks a breakthrough for battery cell production in Lower Saxony,” Stephan Weil, minister president for Lower Saxony, said in a statement. “The production of battery cells is crucial for the No. 1 automotive stronghold. These are positive signals for the Salzgitter location. I am very optimistic that battery cells can be produced in Germany at competitive conditions.”Volkswagen’s release says it’ill have a partner in this battery cell production facility, but it declined to identify that partner. If we were the betting type, we’d guess that it’s Varta — a German battery company in which the government there has recently invested money to kickstart EV cell production.”As part of our comprehensive electrification offensive we plan to secure our battery capacities through strategic partnerships,” Supervisory Board Chairman Hans Dieter Pötsch said in a statement. “At the same time, we wish to expand our production capacities in Europe to support our growth plans. Given the ever greater complexity of our industry and the related challenges, it is essential to focus on our core business.” Volkswagen Tags VW e-Golf wraps new electric drive in hatchback goodness Share your voice Volkswagen read more
[Representational Image]twitterFrank Hoogerbeets is slowly emerging as a very popular name among conspiracy theorists and doomsday mongers. The self-proclaimed seismic researcher, who used to make his earthquake predictions on his website Ditrianum, has literally perplexed everyone by forecasting seismic activities that may happen on the earth in the future.A few days back, Hoogerbeets had predicted that a strong earthquake that will measure more than 7 on the Richter scale will hit the planet in the first week of May. Interestingly, on the same timeline, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rattled Papua New Guinea on May 7. As Hoogerbeets’ prediction turned true, many people have started claiming that the forecast he makes using SSGI (Solar System Geometry Index) is authentic.As earthquake fear looms, Hoogerbeets has now issued a dire warning regarding a possible earthquake that may hit the planet in the coming days. In a recent website post, Hoogerbeets predicted that a larger seismic activity may occur from May 8 to May 11 and some quakes may even measure more than 8 on the Richter scale.Hoogerbeets also revealed that this rise in seismic activities is due to a critical planetary alignment which is destabilizing the tectonic plates on earth.”On May 8 Earth lines up with Mercury and Uranus, which is 71% of the cases since 2005 result in larger seismic activity. Because this time Mercury is also involved in other alignments, larger seismic activity may occur from the 8th to the 11th, possibly high 6 to 7 magnitude and in a worst-case scenario magnitude 8,” wrote Hoogerbeets on his website.However, Hoogerbeets did not reveal the exact place in which this earthquake is going to hit. If such an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale hits the earth, it will cause massive destruction in the affected areas.Even though Hoogerbeets is quite confident about his predictions, experts believe that no technology in the modern world is capable of forecasting earthquakes with such precision. As per experts, Hoogerbeets predictions are classic examples of coincidences, and they believe that SSGI has no scientific base. read more
NarayanganjA housewife was found dead at Munjilkhola in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Friday, 17 days after she had gone missing, reports UNB.The deceased is Minu Akhtar, 35, former wife of Junayed Mia, 45, of the area.Family sources said Minu went missing on 21 May.Her mother filed a general diary (GD) with Sonargaon police station on 23 May and later informed Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of it.Following the allegation, RAB members arrested Minu’s former husband Junayed from Shimrail in Siddhirganj on Thursday night and recovered the victim’s body from Munjilkhola on Friday morning.At a press conference, commanding officer of RAB-9 Shamser Uddin said Minu got divorced with Junayed in 2018 but they continued their relationship although Junayed was engaged in the second marriage.On 21 May night, Minu went to Junayed’s house while his second wife was at work. At that time, Junayed demanded Tk 20,000 from her for business purpose which Minu declined to give and this led to an altercation between them.At one stage, Junayed beat and strangled her, the RAB official said.He dumped her body into a ditch near his house on that night and the following day, he dug it out and buried again it under sand near his house before fleeing. read more
Kolkata: In an apparent dig at the BJP, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said painting was her passion and she does not “eke out a living by selling them”.The Chief Minister’s reaction comes after BJP national president Amit Shah’s allegation on Tuesday that her paintings were bought by chit-fund owners for crores of rupees. In a counter attack, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, on Wednesday, dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah to prove the allegation against her. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Mercedes car in Kolkata, 2 pedestrians killedLaunching a calendar featuring some of her sketches at the inauguration of International Kolkata Book Fair here, Banerjee said the Centre need not worry about her income as she does not receive any pension and salary from either the Centre or the state government respectively. Banerjee clearly maintained that she earns sufficiently from the royalty of her published books and by composing music. Seven books of the Chief Minister, including one on the current political scenario, was published at the fair on Thursday, taking the total number of her published works to 87. Also Read – Bose & Gandhi: More similar than apart, says Sugata BoseOn Thursday, at the inauguration of the 43rd International Kolkata Book Fair in Salt Lake, the Chief Minister also said that “dushtu” (mischievous) people should not be allowed to spoil the magic and charm of “mishti” (sweet) Book Fair. Speaking at the Book Fair, Banerjee said: “This is the best Book Fair in the world. It is a festival of books. I do not think there is such footfall to buy books anywhere else in the world or not. Around 2.2 million people visited the Kolkata Book Fair last year. Let those who are jealous about it say whatever they wish to. Every festival in Bengal is the best in the country. Without books, we can’t have knowledge. Many people now-a-days type or read posts on social media. But feelings can only be expressed through writing, not by typing. Alternative of books can only be books and nothing else.” During the inaugural programme, Banerjee stated that despite being entitled to get a pension as she was a Member of Parliament (MP) seven times, she does not take a single penny from the Central exchequer. Not only that, she does not even take a single rupee as salary from the state government. “I hope Delhi need not worry about my earnings. I earn sufficient from the royalty of my books and by composing music,” she added. Later the Chief Minister she brought out a calendar where her paintings have been utilised. After its official launch, she said: “While publishing the calendar, Suva da (Suvaprasanna) told me that Delhi might say something regarding this too. I told him ‘let them say’. I will send them copies of some books and calendars.” The Publishers and Booksellers Guild has thanked Banerjee for her initiative regarding the Book Fair. Tridib Chatterjee, secretary of the Guild, stated that due to her intervention, people can visit the Book Fair hassle-free. “Due to her intervention only, the entry has been made free and arrangements of drinking water at the event have been made possible. Also, she intervened and arranged for transportation for the people visiting the Book Fair,” Chatterjee said. read more