Ryan Giggs playing the best in the history of football?

Alex Ferguson gave us some of the best one-liners in the history of the game. He could eviscerate his rivals – and his friends – with put-downs that were as beautiful as they were blunt. Paul Ince became a "big-time Charlie", Arsène Wenger "a novice", Rafa Benitez "an angry man", Dennis Wise "could start a row in an empty house", Filippo Inzaghi "was born in an offside position" and Manchester City were reduced to "noisy neighbours"

Much of Ferguson's wit was spent on chastising his challengers, but his best line was reserved for praising Ryan Giggs. When Ferguson recalled watching the splindly 13-year-old winger glide across a football field for the first time he said: “He just floated over the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.”

Giggs is 40 now, but no one has ever summed him up better. Putting his achievements into words is not easy, so here are some numbers:

963 games for Manchester United
672 league appearances
151 Champions League appearances
109 league goals
45 opponents in the Premier League
34 trophies
13 Premier League titles
4 FA Cups
2 Champions Leagues
1 club

Has any player in the history of English football had a better career than Giggs? The numbers look impressive, but what about the devil between the details. He didn't win the Ballon d'Or – unlike Stanley Matthews, Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen and Cristiano Ronaldo. He didn't captain his club for any length of time. He was at United for 23 years, but was he ever the best player in the team? Was he better than Eric Cantona in the mid-1990s, Roy Keane in the late 1990s, Paul Scholes in the early 2000s, Cristiano Ronaldo in the late 2000s, or Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie in the early 2010

His goalscoring record is nowhere near Bobby Charlton's. George Best scored more goals in half as many games; Wayne Rooney, who made his debut 12 years after Giggs, has scored more goals for United. He didn't last as long as Matthews, he didn't score as often as Charlton and he didn't lead his club to all those trophies.

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Anandiben Patel as the new Gujarat Chief Minister

Anandiben Patel, who succeeds Narendra Modi as the new Gujarat Chief Minister, is seen as a disciplinarian and hard taskmaster who puts a premium on probity, qualities often associated with her predecessor.

The 73-year-old Modi loyalist, the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat, was seen as a natural heir to the Prime Minister-designate as she headed the group of ministers tasked with the responsibility to run the state's day-to-day affairs during his hectic Lok Sabha campaign.

In Gujarat, Patel and Amit Shah are often described as Modi's "left and right arms".

Patel holds the key portfolios of urban development, revenue and disaster management and was earlier in charge of education ministry, driving successfully some of the key Modi projects, including boosting of female literacy.

The choice of Patel also takes into account the BJP's social arithmetic as the Patel community is the largest and most influential caste in the state and the backbone of its support base for over more than two decades.

Known for her no-nonsense image, she is the longest serving BJP minister who joined the party in late 80s and rose steadily through the ranks.

Married to Mafatbhai Patel, a professor, she has been living away from her family since mid-1990s and they have a son and a daughter.

Mafatbhai had announced his plan to fight Lok Sabha elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket but was reportedly talked out of it by their children. He has postponed a trip to abroad, anticipating her appointment as the new CM so that he could attend her oath-taking ceremony.

Patel shot into fame when as a school teacher she jumped into Sardar Sarovar reservoir in 1987 to save two girls from drowning.

Besides winning a gallantry award from the Governor, her heroics also caught the attention of BJP leaders, some of whom were familiar with her husband, who wanted the educated and brave woman to join their party as such a woman leader was almost a rarity at that time.

As a teacher too, she had received government awards. She and Modi worked together in BJP since she joined the party as he as the RSS pracharak would regularly interact with the state party leaders and their career graphs also rose simultaneously.

She was the only woman leader who joined the then BJP President Murli Manohar Joshi in unfurling the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar in 1992 and was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP two years later.

Always seen as a talented leader in the party, she was asked to contest assembly elections in 1998 and became a minister of state in the then Keshubhai Patel government.

She made no bones about her loyalty to Modi as she maintained her association with him even when he was banished from the state due to internal strife in party.

Modi gave her key portfolios as her stature rose and she was soon seen as his most trusted cabinet colleague.

As the education minister, she is credited with putting in an institutional mechanism to deal with transfers and postings of teachers in place of an ad-hoc regime, which was seen as breeding corruption.

Patel leads a frugal life and travels extensively across the state, monitoring government projects, interacting with officials and people.

One of her limitations, many party leaders say, is her not-so-friendly approach with party leaders and workers but she has often brushed such criticism aside, saying she should be judged not by the smile on her face but her work.

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Amity University organizes workshop on impact of natural disasters on wild animals.

Amity Institute of Wildlife Sciences in association with National Institute of Disaster Management flagged a three-day training workshop on "Impacts of Natural Disasters on Wild Animals and Mitigation Strategies" at its Amity Campus here today.

The three day workshop will witness the presence of Forest Officers, Researchers, Academicians and Students. It will educate the participants with key components leading to natural disaster and its impact on wildlife. The participants will be submitting the research paper at the end of the workshop.

Welcoming the guests and participants, Dr. N.P.S Chauhan, Director, Amity Institute of Wildlife Sciences said, "India has a varied and rich wildlife which should be both protected and conserved."

Expressing his concern, he said "there are some valuable species that have become extinct with time due to various causes such as poaching, hunting and natural disasters."

He further added that the workshop would provide an opportunity to discuss and deliberate on the impact of natural disasters on wildlife and the measures to conserve it.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Satendra, IFS, Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management said," in India, it the first ever programme which is organized addressing this issue. Referring to Uttrakhand Disaster and Phailin Cyclone Disaster in 2013, he added that India is prone to disasters and such disasters not only affect the mankind but also the flora and fauna."

He said that Rehabilitation is a very important part of Disaster Management. The basic objective of the workshop is to develop some tools to create awareness in society, orient the policy makers and educate the planners that they devise measures to protect and conserve the wildlife from natural disasters, he opined.

During the technical session, P.R Sinha discussed the topic "Man-Made and Natural Disaster and their Impacts on Wildlife". He said that Natural Disasters have caused the extinction of species in the past and man-made calamity act as a trigger to the disasters for such extinctions.

He further mentioned that it is important to create corridor areas in the conservation areas meant for biodiversity because the animals can easily sense the disaster early and through the corridor they can migrate. He insisted that there is a requirement of deeper understanding of the causes and impacts of natural disasters and planning of immediate strategies for action should be done.

Sharing her thoughts, Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh said, "in early years, there was an adequate population of wildlife but due to reasons such as deforestation and expansion of agriculture in certain areas, the wildlife has migrated or became extinct. She also said that animals are often the forgotten victims when natural disasters strike; hence there is a need to do research on the re-creation of forest and protection of wildlife."

She expressed her hope that there will be new learning for everyone during the three day workshop.

During the occasion, Chief Guest P.R. Sinha, Country Representative, IUCN-India, released the study material.

During the three day training workshop, various topics will be discussed such as "Flood Management in Kaziranga" by Mr. B.S Bonal, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority; "Impact of Natural Disaster in and around crucial wild habitats" by Dr. Harendrra Singh Bargali, Deputy Director, Corbett Foundation; "Rescuing wildlife in Crisis and Distress during Natural and Man Made Calamities" by Dr. NVK Ashraf, Senior Veterinarian and COO, Wildlife Trust of India among several others. 

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Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has been sent sent to judicial custody

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has been sent sent to judicial custody till May 23 after he refused to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 10,000 in connection with a defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.

A Delhi metropolitan court Wednesday ordered former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to be taken into judicial custody.

Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha fixed Friday as the next date of hearing. Manocha had asked him to furnish a bail bond of Rs.10,000 but the Aam Aadmi Party leader refused.

He has been sent to the Tihar jail.

Protests erupted here against a court's decision as angry AAP supporters of Kejriwal were seen shouting slogans, saying they were with Kejriwal in his fight against corruption.

Appearing before the court, Kejriwal told the judge that he would not furnish a bail bond in the case as it is of a political nature. Instead, he said he would give an undertaking to appear before the court at every hearing.

"I am fighting against corruption. I will not seek bail as I have not done anything wrong," the Aam Aadmi Party chief told metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha.

Kejriwal was summoned by the court for describing Gadkari as a "corrupt" person.

The anti-graft crusader's counsel told the court that in earlier defamation cases against him, Kejriwal was granted bail on the undertaking that he would appear before the court at every hearing.

The counsel added that Kejriwal would not flee from justice.

"I completely agree but what is the problem with furnishing bail bond," the court said. it added that furnishing a bail bond is a process of law and told Kejriwal that he was seeking different treatment.

Kejriwal responded by saying that it was a case of a political nature and he would not furnish a bail bond.

"You are representing the Aam Aadmi Party. I request you to behave as aam aadmi (common man)," the court said.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gadkari's lawyer opposed Kejriwal's plea.

Gadkari's complaint said on January 31 Kejriwal released a list of "India's most corrupt" people and it included Gadkari's name.

Gadkari has told the court that "false, baseless, scandalous, defamatory statements" by Kejriwal against him had lowered his dignity.

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The RBI eased tough gold import rules

The RBI eased tough gold import rules on Wednesday by allowing seven more private agencies to ship the precious metal, a move that industry officials say could augment supplies and reduce premiums in the peak wedding season.

Gold imports by India, the world's No. 2 bullion consumer after China, could quickly rise from current levels, according to the officials. This would help global prices, which slumped 28 percent last year, partly due to India's import curbs.

Struggling with a ballooning trade deficit, India in 2013 imposed a record high duty of 10 percent on overseas purchases of gold, the second-biggest item in its import bill, and introduced a rule tying import quantities to export levels.

On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India allowed "star trading houses", private jewellery exporters which had been barred from importing gold since July 2013, to resume imports, with immediate effect.

As a result, more than 20 entities, including state-run banks, private banks and agencies will now be allowed to import the metal.

"This is a welcome step as it is some sort of relaxation. Supplies will increase in another 8-10 days and premiums will certainly come down," said Bachhraj Bamalwa, director with All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation.

"Some gold that was routed through illegal channels will now be routed legally."

LEGAL IMPORTS

Legal monthly imports may soon increase by another 10-15 tonnes, from the current 20 tonnes, triggering a sharp correction in premiums to $40-50 an ounce on London prices from the current $90, he said. Premiums had hit a record of $160 an ounce in December last year.

The RBI also allowed banks to make gold loans to domestic jewellery makers, a practice that was stopped last year. Without the gold loans jewellers had been forced to take credit to fund purchases, adding to their costs.

"Gold metal loans are of great significance as they are expected to release the cost pressures, which all the jewellery retailers were facing," said Sudheesh Nambiath, India analyst, Thomson Reuters GFMS.

India's incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi, who led the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a decisive victory in a just-concluded election, has indicated his willingness to remove gold curbs.

Modi will be sworn in on Monday and the plan to ease the curbs is ready for his government to take up.

"Once Modi is sworn in, we expect more relaxation on gold imports," said Bamalwa.

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A loss will be the end of the road for Royal Challengers, leaving Royals, Sunrisers and Mumbai Indians to fight for the only remaining playoff spot.

The IPL bandwagon finally rolled into Kolkata on May 20, and with the backing of the country's largest crowd, Kolkata Knight Riders started their home campaign with a rout of Chennai Super Kings, winning their fifth successive game. That result took Knight Riders to fourth place, with 14 points in 12 games, creating a clear divide between the top and bottom halves of the points table. Their opponents for Thursday's game, Royal Challengers Bangalore, are one rung below them with 10 points from 12 games.

With 14 being the most points any team in the bottom half of the table can now aspire to reach, 16 has become the magic number that teams like Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will want to achieve. If Knight Riders and Royals lose all their upcoming games, and Royal Challengers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians win all of theirs, there could be five teams tied on 14 points, making for a thrilling last leg of the tournament. However, if Knight Riders win this game, they will move onto 16 points, thereby taking some sting out of the tournament. A loss will be the end of the road for Royal Challengers, leaving Royals, Sunrisers and Mumbai Indians to fight for the only remaining playoff spot.

The moods in the two camps will be very different coming into this game. Knight Riders will be upbeat, with five wins on the trot and their last two games at home. Royal Challengers, on the other hand, have won only two of their last five games and will be reeling from the close defeat to Sunrisersin their last outing.

Previous encounter

The previous clash between these two teams could well be dubbed the 'Chris Lynn Show'. Lynn had an 80-run partnership with Jacques Kallis, forging a recovery before Royal Challengers restricted Knight Riders to 150 on Sharjah's mirror-like strip. The Royal Challengers batsmen had all but bagged the game and needed nine runs to win off the last over with AB de Villiers at the crease. Four balls into the final over, Lynn's Fosbury Flop on the boundary line dismissed de Villiers and set up a two-run jailbreak for Knight Riders.

Watch out for...

Robin Uthappa has scored 392 runs in the India leg of IPL 2014, with no other batsman having scored even 300. He has eight 40+ scores in this tournament, of which seven have come in consecutive games. Ending this run of astonishing form is bound to be one of Royal Challengers' biggest tests.

The death overs in this match are likely to throw up a good contest. Royal Challengers' average run rate in the last five overs of an innings in IPL 2014 is 11.01 - every other team scores at less than 10 runs per over during this period. Knight Riders on the other hand, are the most miserly bowling team during this phase of the innings, conceding only 8.12 runs per over.

Stats and trivia

• Royals Challengers' recent IPL record against Knight Riders is poor. They have only one win in the last five games between the two sides.
• Chris Gayle and Jacques Kallis have turned out for both Royal Challengers and Knight Riders in the IPL and they are also the top run-scorers in matches between the two teams. Counting the runs scored for both teams, Gayle has 420, while Kallis has 356.
• Gautam Gambhir has scored the most runs against Royal Challengers in the IPL. Of his 454 runs against them, 169 have come while playing for Delhi Daredevils and the rest for Knight Riders.
• Royal Challengers have found Sunil Narine stifling. While he has taken only six wickets against them in the IPL, he has conceded 4.18 runs per over, while giving away more than five an over against all current IPL teams.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Freida Pinto and Mallika Sherawat walking the red carpet at Cannes 2014

Bollywood actresses are surely amongst the prettiest women! They very well know how to grab all the attention. Not only in India but also overseas they can charm everyone with their flawless style! With Bollywood beauties like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Freida Pinto and Mallika Sherawat walking the red carpet at Cannes 2014, here we go listing their looks at the film festival. Go on and have a look at these stunning beauties.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stuns at her first appearance on the red carpet in a golden Roberto Cavalli Fishtail Gown. The actress is not only back in shape and has flaunted her sexy figure but has even silenced the critics who condemned her for her weight gain post the pregnancy.

Fashionista Sonam Kapoor looked stylish in this black Ellie Saab Couture Gown on day 5 of Cannes 2014.

Sexy Sonam Kapoor elegantly poses in pale pink Anamika Khanna sari dress on day 6 of Cannes 2014.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE actress Freida Pinto looked beautiful in this Oscar de la Renta couture gown on day 5 of Cannes 2014.

Freida Pinto poses for the paparazzi in this spectacular gown on day 4 of Cannes 2014!

Bollywood babe Mallika Sherawat looks sensuous as she poses in this white traditional outfit.

Hot Mallika Sherawat graces the Canees 2014 red carpet in this sea green gown.

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