DDCA league weekly round-up

Last week’s Delhi and District Cricket Association’s one-day league (40-overs) saw some exciting performances from players with multiple half-centuries and four-wicket hauls. Here’s a look at the teams and performers

Waghela’s all-round show helps Delhi U-16s enter Vijay Merchant quarters

The all-rounder scores a fighting century and then picks eight wickets in the match to help Delhi thrash Himachal Pradesh by 428 runs and enter the last 8 stage

Cricketer Rishabh Pant suffers injuries after car accident

Pant suffered laceration on the forehead just above his left eye. His back also suffered cuts after the cricketer, who is said to have been travelling alone, had to break the window to escape the burning car

Not wearing helmet claimed 46,593 lives: MoRTH

In all, 4,12,432 road accidents occurred in 2021, resulting in 1,53,972 fatalities and 3,84,448 injuries

Wedding bells ringing again

The big fat Indian wedding has returned after the Covid break but with reduced guest list and fresher ideas like destination wedding

Slight relief from cold in Delhi; intense chill to return in early January

Meteorologists attributed the spell of cold wave and below-normal day temperatures in northwest India to frigid north westerly winds barrelling through the plains and reduced sunshine due to foggy weather

Experts call for increased surveillance, but rule out urgent need for 4th Covid vaccine dose

Countries such as the US and UK are administering third and fourth booster doses to fully vaccinated individuals as well as extra shots to the immunocompromised who did not have a strong immune response from their initial doses

Fabular Futures

Both the young artists invoke the power of myth and allegory to explore both inner and outer worlds. While Anupama's works mainly delve into innermost thoughts, Viramgami investigates more of worldly concerns