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The last three to four months have been a total hysteria for cricket fans across the world. And why not, it was show-time. First was the money oozing fest 'IPL' in May, accompanying all the glamour and who's who of the cricket world: players, coaches, support staff, owners. Following it was the grand quadrennial event: the ICC Cricket World Cup. And all of it further escalated to a new level with the nerve-wracking final. The Eng-NZ final face-off game will be remembered for generations and will often arguably be quoted as one of the best one-day matches in cricket history. As a supporter of New Zealand team (of course after India), I was disappointed to see them bag the runners up trophy 'again'; more so because of the debatable, odd rule that separated them from earning the coveted crown. Kudos to the England team as they played like champions and being the host, the victory served like a cherry on the cake.   Well, Wales was the other country from Great Britain a

Parts of America are colder than Antarctica! This was the headline in major journals worldwide and surely has been the hot (or should I say cold) topic discussed & debated amongst environmentalists and people across the globe recently. The conditions were certainly quite harsh in a few areas of the USA. The temperature has been recorded as low as -40 ° Celsius; said to be the lowest the mercury has dipped since several decades. The reason for this sudden sweep of cold winds is attributed to 'Polar vortex'. What is this Polar Vortex? Is it some newly coined term or it has always existed? Has the temperature ever been so low in USA because of it in the past? How long is this to stay? Read on to get the answers to these questions. Cassini model over Saturn's North Polar Vortex: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill What is Polar Vortex? Before answering the question, let me talk about a few basic terms from Geography. As we all know, Earth is divided into 2 halv