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Dravid, Kumble unchanged in ICC Test rankingsDubai: Indian captain Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble maintained their second and eighth positions in the latest rankings for Test batsman and bowlers announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) here Thursday. While Dravid (882 rating points) trailed his Australian counterpart Ricky Ponting (931), leg-spinner Kumble (736) shared the eighth position with Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar, who slipped one place, the ICC said in a statement. Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan leads the bowlers' table with 906 points.Sri Lanka's Mahela Jaywardene and Kumar Sangakkara have reaped the reward for their 624-run third-wicket world-record partnership in the first Test against South Africa as they move up in rankings for Test batsmen.While captain Jaywardene, whose 374 is the highest-ever score by a Sri Lanka in Tests, has jumped nine places to be 10th, wicket-keeper Sangakkara, who scored 287, has climbed three places to be eighth with 795 points. read more. Nepalis stranded in DubaiA Nepali social worker in Dubai, Shyam Sharma, informed Nepalnews that the brokers brought them to Dubai after taking Rs. 150,000 per person giving assurance of good jobs in Iraq. The brokers had assured them to take them to Iraq via Dubai. The brokers fled after keeping Nepali workers in Rasalakhai city of Dubai. Of the stranded workers, five Nepalis, who were languishing in the city, said they did not even have proper arrangements for food. Stating that the number of Nepali people being cheated is increasing every day, Sharma advised the government to correspond to the concerned embassies not to issue visit visas to Nepalis and if anybody wants to go to the Arab countries, they should not be allowed to go there without having US dollars 1,000. Though the government has been banning foreign employment in Iraq, many Nepali go there via India with the hope of earning more money. read more. Yahoo! and Canaan Partners invest USD 8.65 million in ...Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 2006-08-05 (IndiaPRwire.com) -- Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company and Canaan Partners, a global early stage venture investor in innovative technology companies, today announced that the companies have both invested US $8.65 million in BharatMatrimony.com Pvt. Ltd, the No. 1 matrimony service provider with 7.5 million registered members. Both investors will be represented on the board of the company. Veda Corporate Advisors acted as a strategic advisor to the transaction. Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, BharatMatrimony Group, said, "It gives me immense pride that two of the world's leading companies in the technology and Internet space have invested in our business. More importantly, the global knowledge, partnerships and experience that both these investors bring will help us scale our business globally. read more. Wright favours Ganguly's selectionDubai: Amid speculation of a comeback by Sourav Ganguly to the Indian team, former coach John Wright has said the record of the former captain made a case for his inclusion in the one-day side.The ex-New Zealand skipper, currently in the eye of a storm over his just-published book 'Indian Summers', has also emphasised that he enjoyed a "steady" relationship with the Bengal batsman and there were no differences between them.Asked in an interview, which appeared in 'Gulf News' today, if he felt Ganguly still had a chance to make a comeback to the national team, he said: "I believe he is a great cricketer with more than 15,000 international runs and one who has given Indian cricket a certain direction."It will be great if he can make it." On his relationship with Ganguly, Wright said, "See, we had worked for more than four-and-a-half years and I believe we had a steady relationship."We are in a position where if he (Sourav) comes to Christchurch, he can think of having dinner at my residence while I can think of the same when I am in Kolkata. read more.We have read through the documents and presented it so that it is presented for you. There are more web sites right now that lay out a great deal of Jobs Dubai Airport tips.
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