Virat Kohli becomes first player with 50 ODI centuries
Mumbai: Indian batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the first batsman on the planet to score 50 ODI century, breaking the record of fellow Indian Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli scored his 50th ton in the ICC ODI World Cup Semifinal against New Zealand at the Wankhede stadium here. He scored his 50th ton in his 291th match and 279th inning, significantly better than Sachin Tendulkar in terms of matches and innings who scored 49 centuries in 462 innings.
Kohli currently is nearing 14000 ODI runs and bats at a brilliant average of nearly 59 in the ODI format. This is also Kohli’s 80th century, nearing another milestone of most international centuries, currently held by Sachin Tendulkar who has 100 international centuries.
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Plea on stray dogs mentioned in SC, CJI says he 'will look into it'
New Delhi (PTI): "I will look into it," Chief Justice of India B R Gavai assured on Wednesday when a plea relating to stray dogs was mentioned for urgent hearing in the Supreme Court.
The plea by the Conference for Human Rights (India) was mentioned before a bench of the chief justice and Justice K Vinod Chandran by a lawyer.
Another bench has already passed an order in relation to stray dogs, the CJI pointed out.
On August 11, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan observed that instances of dog bites had given rise to an "extremely grim" situation and ordered the permanent relocation of all strays in Delhi-NCR "at the earliest".
On Wednesday, the lawyer referred to a May 2024 order passed by a bench led by Justice J K Maheshwari relegating petitions relating to the stray dog issue to respective high courts.
The CJI then assured that he will look into it.
The plea by Conference for Human Rights (India) claims the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules, 2001 mandating regular sterilisation and immunisation programmes for stray dogs to curtail their growing population are not being complied with.
In its August 11 ruling, the apex court also said dog shelters will have to be augmented over time and directed Delhi authorities to start with creating shelters of around 5,000 canines within six to eight weeks.
Besides, the bench warned of strict action against an individual or organisation in case of any kind of obstruction in the relocation drive that might also prompt the court to initiate contempt proceedings.
