Ash-mixed rain in Udupi
Udupi, August 03: There were reports that various places in the district including Udupi received ash and salt-mixed rain between 3 pm and 4 pm on Friday.
After the rain, people found white colour ash and salt-mixed water on the vehicles parked in many places. The newspaper office received calls from Kota, Kundapura and other places about the acid rain. But the reason for such acid rain or ash-mixed rain is not yet known. Some people suspect that it was because of the UPCL thermal power plant at Nandikur in Padubidri, the places received such rain.
The UPCL was closed for the last 15 days for annual maintenance and it has resumed its work just three days back. But whether the thermal power plant was the main reason for such acid rain or not is not yet ascertained.
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MI beat PBKS by 6 wickets
Dharamsala (PTI): Already out of play-offs race, Mumbai Indians beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in their IPL match here on Thursday.
Tilak Varma remained not out on 75 off 33 balls as MI chased down the target of 201 with one ball to spare. Will Jacks gave Varma company with 25 not out off 10 balls as MI reached 205 for 4 in 19.5 overs.
For Punjab, Azmatullah Omarzai was the most successful bowler with figures of 2/36.
Earlier, Shardul Thakur returned with excellent figures of 4 for 39 for MI, who are already out of the IPL play-offs race, but Punjab Kings still scored 200 for 8.
Deepak Chahar (2/36), Corbin Bosch (1/42) and Raj Bawa (1/11) were the other MI wicket takers.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 200 for 8 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 57; Shardul Thakur 4/39).
Mumbai Indians: 205 for 4 in 19.5 overs (Tilak Varma 75 not out; Azmatullah Omarzai 2/36).
