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Afghan King meets Natwar
by Prem Prakash

     Kabul: Indian External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh called on Afghanistan's King Zahir Shah on Tuesday. Singh, who had initially planned to call off his visit to Afghanistan because of inclement weather and heavy snowfall in that country, was received very warmy by the King. During the meeting, the King was in a reminiscent mood and described the long association between the Afghan royal family with the Nehru-Gandhi family as being memorable. Recalling the first state visit of Jawaharlal Nehru to Afghanistan over four decades ago, King Zahir Shah said it was a historic moment in the sense that women of the Afghan royal family came out of the palace without their traditional burquas, as they saw Nehru as a brother, and not as a leader of one of the largest democracies of the world. The King also recalled his association with former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The meeting lasted for about 30-minutes.

12 cameras to test Bhajji's action (Go To Top)

     Mumbai: At least 12 high resolution cameras will be used to analyse Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's bowling action at the University of Western Australia. "His suspected bowling action will be analysed by twelve Vicon cameras on Thursday at 5.00 p.m.," Professor Bruce Elliot of the University wwas quoted as saying on Monday. Vicon cameras are widely used to apply 3D motion data for the analysis of whole body or specific joints. Vicon systems are used by many leading biomechanics research laboratories. Professor Elliot will be assisted by Australian bowling expert Daryl Foster. "We have been involved in fast bowling research since Dennis Lillee first broke down with stress fractures in 1973. Since then we have researched low back injuries, fast bowling and more recently the legitimacy of this technique," Foster was quoted as saying.

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