95: Newsprint: December 28, 2017

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SPORTS:-

Former England captain Alastair Cook has copped a lot of flak recently for his below par showing at the top of England's batting order in the ongoing Ashes series against Australia. Cook, who is England's highest run-getter in Tests, was expected to lead the visitors' fairly inexperienced batting unit against the arch enemy. But the southpaw failed miserably in the first three Test matches as he failed to register even a score of above 40 as England surrendered the Ashes by losing all three matches. The Boxing Day Test in Melbourne was all about playing for pride for the Three Lions as the rampant Aussies eyed a humiliating whitewash. And the experienced opener finally put his hand up as he slammed an unbeaten double hundred on the third day of the fourth Test to put England in command with a lead close to 200 runs.

ENTERAINMENT:-

The Kochi police arrested a fan of superstar Mammootty for 'cyberbullying' actor Parvathy after she publicly stated that some of the dialogues in the Mammootty-starrer Kasaba were strongly prejudiced against women. Pinto, a person hailing from Wadakanchery, was arrested by the police and, during questioning, he said he is part of the Mammootty fan club from his area. The police probing the complaint of the actor have indicated that more arrests are likely. Trouble for the young award-winning actor Parvathy began after she expressed her reservations regarding the dialogues in the 2016 released film wherein Mammootty plays the role of a police officer.

TECH:-

Twitter has announced the list of its most trending hashtags in India for the year 2017. Topping this trending hashtag list is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio programme "Mann Ki Baat". Following the #Mannkibaat, #jallikattu and #GST came out to be the most trending hashtags on Twitter in India in the year 2017, as per the micro-blogging platform.