Wuhan Every setback HS Prannoy faces in his career is a harbinger of an almighty fightback. So it was inevitable that after missing out on the Commonwealth Games medal a fortnight ago, the big backhand of Indian badminton would whip one across with menace and roar away in his usual one-step-back-two-steps-forward way. The big Indian […]
Wuhan (China) During their “extensive and fruitful talks” in Wuhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to maintain peace at the border and strengthen greater strategic communication between the two sides, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. “The two leaders (Modi and Xi) underscored that it is important to maintain peace along India-China border region and decided […]
Goyang (South Korea) North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has laid the foundations for a meeting with President Donald Trump as soon as next month, signaling a willingness to discuss denuclearization and trying to dispel the idea that he’s an unreliable “little rocket man.” In an astonishing turn of events, a beaming Kim on Friday stepped across the […]
Investors in Reliance IndustriesNSE 2.15 % (RIL), India’s biggest private company by profit, will likely watch one key metric while assessing Jio’s future valuations: Its return on capital employed (RoCE). The telecom arm of the company owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has been at the vanguard of a data revolution in the country, […]
New Delhi Delhi Police on Friday arrested two Kashmiri students from Punjab who were involved in hacking over 500 Indian websites, including those of the government, police said. The accused have been identified as Shahid Malla, a CSE student at Aryan Group of College in Punjab’s Rajpura and Adil Hussain Teli, a BCA final year […]
Prithvi Shaw on Friday night proved once again that the quality of reserve pool of players in India is arguably the best in the world currently. The India Under-19 World Cup-winning captain produced a solid knock to score his maiden fifty in the IPL. Shaw, aged 18 years and 169 days, scored 62 off 44, including seven […]
WhatsApp has rolled out its data portability tool in the form of a “Request Account Info” feature using which you can download a copy of all your data that the chat app has. This includes account information and settings, contacts, profile photos, and groups. The feature is available on WhatsApp beta v2.18.128 on Android and […]
New Delhi The mad rush to link mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar supposedly to comply with a directive of the Supreme Court was uncalled for. The apex court on Wednesday clarified that it had not ordered mandatory linkage, and said the government misinterpreted its February 6, 2017, observation and insisted on doing it. “In the Lokniti Foundation case, the […]
Wuhan Saina Nehwal continued her winning streak from Commonwealth Games 2018 to advance to the semifinals of Asia Championship as she defeated Lee Jang Mi 21-15, 21-13 on Friday. Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu, however, had a bad day as they fell in the quarterfinals to put an end to their Asia Championship campaign. While Srikanth fell […]
Mumbai Benchmark indices ended sharply up on Friday at two-month highs, triggered by corporate earnings and taking cues from global peers. The S&P BSE Sensex hit an intra-day high of 35,065, but pared gains to end at 34,970 levels, up 256 points. The broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,692, up 75 points. In global markets, Asian shares edged higher, after US equities […]