Rising Indian shuttler P V Sindhu entered the second round easily but it was Anand Pawar and K Srikanth who created a flutter at the Japan Open as they notched up stunning victories over their higher-ranked opponents in the men's singles competition in Tokyo.
Dying To Survive, on its way to becoming China's biggest box office hit, may compel the Xi Jinping government to change its policy towards Indian pharmaceutical companies, says Tarun Vijay.
The Indian stalwart stamped his return with a seven-under-par 64 to take the first round lead.
US-based global retailer Wal-Mart's outlet in the Chinese city of Shenyang is now home to a branch of the Communist Party of China and its youth wing.\n
Indian Airlines on Friday announced a new APEX fare slab for purchase of tickets in eight sectors to match the heightened competition among domestic carriers to attract second AC train passengers.
Chengdu Airlines said the ARJ21 has a lower cost per seat than similar models of Airbus and Boeing models.
Three million people in the Chinese rural areas came out of poverty in 2004, the largest in number over the past four years, a senior official said.
The Bulgarian drew the third game of the final match against Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia to lift the World Women's Chess Championship.
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Was it badminton sensation PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold medal? Or is it the young shooting progidy Saurabh Chaudhary? Or his India colleague Elavenil Valarivan, who recently took over as World No 1? What about India's heroes on the cricketing field -- Virat Kohli? Rohit Sharma?
Refereeing controversy marred the opening day of the Olympic taekwondo competition as Taiwan won both gold medals on offer.
Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma advanced to the second knock-out round, but Dola Banerjee bowed out in the women's individual 70 metres archery event at the Olympic Games.
The Chinese Communist party has not closed its door of contacts and negotiation with the Dalai Lama, a senior Communist leader wrote recently. Former RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade explains what the thinking on Tibet is likely in Beijing.
North Korean pair Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik ended their Olympic adventure winning over the home crowd's hearts.
Parupalli Kashyap came up with a brilliant performance to shock world No 7 Zhengming Wang of China in the US $250,000 India Super Series badminton tournament, in Delhi, on Wednesday.
Yuki Bhambri emerged triumphant in the contest between the country's leading tennis players, brushing aside the challenge of India No 1 Somdev Devvarman in straight sets to breeze into the final of the ATP Challenger in Chennai on Friday. Ranked 71 places below his compatriot at 174, Yiki beat the top seeded 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 41 minutes in the semi-finals of the US $50,000 hard court event.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been nominated for the Woman Player of the Year Award of the Badminton World Federation after a consistent season which saw her occupy the world number one spot for a brief period.
Parupalli Kashyap shocked World No 1 Chen Long to make it to the semi-final of the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament.
Announcing the inauguration of its first manufacturing facility in India, American direct selling major Sunrider on Friday said it has set an ambitious target of recording a sales turnover of $10 million every month by the year 2008.
Police, however, said the crash was not intentional and it was an accident and not an attack, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
India raised its tally to 15 medals, including four gold, on the penultimate day of Asian Kayaking and Canoeing Championships.
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Some 445 people have been arrested and 1,125 websites shut down in China with the help of public tips since July, the ministry of public security said.
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso has been cleared to race in Sunday's Formula One Chinese Grand Prix after undergoing further medical tests at the Shanghai circuit following the opening practice session on Friday.
Chetan Anand, Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar advanced to the second round of the All England Open Badminton tournament.
Two Chinese companies have manufactured a computer that allows the blind and those with eye diseases to access the cyberspace easily with a Chinese-braille keyboard, a mouse and
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Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a loss in the second round, going down fighting 23-21, 8-21, 17-21 to sixth seeded Indonesian pair of Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii.
On a day of upsets in the ATP Challenger, the Indian ace lost to Chinese Taipei qualifier Ti Chen.
Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram advanced to the quarter-finals after registering thrilling three-game wins over their respective opponents in the second round of the China Super Series Premier, in Fuzhou, on Thursday.
The Malalsian's All-England success earmarks him as a genuine contender for the world championships.
Baywatch babe PeeCee is just everywhere!
China continued to put up dominating performances in the pool, this time taking gold in women's 10 metre synchronized diving on Tuesday. Slovenian Judoka Tina Trstenjak became her country's second Olympic champion in the sport.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram notched up a stunning three-game victory over higher-ranked Japanese Sho Sasaki to reach the men's singles semifinals of the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament, in Seoul, on Friday.
The US Export-Import Bank said on Tuesday that it will provide $75 million in loan guarantees for exports of US technology, equipment and services to build Indian Oil Corp's Rs 5104 crore (Rs 51.04 billion) integrated petrochemical complex at Panipat
Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named among the 30 most influential people on the internet by Time magazine in a list which also features US President Barack Obama.
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The top two seeds were beaten by Chen-Huan Yi of Chinese Taipei and Arun Prakash Rajagopalan respectively in the semi-finals of the Asian junior tennis championships.
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