Deedar Singh was the lone new face in place of an indisposed Sandeep Michael.
It further said India is facilitating external commercial borrowings by startups in order to encourage innovation and promote ease of doing business.
Paris will be competing for the 2024 honours with cities including Boston, Hamburg and Rome, which lost out to Paris in the bidding contest when the French capital last got to host the games in 1924.
Argentine clay court specialist Coria failed to make an impression on grass and was dumped in the first round at Wimbledon.
The second seed was shocked by seventh seeded Argentinian Guillermo Coria in the quarter-finals of the French Open.
Australian Davis Cup captain leapt to the defence Hewitt after he was involved in a heated exchange with an umpire.
The world No. 1 needed more than three-and-a-half hours to beat Arnaud Clement and reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.\n
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan added another accolade to their lengthy resume after taking the Shanghai Masters men's doubles title on Sunday to become the first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.
One of the world's largest cargo carriers, A300-600ST aircraft is celebrating its 20th birthday.
Stuns World No 1 Djokovic to win 'biggest title of career'
Bayern Munich scraped past Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday.
The number of American diplomats in the US Embassy in Moscow and its four consulates across the country should be reduced to 455 by September 1, which is the same as the number of Russian diplomats currently serving in the US.
How much are others responsible for the Trump presidency moving in the directions it has, asks T N Ninan.
Champions League competitors Schalke 04 have signed AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng on a four-year deal after the Ghana international passed his medical at the German club on Friday.
The famous "Afghan girl" immortalised in a 1985 National Geographic magazine cover is facing investigation in Pakistan after she was found living in the country on fraudulent identity papers.
Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev stunned home favourite Kei Nishikori in Tokyo on Sunday, winning the final of the Japan Open 6-2, 6-4 in just over one hour.
Delhi doesn't want Modi to invest his substantial political capital to help Trump without the visit yielding positive results for India.
Nick Kyrgios needs to improve his fitness to have a chance of winning Grand Slams, former world number one Jim Courier said on Wednesday.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.
It is not easy for an FMCG brand to make a comeback if it has been out of consumer's reckoning for some time. Moreover, a protracted battle between the owners and then closure of a large number of outlets at one go might have sent some very negative signals to many, says Sneha Bhattacharjee.
World No 7 Roger Federer has admitted that serious errors in his planning have contributed to a disastrous 2013 campaign but insisted that retirement is not on his agenda.
United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann has turned to experience for next month's Copa America Centenario on home soil, but said he had to make some "very close, tight decisions" before announcing his 23-player squad on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
Chambers said Internet will facilitate 3-5 times the economic impact at a much faster pace
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur will speak on Made-in-India drugs at an event in Washington.
'China is where the action is, and from where new ideas ('String of Pearls', 'One Belt, One Road') emanate.' 'The Belt-and-Road initiative alone is unmatched in its sweeping dimensions,' says B S Raghavan.
Moritz Stoppelkamp scored an extraordinary goal from deep inside his own half, a Bundesliga record 83 metres, to cap a 2-0 win for upstarts Paderborn over Hanover 96 on Saturday, helping the promoted side go to of the table.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Schalke 04 carried some of their Champions League momentum into the Bundesliga on Sunday, beating Freiburg 2-0 to bounce back after a string of erratic results.
'Breaking out of the corner into which China has painted itself would be a feat.' 'Whether Xi is able to pull it off will be known in the coming days,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and member of the Joint Intelligence Committee at the time of China's invasion of India.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin and sought declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter, amid a row over reported snooping on the leader's close relatives.
'Some reckon his bitterness results from wanting to stay relevant despite a waning career.'
Bayern Munich slumped to their first defeat for three months when the Bundesliga leaders suffered a shock 2-1 reverse at home to Mainz 05 on Wednesday.
Milan replaced Gennaro Gattuso with former Sampdoria coach Giampaolo during the close season in a bid to improve on last season's fifth place and to take them back to the Champions League.
The International Olympic Committee remains confident the United States will deliver a bid to host the 2024 Summer Games despite Boston's withdrawal from the race on Monday.
Victory for the Netherlands in Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier in Latvia would have been seen as practically guaranteed after a successful World Cup in Brazil but a faltering qualifying campaign has precipitated a confidence crisis.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
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