News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Adapting quickly to playing conditions at the Rio Olympics will pose the biggest challenge for players, says Saina Nehwal, who is aiming to better the badminton bronze she won in London four years ago.
Trump also announced that the US will end special treatment of Hong Kong in response to Chinese imposition of new controls.
The government is launching an international affairs channel aimed at the international audience as well as non-resident Indians, which will be funded by the ministry of information and broadcasting at an initial outlay of Rs 500 crore.
The 36-year-old was given a thorough workout by Sock although had he been a little more clinical the scoreline would have been more heavily-weighted in his favour.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
Over 12,700 participants from 91 countries are expected during the one-week contest, which features a variety of athletes - young and old, male and female, straight and gay.
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India has decided to start a one-year full-time certificate course on commodities in March this year in Mumbai.
Bollywood film distribution company Eros International, which raised Rs 189.6 crore (Rs 1.89 billion) through equity placement in the UK, listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
UCP, recently incorporated in the Isle of Man, announced on Friday that it has placed 360 million ordinary shares of one pence each (face value) through the IPO as it aims to invest in the Indian real estate sector.
The United Kingdom is planning a tougher law to tackle the threat of Islamist terrorism in the country in the wake of the recent beheading of a United States journalist by a suspected British Islamic State militant in Iraq.
The aim of the exhibition in London is to present evidence relating to the scientific basis of Ayurveda and the potential it holds for global health care.
A little boy seen in a new Islamic State video which warned Britain of attacks in future may be the son of a female terrorist from east London, according to a media report.
Based on a feedback, the exchange could cap a sector's weight at 25 per cent, or align with the broader market.
Manchester United kept up their impressive chase for a top-four spot with a comfortable 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Aston Villa in the English Premier League on Thursday. Relegation-threatened Bournemouth had a late goal disallowed by VAR as they had to settle for a 0-0 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur.
Chelsea will be hoping to emulate London rivals Arsenal by beating Barcelona in their Champions League first knockout round tie.
Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh on Saturday returned to the national team as Hockey India named a strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.
There has been speculation within Formula One that Lawrence Stroll, the billionaire father of Canadian driver Lance, is willing to invest in Force India as part of a move for his son from Williams.
Hexaware Technologies, a Chennai-based software company listed on Indian and London stock exchanges, has bagged a contract from German company Lufthansa Systems for providing maintenance services over a period of three years.
London-based steel major Caparo Group aims to ramp up its India operations so that it accounts for 10 per cent of the group's global production by 2010, by when it expects total turnover to reach almost $2 billion. \n
An Indian restaurant in a small seaside town in south-east England has bagged a coveted trophy in an annual contest organised by British MPs to pick their favourite curry house in the UK.
Across the world rallies were held to draw attention to climate change ahead of a United Nations summit in New York.
Ola said it has obtained licences to operate in South Wales and Greater Manchester, and will launch operations in South Wales by September.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Iconic Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom added another honour to her list of accolades as she was named one of the eight ambassadors for the upcoming World Championships by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
The Indian boxers' campaign in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers was off to a disappointing start with all three in action, on Saturday, including former Commonwealth Games champion Manoj Kumar (64kg), bowing out with opening round losses in Qian'an, China.
Critics say the crackdown is to muzzle dissent and Rijiju's actions could lead to less foreign aid for projects that fight child marriage, provide clean water in slums and feed pregnant women.
Yogeshwar Dutt is aiming for a yellow metal at next year's World Championships and thereby earn an automatic berth in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Le Clos, however, was only able to clinch gold in the 50m butterfly in the first final of second day's programme and faded over the last leg to finish seventh in the 200m freestyle. South Africa finished sixth in the 4x100m relay.
The possibility of winning Europe's most prestigious club competition in his hometown has given Wales winger Gareth Bale extra motivation to help Real Madrid become the first club to defend their Champions League title.
'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.'
A big prize is up for grabs and competition in fierce in the world of athletics as Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, joined world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko and double Olympic and world 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah in the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award announced on Monday.
Sprint king Usain Bolt aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic threepeat at the Rio Games, and to top that off by running the first ever sub-19 seconds 200 meters.
A flavour-of-the-season approach does not work in investing, suggests Deepesh Raghaw.
'Aggression is very important.' 'In the new scoring system the judges are more impressed if you land more punches and fight more aggressively.'
Multiple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt has described the unveiling of his statue in front of Kingston's National Stadium as one of the greatest moments of his career.
