Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly turns 37 today (Wednesday, July 8).
Analysts tracking Apple said the India results were glimpses of what the company could achieve in emerging markets with a right pricing strategy for its products and local manufacturing.
Bracing for a challenging Test series against India who are having a dream run in the last 18 months, Australian players slogged it out in nets in Wednesday, two days after landing in Mumbai for the four-match rubber starting on February 23 at Pune.
Virtually ruling out the chances of playing Pakistan in the proposed bilateral series, Indian cricket board secretary Anurag Thakur said that it will be "impossible for PCB" to arrange a series in such a short time.
Indians at large harbour a notion that their country is cherrypicking out of the American basket of goodies, but the policymakers in Delhi and the political leadership are well aware that it can only be a pipe dream since a military alliance with a superpower is a profound irrevocable commitment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Australia's World Cup-winning captain Steve Waugh feels India's latest batting sensation Virat Kohli must learn from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep his emotions in check and mature as a captain.
India might be left with a mountain of runs to climb in the first Test in Adelaide but fielding coach R Sridhar was confident that the batsmen will make up for the bowlers' poor show.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
As India's international role expands, so must our capabilities, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The biggest positive would be Hardik's inclusion and the way he shaped up in these three Test matches, said Virat Kohli.
Four key players, including ace drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh and midfielder S K Uthappa, were dropped from India's 18-man squad for the Hockey World League semi-final, in Antwerp, Belgium, from June 20 to July 5. Besides Rupinder and Uthappa, forwards Mandeep Singh and Satbir Singh got the axe.
The Coachella festival saw some stylish and outlandish appearances.
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Virender Sehwag exuded confidence about India making it to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha are the new faces in the India one-day squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh and subsequent Asia Cup in Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the two tournaments because of a niggling groin injury, while former captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly have once again been left out of the 15-member squad.
Australian batsman Mike Hussey on Wednesday said to win the test series in India is a ''big challenge'' and a victory would be a ''big achievement''.
India on Wednesday announced a four-member team with Sania Mirza as the spearhead for the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Group I & II matches scheduled in Bangkok from January 28-February 3.
With momentum on their side, Dhoni and Co need to justify the favorites' tag and go the distance.
Mobile services provider Vodafone on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with software products major Apple to sell iPhone in India, besides nine other markets. iPhone is a mobile phone that allows its user to make calls by simply tapping a name or number in the address book. It lets the customer to select and listen to voice mail messages in whatever order the consumer wants.
'India does not wish to remain silent in improving its strategic space so that its leverage to counter China's expansionist designs is maintained, besides enabling it to play a responsible role from a position of strength for peace and stability in Asia,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
The company expects the division to add double-digit growth to the company's top line during the current financial year, he said.
'While many Chinese policy makers dismiss the political, economic and technological component of US-India relations, they express caution on the defence-related ties which also happens to be a major driver in US-India relations,' explains China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
"The partial lunar eclipse, which begins at 0106 hours on August 17 and ends at 0414 hours, will be visible in India," said Rathnasree, director of the Nehru Planetarium.The lunar eclipse is a partial one, wherein 80 per cent of the moon will be eclipsed, she said.
Ashish Nehra running into bowl one last time at a place where it all began will form the sub plot as India aim to better their abysmal T20 record against New Zealand in the three-match series starting in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
The members of the victorious inaugural Indian Super League Football Championship Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) were felicitated by West Bengal government.
With no World T20 competition in 2018, Nehra apparently told the team management that it is only fair that performing juniors have a longer rope, PTI reported.
England captain Alastair Cook broke legendary batsman Sachin's Tendulkar's record to become the youngest batsman in the history of the game to score 10,000 Test runs.
The Proteas are yet to reach the summit clash of the World Cup, having been knocked out at the semifinal stage four times.
The International Cricket Council, on Friday, decided to allocate some special assistance fund to Pakistan Cricket Board considering the financial issues that the board is facing in absence of international cricket in the country.
Ritwik Bhattacharya and reigning national champion Saurav Ghosal stand just one win away from making the main draw of US $200,000 Kuwait Open squash tournament, after advancing to the qualifying finals of the event in Kuwait City. While Ritwik upset Australia's Aaron Frankcomb 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 in 53-minutes, Ghosal breezed past local favourite Mohd Al-Tuwary 11-5, 11-0, 11-3 in just 29 minutes.
Statistical highlights of the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Sri Lanka, in London.
After their best-ever show at IPL 7, Kings XI Punjab will look to continue their aggressive brand of cricket when they start their campaign against Hobart Hurricanes in a Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Mohali on Thursday.
This is the first time that the Indian Navy is conducting a major joint exercise with foreign navies along the country's eastern coast.
The event, organised by Deutsche Messe AG, is held each year at the Hanover fairground, the world's largest, in Hanover, Germany.
To maintain the balance between bat and ball, the size of the edges of the bats as well as their thickness will now be restricted.
Reader Suehmei Yu sent us pictures of Rahul Dravid and Robin Singh from Hyderabad.
India's entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement would enhance its credentials in the field of non-proliferation despite not being a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
South African cricket captain AB de Villiers continued to script statistical history at the ongoing World Cup as he entered the top-10 of all-time scorers' list.
Tamil Nadu captain and star batsman Subramaniam Badrinath says his performance against South Africa 'A' in the four-day match in Delhi and the one-dayer at Rajkot clinched him a place in Team India.
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