The good times are back, in a measured way, in fun spots across the globe.
Former world number four Kimiko Date's international comeback ended in defeat in the first round of the Auckland Classic on Monday. Now playing under the name Date-Krumm, she succumbed 6-4, 6-3 to American Jill Craybas in her first WTA tournament outside Japan in 13 years.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
'Presidents may come and go, but America will go on forever,' an American business leader tells Ambassador T P Sreenivasan in New York.
The government has adopted a multi-pronged approach involving the Army, the Indian Air Force and the Navy as well as diplomacy and economic measures to send out a firm and clear message to China that its misadventure in eastern Ladakh was not acceptable at all.
Healthy demand for the American unit from importers and corporate weighed on the rupee
Second seed Angelique Kerber advanced to the fourth round of the Miami Open when Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens was forced to retire in the third set on Sunday.
Swiss second seed Stanislas Wawrinka won a hard-hitting battle with American Jack Sock on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the Rogers Cup with a 7-6(3), 6-2 triumph.
The domestic currency had lost 44 paise in the previous two days.
On the second day of his Japan tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited two prominent ancient Buddhist temples in Kyoto -- Toji and Kinkakuji -- offering prayers and mingling with the common people and tourists.
There's sustained demand for the American currency from importers and banks
India's Somdev Devvarman qualified for the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC with a straight sets victory over Japan's Go Soeda on Sunday. The 23-year-old beat second seed Soeda 7-5, 7-5 in the final qualifying round to set up a first round clash with American wildcard Taylor Dent.
The 18-year-old became the first Japanese player to win an ATP event for nearly 16 years when he won the Delray Beach International.
The dollar firmed up against some global currencies.
The US Congressional Committee's move to probe approvals by the USFDA of the company's drug is a part of the larger game by an MNC -- 'trying to scuttle its deal with Daiichi Sankyo', Ranbaxy CEO Malvider Mohan Singh said in New Delhi. Recently, the department of justice has filed a motion in the US court against Ranbaxy alleging systematic fraudulent conduct and supplying fabricated information to the USFDA.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis breezed into the women's third round with a 6-3, 6-1 win over the Japanese pairing of Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato at the Wimbledon championships on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and persons in the news over the weekend.
The home currency failed to keep momentum going and largely traded in a narrow range with positive bias in the absence of any market moving factors
On Tuesday, the rupee closed lower by 13 paise at 67.27.
The rupee had hit a record low of 68.85 in August 2013.
Andy Roddick beat impressive Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the San Jose Open.
Mike Powell comes clean over why he made Carl Lewis his number one enemy.
25-year-old Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele remains unbeaten in all his eight 10,000m races including the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat Japanese qualifier Takahiro Terachi in the US $75,000 Comerica Challenger Series tournament in Aptos, California.
Capping off a great day for India, Sania Mirza advanced to the third round of both the women's and mixed doubles events, while Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja also won their respective mixed doubles matches at the Wimbledon in London.
Two thousand seven will be a busy year for two-wheeler manufacturer Kinetic Motor Company Limited.
After successfully marketing the state to American auto giant General Motors and German automaker Volkswagen, the Maharashtra industry department now wants Japanese auto major Honda to come to the state.
Osaka, 21, said she lacked maturity when as a relative unknown player she won the tournament last year to kick off her meteoric rise through the rankings.
Among the 10 categories that hotel managers were quizzed on, Indians fared the worst on the politeness front. While the Japanese could not be faulted on their manners, Indians were rated the most impolite.
Consistent capital inflows and a recovery in local equities helped the local unit to trim initial losses
Former world number one Maria Sharapova avenged her US Open loss to Anastasija Sevastova with a 7-6(3), 5-7, 7-6(7) victory over the Latvian in the China Open first round on Saturday.
The Japanese prime minister's visit to the memorial in Hawaii, the spot that was bombed 75 years ago, shows that it is possible for two powerful former enemies to transcend recriminatory impulses, observes Rajaram Panda.
'No wonder I had not grown rich. It was now too late. My one or two untutored adventures in the past in this direction had disappeared like Harshad Mehta from the financial pages.'
The domestic currency had lost 15 paise to close at 63.82 on Wednesday.
United States President Barack Obama has stated that he will not apologise for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during his visit -- the first by a sitting US president -- to the city, he told Japanese television.
Dancevic shocked top seed Andy Roddick while Tursunov beat American Sam Querrey in the semi-finals of the Indianapolis championships.
The American currency regained its buoyant strength after a brief sideways movement following overnight US Fed's optimistic tone about the future of the US economy
The agreement would divert China's attention and keep them busy in the Pacific theatre, probably resulting in a reduction in threat perception in our area of interest in the Indian Ocean, notes Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
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