Indian paddler Nithyashree Mani believes competing against high-calibre international opponents in Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 provides invaluable experience for domestic players, helping them showcase their skills against world-class talent and prepare for future challenges.
Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to Vikhroli, then a village 30 km outside of Mumbai and a Godrej township, and was there from 1966 to 1968.
In the league stage of UTT league, a game is won when a player scores first 11 points, with a golden point used deciding games that are tied at 10-10.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions after Iga Swiatek beat Amanda Anisimova in the final on Saturday:
For 100 low-income families near Lonavala, around 80 km from Mumbai, Jimmy Carter was a godsend as he had helped build their houses in 2006.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, was the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and a champion of peace and human rights, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was known for his work with the Carter Center, promoting democracy and conflict resolution, was also a close friend of India. He visited the country in 1978, forging a lasting relationship between the two nations.
Piotr Zielinski converted two penalties for Inter Milan as they played out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Juventus.
'For me, this competition comes first and I want to save all my energy for tomorrow's game because we have a new battle ahead of us and we will need all our strength.'
German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed by a London court on Friday for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.
Take a look at some of the most stunning structures made in steel!
Nigerian writer and author of 'Things Fall Apart', Chinua Achebe has died in a hospital in the United States at the age of 82, after suffering from illness
A 103-year-old woman in Britain has reportedly become the oldest 'Facebook' user in the world. Lillian Lowe uses her iPad to log on to the popular social networking site often to keep in touch with her seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, British tabloid 'The Sun' reported.
Dr Jaideep Bali is suspected to have administered morphine to the patient.
Besson, who caused one of the great upsets in Olympic history with her 400 metres triumph in 1968, died from cancer, aged 59.
Leslie's granddaughter Sonia Biden Francis, a Nagpur-based psychologist, said that 'Bidens in Nagpur and everywhere' are elated with Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election.
The James Bond actor spent months in India shooting for another film, but his connection to India goes much deeper than that.
In a bizarre case, a foul-mouthed parrot may provide key evidence in the murder trial of a woman accused of killing her husband in the United States.
Rediff.com looks at some surprising facts about Mickey Mouse on his 87th birthday.
Back in September 2002, Shakti Bhatt/Rediff.com located the former Union Carbide chairman's luxury home in New York, declared unknown by the American and Indian governments. Rediff.com reproduces the feature about his life in hiding.
They now believe their money will be repaid after completion of the tenure of the instruments they have invested in, says Anup Roy.
United States President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump will be visiting India -- Ahmedabad and Delhi -- on February 24 and 25 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Let's assess earlier American presidential visits to India.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
News that will shock and make you laugh at the same time.
President Obama's coming visit to India has created quite a buzz, here is a look at all past visits of American Presidents to the country
