His brilliant 73-run knock in the warm-up game against South Africa might have fallen just short of ensuring a win for India, but opener Shikhar Dhawan said the crucial time he had spent at the crease has made him more "wiser" ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign. Chasing a steep 197 for win, Dhawan smashed 73 off 53 balls before retiring but the knock was not enough to take India home as the hosts fell short by four runs at the Wankhede Stadium last night. "As (an) individual, it was a good learning for me as I batted till the 15th-16th over, so with my calculation for the next coming games, I will be more better. It was a good learning for me and I got more wiser," Dhawan told reporters at the post-match conference on Saturday night. Asked why despite having some of the best finishers of the game, India failed to cross the hurdle, the 30-year-old left-hander said, "Certainly, these are normal things. It does not happen that the best finishers will always guarantee you to complete the task. Everyone gave their best and that's what matters. "We were chasing such a big total, and wickets fell early on, after that there was a good partnership and came so close. It was only a matter of two runs. We learnt a lot from this game. What we have learnt, will be implemented in the future."
Top Army sources in Northern Command, which has jurisdiction over Jammu and Kashmir, told this correspondent that despite the decrease in violence levels in the Kashmir valley, there is no room for complacency since the attempts to push in infiltrators from across the Line of control that divides India and Pakistan in parts of Kashmir have not reduced at all
Persistent rain showers accompanied by a flood warning washed out the entire day's play at the French Open on Monday for the first time since 2000.
Sam Pitroda, chairman of India's knowledge commission and advisor to the Indian prime minister on public information infrastructure and innovations, is designing a program to democratise information in governance. The open government initiative between India and United States aims to help poor people access information for their better and faster development.
From learning under a streetlight to providing light to street children, this 1st year student is doing his bit and more
Sania Mirza made her second consecutive first round exit when she lost to Italian 15th seed Sara Errani in the the US $721,00 Mercury Insurance Open, a WTA Premier event, in Carlsbad, US, on Tuesday. The unseeded Indian was beaten 2-6, 3-6 by the world No 36.
'Everyone wants to achieve everything very quickly.' 'Parents want to see their kids become stars overnight.' 'Kids want to be a sensation on social media.' 'Everyone is constantly in a race.'
Tax Guru Anil Rego answers your personal income tax queries.
India on Tuesday reacted angrily to the resolutions passed by Pakistan's National Assembly and Senate on Jammu and Kashmir, saying they have "no locus standi" on the internal affairs of this country.
Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Law Secretary D R Meena have been called by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to give evidence in its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.The committee, which has also called Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, Principal Secretary in Prime Minister's Office T K A Nair and Central Bureau of Investigation Director A P Singh, have asked all of them to depose before it on April 15-16.
Arsenal's winger Samir Nasri has hinted that he may leave the club this summer and join rivals Manchester United.
The superstar unveils his new item number in Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap.
Konkana Sen Sharma gets candid about her latest movie, her pregnancy and why she would never go full frontal for a movie.
Singer Shreya Ghosal talks about her show X Factor.
The Dallas Mavericks overcame an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to reach the NBA finals for only the second time with a 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday. Dallas clinched the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series by a 4-1 margin with the thrilling Game Five win and will face either the Miami Heat or the Chicago Bulls in the NBA finals.
The Kashmiri Pandits have lost hope of returning to that place in the Kashmir valley they once called home and that is one of contemporary India's biggest tragedies. Archana Masih reports on a people callously termed as 'migrants' in their own land.
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A week ahead of the RBI reviewing the monetary policy with expectations of a policy rate hike, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has cautioned that raising cost of borrowing "may not be suitable" tool to rein in inflation.
After penalising new operators for not rolling out services on time, the Telecom Ministry may now turn the heat on incumbent players, who are yet to pay Rs 135 crore (Rs 1.35 billion) as Liquidated Damages, for similar lapses.
The South Indian filmmaker talks about his 50th film and his journey so far.
Dragflicker Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners to help India inflict a 3-1 defeat on England in their second practice match ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Online tax returns are processed much faster than aper returns and the tax is worked out automatically as the payee completes the form.
Business strategies of companies are fast outpacing their organisational design. Here's how HR can help reshape organisations to drive growth.
India's vulnerability to short pitched bowling was exposed as South Africa speedsters Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel exploited seaming conditions to leave the visitors in tatters on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test in Centurion on Thursday.
Three Pakistan cricketers implicated in a match-fixing controversy have asked not to play in the team's remaining matches in Britain, the Pakistan High Commissioner said in London on Thursday.
Both corporate and individuals are liable to pay advance tax. But this liability arises only if the taxable income is Rs 10,000 after tax deducted at source.
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Anik Jain, founder and CEO at Symbo, will answer your questions on insurance -- life, health, motor, travel, etc -- on a weekly basis.
Difference due to pricing; up by a third in Mumbai since Jan, almost stationary in Delhi.
One can say that with the host of expenditure plans announced in the Budget, the finance minister has managed not to burden the common man directly with taxes.
Twelve constituencies in the Telangana belt of Andhra Pradesh will go to polls on Tuesday.
Instead of blaming the person who sells us a particular financial product, which ultimately helps her/him earn hefty commissions, we should blame ourselves for our short sight. But then there is something better than blaming self: know what, how, why and where you are investing your money. 6 simple checkpoints to know before beginning the blame game.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is Ferrari's first and the world's largest indoor theme park.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales's goal is to make Wikipedia available in India's local languages. "If we can actively energise the community, it can take off quickly," he says. "Marathi and Telugu, for example, are catching up."
Six sectors, including healthcare and realty , are expected to create a whopping 2.3 lakh jobs in India in the last three months of 2010, according to global consultancy Ernst & Young .
The government on Friday said successful bidders for BWA spectrum -- including Infotel, which was acquired by Mukesh Ambani-led RIL -- will get the frequency next week, paving the way for subscribers to get mobile broadband services by the end of this year.
There have been a lot of instances, when film titles have been picked from hit songs.
Tata Group is on an expansion spree in Karnataka, with new projects of its companies at various stages, including the proposed 100-acre Tata Consultancy Service campus here.
Ekal Vidyalaya, a charitable trust engaged in one of the largest non-formal, basic education projects for underprivileged children in rural India, raised close to half a million dollars last month during five charity shows in the mid-Atlantic region including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Manisha Karmarkar speaks about her Indian Idol experiences.
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