Czech Katerina Siniakova and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands claimed the Wimbledon mixed doubles title on Thursday, defeating Britain's Joe Salisbury and Brazilian Luisa Stefani 7-6(3), 7-6(3).
rediffGURU Dr Nagarajan JSK helps students make the right career choices.
Flextronics, a provider of contract manufacturing services to electronics industry, has decided to pick up minority stake in SemIndia's $3 billion project to set up a chip manufacturing facility in Hyderabad.
The world's second-largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is planning to invest about $500 million in SemIndia's proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.\n\n
This is Balaji's maiden French Open match victory and overall his fourth in Grand Slams.
SemIndia, a consortium of overseas Indians, on Wednesday announced plans to invest $3 billion in an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in the country with technology from America's Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Raj Kumar Pal struck a hat-trick
'My mother puts up with me beating everybody up through the film but before the film comes to an end, she stops it. She is like, "I know what's happening next, I don't want to watch".'
The duo, who had won the Australian Open earlier this year, overcame several unforced errors in the first set to win the gruelling quarterfinal 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7.
N Sriram Balaji made a strong case for his inclusion in the Indian men's doubles team for the Paris Olympics along with Rohan Bopanna by logging his maiden win at the French Open but Yuki Bhambri, the other contender for the berth, made a first round exit in Paris on Friday.
'We have done that at U-19 level but at this World Cup, I don't have any words to describe the feeling back home.'
The hapless voters fervently hope that they get to make a more equal choice in the next election and political discourse in the country becomes positive and more enlightened. One wonders if the masses would become more politically aware to discern good intent and performance from gimmickry, notes Biswajit Dasgupta.
Compound archery does not feature in Olympics and Asian Games is the only multisport extravaganza they get to compete in and Aditi was "excited" to fight for a bronze in her maiden appearances.
The 41-year-old Panesar also marked Shubman Gill to have a breakout tournament.
Taylor said if New Zealand can strike early, it will put tremendous pressure on the Indian middle-order.
Detailing the guidelines for examinations and academic calendar for the universities in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the commission said the exams for final semester students be conducted in July. The varsities may decide whether to conduct exams online or offline keeping in view the support system available with them and ensuring fair opportunity to all students.
Sonam Malik (65kg) and Kiran (76kg) also lost their respective semi-finals in the women's competition to go out of the gold medal race as four of the five Indians in action fell at the last-four stage.
H S Prannoy signed off with a bronze -- India's first medal in men's singles at the Asian Games in 41 years,.
Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The firm has already signed a technology transfer deal with SemIndia, which is setting up a fab plant near Hyderabad
Education institutes are using a new technique - search engine marketing - to spread awareness about their programmes and to create a niche for themselves in the students' minds.
Beginning April 2006, the University of Mumbai will provide question papers in English and Marathi for certain post-graduate subjects.
India's first advanced semiconductor fab facility would come up in Hyderabad, with Andhra Pradesh overtaking close contenders Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the race.
The mandatory use of the Indian flag on SCI's ships has been a bone of contention with prospective buyers, on account of the costs it will entail in terms of taxation and vessel registration.
Roger Federer reached a ninth Wimbledon final after suppressing bullet-serving giant Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 with a masterful display of the grasscourt arts on Friday. He will meet Serbia's top seed Novak Djokovic, who beat Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(7) in the other semi-final.
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel' father has been released by his kidnappers in Nigeria, the player' management company said on Monday.
The Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education-Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) has organised an interviews and counselling session for admissions.
A look at the semi-finalists vying for a place at India's Got Talent Khoj 2 finale.
Major investment plans for a fabrication facility have put off due to the slowdown. A full-fledged fab requires an investment of $3-4 bn. Moreover, even if a fab were to come up now in the country, the technology would be rendered obsolete by the time it starts production. "If the government was serious about making the electronics manufacturing ecosystem robust, why is it sitting on proposals? How can you sustain a company's interest for so long?" asks an industry source.
Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden on Friday announced his retirement from competitive tennis at the age of 34.
With the Comptroller and Auditor General slamming the government for buying the second-hand Admiral Gorshkov at the price of a new aircraft carrier, Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Thursday defended the price being paid by India for the warship.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jitender Kumar (51kg) became the fifth Indian pugilist to make the cut for Beijing Olympics after winning the third-place playoff in the Asian Boxing Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday.
India have emerged winner in all five matches against Pakistan in T20 World Cups, starting from the inaugural World T20 in 2007.
Sania Mirza's bad run on the tour took a heavy toll on her singles ranking as she dropped 15 places to 50 in the latest WTA list issued on Monday.
India may not have got the timing right about nurturing two or three semiconductor plants even as the government finally has a policy that it hopes could put the country on the world map of semiconductor (wafer fab) manufacturing.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas upset top seeds Bryan Brothers to enter the semifinals of the Australian Open men's doubles competition in Melbourne on Wednesday.
'It was a complete team effort and even our fielding was superb,' team manager Lalchand Rajput said after his side stormed into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
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