In a bid to keep herself fit for the packed international schedule this year, Indian shuttler P V Sindhu will not be defending her women's singles title at the $120,000 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament to be held at Johor Bahru from March 25-30.
Rajeev Srinivasan on how India has continued to disappoint, but could outdo Singapore one day.
Former World No. 1 Roger Federer was named as the high-profile replacement for the injured Rafael Nadal in Team India in the forthcoming International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), the organisers announced on Monday.
Top seed South Korea blanked unseeded Chinese Taipei 3-0 to win the Uber Cup Asian Zone\nQualifiers.
Simona Halep crushed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to join Serena Williams in the championship decider at the WTA Finals.
In a move to conserve herself for big events, Aparna Popat had decided to miss the tournaments in Jakarta and Malaysia.
Majority of foreign companies plan expansions and perceive 'opportunities' for higher investment provided bottlenecks in infrastructure, legal and labour laws are removed, a survey by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said.
The wax figures will be dressed in the PM's signature kurta and will be making the 'namaste' gesture.
Caroline Woznaicki produced an almost perfect display to dismantle world number one Simona Halep 6-0 6-2 at the WTA Finals on Wednesday, the Dane recording her second dominant victory in as many matches.
Simona Halep shrugged off any expectations or feelings of additional pressure ahead of the Australian Open.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
'China's development is on a different scale from India's. They are very far ahead.' 'I don't think it will be possible in the next 30 years for us to catch them,' says Aakar Patel.
Romania's Simona Halep kicked off her campaign for a maiden WTA Finals title in emphatic fashion with a thumping 6-0, 6-3 victory over US Open champion Flavia Pennetta in the opening match of the eight-woman season-ending tournament on Sunday.
Angelique Kerber continued her relentless march towards a maiden WTA Finals crown with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday to set up a title showdown against Dominika Cibulkova.
As part of a cost-cutting plan, the bank is now dismantling its stock broking, equity research, and equity listing desks worldwide.
New York City has the world's largest number of billionaires but Asian cities, which include Mumbai, dominate the list of top 20 billionaire places in the world, indicating that the region is at the beginning of a new cycle in wealth creation, says a report.
The government has hiked foreign investment caps.
Defending champion Saina Nehwal and World number five Kidambi Srikanth were among the nine Indian shuttlers who entered the quarter-finals of the singles events at the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Lucknow.
India ranks 73rd on a list of 123 of the world's freest economies, according to a study released in Washington.
In individual doubles rankings, Sania is now only 145 points away from becoming World No 1.
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Denmark has been rated as the country with the best retirement system in the world.
At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops.
UP government renews proposal for one at Jewar, 100 km from Delhi
His repeated requests for rehabilitation ignored, Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Parupalli Kashyap is flummoxed after being sent air tickets to join the Indian badminton squad at the South Asian Games despite being laid low by an abdominal strain.
Anshuman Magazine of CBRE discusses effective leadership, millenials, Trump's America and his core business -- the real estate market -- with Nivedita Mookerji.
India blanked Singapore, primarily junior players, 3-0 in the Asia Oceania zone group 1 tie.
Out of the top 11 Asia Pacific economies, the average monthly Indian starting salary was ranked ninth.
'For me, I don't feel sad because I wouldn't even know what I'm expected to feel'
A high-ranking US Navy official has been charged with accepting prostitutes, luxury travel and USD 100,000 in cash from a foreign defence contractor in exchange for classified and internal navy information.
The 2015 World Bank group's Doing Business index ranked India at 142, down from 140, which it was the year before.
Delhi's ritzy Terminal 3 is on the global top 5 list on social media and the first among Asian airports on social media.
It takes nearly four years on an average to resolve a commercial dispute in India, making the country the world's third worst place on this front.
Reigning US Open champion and World No. 9 Marin Cilic will represent the UAE Royals, the Dubai based franchise in the inaugural edition of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).
But it scores high on firm dynamics - which is partly accidental, as it benefits from high labour turnover.
New stars emerged on the horizon in Shubhankar Sharma and Ajeetesh Sandhu even as familiar faces strengthened their stranglehold by picking up their own set of titles in a season of new highs for Indian golf.
Bernard Tomic is set to sit out the Australian Open after Tennis Australia (TA) decided not to award him a wildcard to the main draw, the organisers said on Thursday.
Travel companies and agencies are offering early bird discounts going up to 40 per cent. Priyadarshini Maji reports
A sense of disquiet prevailed in Beijing as officials announced the capital's first death from the deadly virus, a grim reminder that the epidemic has begun to take toll outside Hubei province.
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