The immediate job at hand is the Asian Games where the men's team will defend the gold it won in Incheon four years ago.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
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'The meeting marks the first tentative step in the effort to understand whether the two largest Asian nations can co-exist peacefully while realising their aspirations.' 'Caution and watchful wariness will dominate the effort of both sides,' says Jayadeva Ranade, former RA&W officer and China expert.
Given it is in a completely different business, it's a question if Vedanta can seamlessly implement the optimal strategy for Cairn
'Big Bazaar Profit Club' hopes to build loyalty amongst customers and get better prices from suppliers. Can it succeed?
Real Madrid rested Cristiano Ronaldo and suffered a fifth Liga defeat of the season as Espanyol's Gerard Moreno struck late for a 1-0 win over the Spanish and European champions.
It plans to offer 4G data with voice at rates 15-25 per cent lower than those of its competitors just as it has done with its TV sets. Many say it might be a recipe for disaster.
'I can't wait for the day when the market value of an actress is not judged by the heroes or the superstars she's acted with.'
From the 12th over onwards, Virat Kohli hit 67 from his last 29 balls, scoring at a strike rate in excess of 200 to take the match away from Pakistan's grasp in great style.
England called up Andy Flintoff for the one-dayer against West Indies on Thursday.
'It's a big technology company and may offer good remuneration, but stability in my career is equally important to me.'
By letting Delhi keep an open line with Tehran, the United States seeks to balance its dependency on Pakistan in managing Afghanistan, says Jyoti Malhotra
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Online skill-based gaming industry has made a case for retaining the service under 18 per cent GST slab instead of putting it into the highest 28 per cent tax rate category, saying the move will badly hit the $2.2-billion sector. The increase in taxation would not only have catastrophic impact on the industry but also encourage offshore operators who would circumvent Indian tax jurisdiction by hosting games in some other country, Games24x7 Co-CEO Trivikraman Thampy said. "It would be a triple whammy -- the industry loses out, the government loses out on tax revenue and players loses out as they would be exposed to unscrupulous operators," he said.
Raja Sen tells us which movie has a good chance of winning the Oscar Awards that will take place on February 26.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, in Brisbane, on Sunday.
After a long wait, the handset maker adopts the ubiquitous operating system to gain volumes in the smartphone market.
Fears of Chinese economic troubles and slowing iPhone demand vaporized more than $100 billion of the company's value since mid-July, reducing its market capitalization to $630 billion.
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Thursday staged an unprecedented walkout from the state assembly following a face-off with Chief Minister M K Stalin over the former's customary address to members of the house in its first session of the year.
Gujarat Titans won the battle of the debutants against Lucknow Super Giants by five-wickets with two balls to spare, with Rahul Tewatia guiding them home with a cracking 40 from 24 balls.
Sri Lanka has three left-handers among their top six batters, so will Ravichandran Ashwin play Tuesday's crucial Asia Cup game?
India's captain was all praise for Yuvraj Singh and his bowlers too after the 15-run victory over Australia in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
If disbelief can be suspended in the quest for a few laughs, then some of the encounters are genuinely hilarious, and one with a ghost, particularly bizarre, observes Deepa Gahlot.
If at all it boils down to an election for President, then just around 60,000 votes can turn the table which means cross-voting cannot be altogether ruled out
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Big-ticket investments taking off is crucial for Kerala given the years it lost to labour militancy courtesy the same political forces currently in power, explains Shyam G Menon.
KL Rahul has struggled at the top of the order, managing just 36 runs at a strike rate of 90 in the first two matches against Pakistan and Hong Kong.
Sri Lanka have included pace spearhead Lasith Malinga in their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup despite concerns over his fitness after ankle surgery, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.
India is making clear efforts not to be left in the cold. It has extended a hand of friendship to Iran and is also seeking to forge a common front with Russia to ensure that its decades-long "aid and development policy" in Afghanistan does not go in vain.
Bairstow, who was rested for the first two Tests as part of England's rotation policy, is back with the squad and is expected to play the Day/Night Test
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Bombay high court to challenge the decision taken last month by the Maharashtra government, allowing the sale of wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores in the state.
Capt C P Krishnan Nair, 90, has been a trailblazer of sorts in the hotels business.
Its Android-based camera has created a stir.
...followed by financial services, IT, and sales and marketing.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh said, has been a "real booster dose" for the public relationship of the Congress.
Sikandar Kher's Nishikant Adhikari is a solitary poet by the corner, trying to remind us that the honest plans of honest people don't always come to respectable ends, observes Sreehari Nair.
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