The 20-year-old Indian ace will meet fourth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland next at the Stanford Classic.
The Indian ace said she was hoping for an injury-free year after her 2007 season was cut short due to a series of niggles.
Spanish tennis player Nuria Llagostera Vives, doubles winner at the 2009 WTA tour championships, has been banned for two years after testing positive for d-methamphetamine, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Monday.
Overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta recommends tips for those who want to study abroad.
Does success as a business leader - and the future of work itself -- depend on skills developed as an online gamer? It just may so, according to two new research studies from IBM.
The two 30-year-olds co-founded what they described was the next generation online shopping engine focusing on true price discovery and unparalleled consumer benefits.
The 94-year-old economist was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from 1977 to 2006.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova raced to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Australian Daria Gavrilova to defend her Kremlin Cup title in Moscow on Saturday and secure a place at the season-ending WTA Finals.
While Google's phenomenal growth may by the envy of many, Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer criticised the Internet company for trying to grow too fast.
The move comes at a time when the traditional software maintenance and support works, once the bread and butter for export-driven IT services business, are slowly drying up.
The 31st-ranked Indian, who claimed victory in just over two hours, will now take on Elenie Daniilidou of Greece in the second round of the Tier-I event.
In an earlier tweet Arora who recently left Google to join SoftBank Corp and is now its President said, "Brilliant guy, clear thinker, gets things done and a wonderful person at that.
A new study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center suggests a low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans has twice the cholesterol-lowering power of a conventional low-fat diet.
The CII delegation includes many eminent names.
Anand Chhatpar and Rishi Kacker were chosen to feature in the BusinessWeek list.
The only Indian university in THE world rankings this year.
Nandini Chattopadhyay is among 15 immigrant students chosen as the first Merage American Dream Fellow. The $20,000 scholarship is restricted to mostly elite universities in America, including Harvard, Princeton, MIT and Stanford.
The US authorities are checking people's social media accounts for their political views before allowing them into the country after the recent travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump on people from seven predominantly Muslim nations, a media report said.
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Comparing the Delhi School of Economics with Oxford and Cambridge, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday asked the prestigious institution to benchmark globally to retain and attract students from India and abroad.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Vedanta Resources has submitted a proposal to the Orissa government to set up a world-class university in the state at an investment of $1 billion.
Tiger Woods was a 'geek,' used to have 'Star Wars' wallpaper in his room.
They were beaten in straight sets by Italy's Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko of Argentina.
They set up a second round clash with Shikha Uberoi and Jelena Jankovic at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
She went down to 98th ranked Russian Vasilisa Bardina in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.
You want the name of a top foreign B-School to feature on your resume. International education expert Karan Gupta has a few recommendations.
Though startups find 17 mentions in the Budget speech of the finance minister, and have been promised tax exemptions, the reality is that only 2 per cent of the 4,648 applications received from startups for income tax exemption had been approved as of February 2019, according to an answer to a Parliament question. As India's startup space bubbles with activity - new, young players are tapping into opportunities opening up - there are local anti-portfolio stories circulating about investors missing opportunities in 'unicorns', or companies that have reached valuation of $ 1 billion, says Vandana Gombar.
'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same old politicians, who are responsible for the 'endless wars' in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, are being brought out of the woodwork after four years,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
