India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal warmed up for the World Doubles Championship, which begins in Darwin on Monday, by winning the PSA Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday. Top seed Pallikal beat eighth seed Mayar Hany of Egypt 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in the 40-minute final for her first title of the year.
Jeevan, 24, who came into the tournament ranked 400th in the world and soon after becoming the national men's singles champion, outlasted compatriot Purav Raja in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in 90 minutes at the Cricket Club of India.
The probe agency found irregularities in loans amounting Rs 3,642 crore sanctioned by Yes Bank to the travel firm.
India and Iran plan to reach USD 25 billion in annual bilateral trade in the next four years, Indian commerce ministry has said.
Leveraging the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, India wants to double its commerce with Myanmar and diversify the bilateral engagement to agro-research and natural gas exploration.
An Indian maid -- who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and "slavery" -- has received a favourable ruling from a United States court, which approved her petition that she be awarded USD 1.5 million (Rs 78 cr) as compensation by the couple.
India's exports recorded the slowest pace of growth in three months at 4.3 per cent year-on-year at USD 24.6 billion in February, mainly due to the global slowdown.
Boeing is likely to vie for the deal to supply 110 fighter jets to the IAF in one of the biggest such procurement in recent years globally which could be worth over USD 15 billion.
While praising the depth in the Indian men's ranks and expecting it to last for the next 10 years, badminton legend Prakash Padukone lamented that the women's side did not possess the same depth in class after world no. 2 Saina Nehwal and no. 12 P V Sindhu.
The number of 3G subscriber connections in India is forecast to reach 400 million within four years, representing almost 30 per cent of the country's total mobile connections, according to a study.
World number one Lee Chong Wei continued his dominance over Peter Gade Christensen in the Super Series events to win the men's singles title in the inaugural Indian Open badminton championship in New Delhi on Sunday.
Bilateral trade was close to $4.2 billion last year, said Canadian Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan. "Both the Governments have set a target of increasing the mutual bilateral merchandise trade to USD 15 billion in the next five years.
The Trump administration wants Prime Minister Modi to lower the trade barriers and embrace "fair and reciprocal" trade.
Modi is among the first world leaders to meet Mahathir, who became the world's oldest elected leader.
"We are delighted to welcome Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. We have signed a binding partnership and an investment agreement under which Google will invest Rs 33,737 crores for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms," Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting.
Private equity firms invested about USD 3.7 billion across 133 deals during the first quarter of 2018 as compared to USD 7.3 billion by way of 200 transactions a year ago.
The new hires will work in cutting-edge domains of artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, natural language processing, camera technology and 5G networks.
The trade impact of the coronavirus epidemic for India is estimated to be about 348 million dollars (approximately Rs 25 billion) and the country figures among the top 15 economies most affected as slowdown of manufacturing in China disrupts world trade, according to a UN report. Estimates published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on Wednesday said that the slowdown of manufacturing in China due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains.
Gold, silver rise on positive global cues.
Silver also surged by Rs 1,050 to Rs 35,500 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Ambani is also the year's biggest gainer, adding USD 9.3 billion to his wealth amid the continuing success of his Reliance Jio broadband telco service.
West Indies legend Clive Lloyd feels Andrew Flintoff has set a dangerous precedent by quitting Test cricket for the lure of Twenty20 and the money it offers.
Gold prices fell by Rs 30 to Rs 27,160 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Saturday.
India's Arvind Bhat lost in straight games to Finland's Ville Lang at the International Challenge event in Warsaw.
Tony Blair will be US investment bank JPMorgan's part time political advisor.
Forbes said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "economic experiments" barely affected India's billionaires while none gained more than oil-and-gas tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who cemented his decade-long hold on the top slot by adding a staggering USD 15.3 billion (67 per cent) to his last year's wealth to become one of Asia's top five richest.
Ashutosh Singh shocked top seed Pavol Cervenak of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the ITF Futures in Bellary.
Karan Rastogi went down to Todor Enev 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals of the ITF Futures.
Karan Rastogi beat Korean Kyu-Tae Im 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the ITF Futures.
gold prices fell by Rs 210 to Rs 26,600 per 10 grams.
Sony Pictures was successfully sued for fraudulent positive reviews.
Karan Rastogi beat Nick Monroe 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to win the Delhi ITF Futures
Indian favourite Karan Rastogi romped to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Amir Weintraub of Israel
Indian Davis Cupper Prakash Amritraj beat Jasper Smit of The Netherlands 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinal.
However, his compatriots Vishal Uppal, Vinod Sridhar and Rohan Bopanna were eliminated from the ITF Futures Tennis Championship.
Gold prices recovered by Rs 100 to trade at Rs 27,200 per 10 gm at the bullion market.
Gold continued its upward trend for the sixth straight day and gained another Rs 190 to Rs 26,190 per ten gram at the bullion market on Thursday.
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by Simon Greul of Germany in the ITF Futures tournament.
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