Injured Sharapova withdraws from Brisbane International

Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from her season-opening event at the Brisbane International because of an injury to her left forearm. Sharapova, the defending champion, was scheduled to play fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova on Tuesday at the Australian Open warm-up event but withdrew hours before the match. She said she’d hurt her forearm in practice a couple of days earlier and […]

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Blast near Indian consulate in Jalalabad

An explosion took place on Tuesday 400 metres away from the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, two days after the country’s mission was attacked by terrorists in Mazar-e-Sharif. However, official sources in New Delhi said the reports suggested that the mission was not the target of the blast. Further details about the explosion were awaited, they said. “The Indian Consulate […]

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Nawaz Sharif assures PM Modi of Pakistan’s support in Pathankot probe

Nawaz Sharif called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and assured him of Pakistan’s support in Pathankot investigations. The Pakistan PM called Narendra Modi from Sri Lanka at 3.30pm. He condemned the Pathankot attack and told PM Modi that Pakistan will stand by India in fighting terror. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared with him India’s angst over Pathankot terror attack. On […]

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Accenture acquires Netherlands-based CRMWaypoint

Accenture has acquired CRMWaypoint, a supplier of cloud advisory and technology services in the Netherlands, specializing in Salesforce cloud solutions for sales, service and marketing. The acquisition further strengthens Accenture’s position as a leading cloud services by reinforcing its Cloud First agenda that provides clients with high-standard cloud strategy and technology consulting, as well as cloud application implementation, integration and […]

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15-year-old Mumbai cricketer Pranav Dhanawade scores a record 1009

Pranav Dhanawade, who has broken a century-old cricketing record on Monday, became the first batsman to score 1000-plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket. Batting against Arya Gurukul School in a Bhandari Cup match, Pranav reached 1000 runs in just 323 balls on Tuesday. The tournament is an under-16 inter-school event organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association […]

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