Microsoft increasingly has an emoji problem as the company’s Windows 10 operating system lacks the latest set of characters. Emoji are, essentially, a special type of digital text. The characters are set out by an organisation called the Unicode Consortium, and are subsequently adopted by a variety of software companies — including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others. But Microsoft […]
» Read moreY. Pranjala along with Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia won the doubles title in the Orange Bowl ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament in Florida (USA) on Sunday. The duo beat Eleni Christofi of Greece and Anastasia Detiuc of Moldova 6-2, 6-2 in the final. One fourth of the 180 points for the title will be added towards her combined ranking […]
» Read moreRavichandran Ashwin held on to his top spot, while Ravindra Jadeja rose a rung to be fifth in the all-rounders’ chart of the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Tuesday. However, no Indian found a place in the top-10 of batsmen’s rankings even though Ashwin (2nd) and Jadeja (8th) represented the country in the bowlers’ list. Elsewhere, Kane Williamson stood […]
» Read moreSerena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — the first female athlete honoured on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. Williams came within two matches of tennis’ first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1988, a bid that ended with a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open. In all, the 34-year-old American went 53-3 during 2015 […]
» Read moreAt least six Indians, including four minors, were among eight people killed when a high chimney at a brick factory collapsed in eastern Nepal following an explosion. The incident took place on Monday at New Jaya Nepal Brick Factory in Nepal’s Itahari city, police said. Six Indian nationals killed in the incident — Saddam Hussain (16), Rahul Miya (12), Salim […]
» Read moreThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning conducted searches at the office of Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “A corruption case has been registered against Rajendra Kumar, Secretary to the Delhi CM, on the allegation that he abused his official position to favour a particular firm in getting tenders from various Delhi government departments in the past […]
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