India’s limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday emerged the top draw in the IPL draft with the Sanjeev Goenka-owned new franchise Pune opting to pick him first for the stipulated price of Rs. 12.5 crore. Dhoni’s India teammate Suresh Raina was picked to play for the Rajkot team. “Excited to play for the beautiful vibrant city- Rajkot in @IPL. […]
» Read moreIndian Aces continued their dominance in IPTL 2 with a 25-18 win over Japan Warriors on the opening day of tournament’s Dubai leg here Monday. It was the seventh win for Aces in eight matches.The mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 to set the tone for the match. The next […]
» Read moreIT major Infosys has invested USD 3 million in U.S.-based wearable device startup firm WHOOP to pick up a minority shareholding in the company. In a regulatory filing, Infosys said it “has made an investment of USD 3 million (about Rs 20 crore) in WHOOP, an early stage company offering performance optimisation system for elite professional sports teams.” Infosys said […]
» Read moreSaudi voters have elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country’s history. The women who won hail from vastly different parts of the country, ranging from Saudi Arabia’s largest city to a small village near Islam’s holiest site. The 20 female candidates […]
» Read moreTwenty one people were on Monday injured when a liquefied gas bottle exploded at a restaurant in southwest China’s Yunnan province. The explosion took place at a rice noodle restaurant in the provincial capital Kunming as a delivery van packed with liquefied gas containers was parking at the door. Police began transferring the bottles to another pickup truck as soon […]
» Read moreThe Indian diaspora in various countries abroad plays a large role in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic outreach, and now, BJP MP Poonam Mahajan is moving a private member’s Bill in the Lok Sabha seeking nomination of at least eight overseas Indians to the Lower House. “It is the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa, […]
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