Novak Djokovic finished the best season of his life in fitting style as the world number one crushed Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to win the ATP Tour Finals title for a record fourth successive year. The 11th title of Djokovic’s astonishingly dominant campaign served as the perfect finale to arguably the best run by any male player in […]
» Read moreRohan Bopanna yet again finished runner-up at the ATP season-end Finale after losing the summit clash with his Romanian partner Florin Mergea on Sunday. The eighth seeds lost 4-6, 3-6 to second seeded team of Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Teacu. Bopanna was appearing in his second season-end Finale, having reached the final with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2012.
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi would accompany Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to Kashi on December 12. Both premiers would enjoy Ganga Aarti in the evening followed by a dinner hosted by Modi for Abe at a hotel. Following intimation, senior district officials, including Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, DIG Varanasi Range SK Bhagat, district magistrate Rajmani Yadav and SSP Akash Kulhari, held a […]
» Read moreFlipkart, India’s largest e-commerce company, has hired former Twitter executive Tarun Jain to head the products division of its online advertising business. Jain will be responsible for driving business strategy, product vision, roadmap, execution, partnerships and customer adoption. Jain has relocated to Bengaluru from San Francisco and will be reporting to entrepreneur-in-residence Ravi Garikipati. The ads business is headed by […]
» Read moreA 5.9-magnitude quake struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, jolting Delhi and parts of Pakistan according to local reports. The tremor struck 22 kilometres (14 miles) southwest of Ashkasham, 300 kilometres northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul, at a depth of 92.4 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake, which occurred […]
» Read moreInternational Institute for Information Technology and Indian Institute of Science in the city are among the eight leading academic institutions selected by Infosys Foundation to set up faculty chairs. The philanthropic arm of India’s second largest software exporter has 11 faculty chairs in eight leading academic institutes across India to promote research. These chairs also provide advanced training and support […]
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