AUGUST 4, 2018
PV Sindhu entered her second straight BWF World Championship final on Saturday after beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.
The Indian badminton ace will now face Spain's Carolina Marin in the final of the World Championship on Sunday.
In a hard-fought battle that lasted for 55 minutes, Sindhu defeated Yamaguchi 21-16, 24-22 in the semi-finals.
The victory also helped the 23-year-old to...
AUGUST 4, 2018
Issues that were affecting Facebook this evening appear to have been fixed.
The number of reports of faults with the platform on Down Detector has dramatically descreased from tens of thousands to a few hundred.
Meanwhile on other social networking sites such as Twitter, people have reported Facebook as working for them once again.
No official statement has been provided...
AUGUST 4, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 287 (Root 80, Bairstow 70, Ashwin 4-62, Shami 3-64) and 180 (Curran 63, Ishant 5-51, Ashwin 3-59) beat India 274 (Kohli 149, Curran 4-74) and 162 (Kohli 51, Stokes 4-40) by 31 runs
Cricket – England v India – First Test – Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain – August 4, 2018 – Virat Kohli disappointed – Getty...
AUGUST 4, 2018
China is building rockets for its artillery units that will be propelled by “electromagnetic catapult” technology and can be used at high altitude locations in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), state media has reported, indicating the projectiles could be deployed against India.
Describing the innovation as “unprecedented”, the report said the catapult-propelled rockets can hit targets...
AUGUST 4, 2018
India will bring up proposed changes in the US immigration policy, including eligibility for Green Cards and various American visas, at the two-plus-two dialogue between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries in September, people familiar with the Indian agenda for the talks said.
A total of 306,601 applications filed by Indian nationals for a Green...
AUGUST 4, 2018
Social media exploded today after several Android users discovered that the UIDAI helpline number crept into their contact lists without their knowledge. The Aadhaar-issuing authority sprung into action with a clarification that this apparent intrusion was not their doing. Other govt bodies including COAI and TRAI also washed their hands off the matter. However, by the end...
AUGUST 3, 2018
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen leaves his hotel in Manhattan, New York, on July 31, 2018. - Shannon Stapleton
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, reportedly reached an agreement with a top donor to the president to help land funding for a nuclear power plant project. Cohen could have netted $10...
AUGUST 3, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 274 and 110 for 5 (Kohli 43*, Karthik 18*, Broad 2-29) need 84 runs to beat England 287 and 180 (Curran 63, Ishant 5-51, Ashwin 3-59)
Cricket - England v India - First Test - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - August 3, 2018 India's Virat Kohli after the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
Edgbaston,...
AUGUST 3, 2018
Russian President Vladmir Putin - Getty Images
While the United States is still trying to comprehend the scale of Russia's election meddling, an Oxford University professor has said that the country could look to target other nations, naming India and Brazil as key countries, where elections are due next year.
Philip N Howard, a statutory Professor...
AUGUST 3, 2018
PORTRAITS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN (Photo by Stephane Ruet/Sygma via Getty Images)
On the corner couch of a spacious room, a woman wearing a brightly patterned robe sits expectantly. The red hijab that covers her hair is reflected in a glass-fronted cabinet; inside, a framed photograph of her firstborn son takes pride of place between family heirlooms...
