December 17, 2016
Brief Scorecard: India 60 for 0 (Rahul 30*, Parthiv 28*) trail England 477 (Moeen 146, Root 88, Dawson 66*, Rashid 60) by 417 runs
Parthiv Patel opened the innings with KL Rahul for India, India v England, 5th Test, Chennai, 2nd day, December 17, 2016 – AFP
December 17, 2016
From the looks of it, 2017 will be a pretty amazing year for technology. Every day, consumers are already talking about virtual reality, self-driving cars, and a limitless menu of on-demand services. “The future” really has arrived.
December 17, 2016
India's Vijender Singh outpunched Tanzania's Francis Cheka to defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title at the Thyagaraj Stadium here on Saturday.
Undefeated in seven professional bouts so far, the 31-year-old Indian took just three rounds to retain his unbeaten streak since turning professional.
December 17, 2016
In another setback for the public at large, oil marketing companies announced a petrol and diesel price hike.
The rationalizing of petrol and diesel prices to reflect the market price has led to regular price hikes, but these have also been cut too.
Petrol price was hiked by Rs 2.21, diesel by Rs 1.79 today; to be effective from midnight.
December 16, 2016
NEW DELHI – Hearing petitions on demonetization, the Supreme Court had, today, taken a strong stand and refused to extend the use of the scrapped currency notes in government utility centers like hospitals, railway tickets and others.
December 16, 2016
The Supreme Court has come down hard on BCCI president Anurag Thakur and said the Indian cricket board’s chief “appears to have prima facie committed perjury” and the apex court might pass orders. It further noted that Thakur might land in jail if perjury is proved.
WASHINGTON — A Chinese warship seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider that was collecting unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea, and the U.S. is demanding its return, the Pentagon said Friday.
Chinese Naval Ship steals American Oceanographic underwater drone.
December 16, 2016
CALL them boomerang retirees: people who exit gracefully after their career at a company, then return shortly afterward to work there part time
Bryan anselm for The New York Times Mark Keefe at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., on Wednesday.
December 15, 2016
WASHINGTON — When a suspected Russian cybercriminal named Dmitry Ukrainsky was arrested in a Thai resort town last summer, the American authorities hoped they could whisk him back to New York for trial and put at least a temporary dent in Russia’s arsenal of computer hackers.
December 15, 2016
Twenty states filed a lawsuit Thursday against Mylan NV, Teva Pharmaceuticals and four other generic drug makers, saying they conspired on pricing of two common generic drugs, according to a copy of the complaint.
