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Nehra makes comeback; Ashwin, Jadeja ignored for T20s
NEW DELHI (TIP): Veteran left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has made a comeback in the 15-member Indian team while selectors once again ignored senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the threematch T20 series against Australia, starting October 7. The selectors decided to […]
Sports News
U-17 WORLD CUP: INDIA’S BABY STEPS BEGIN AGAINST USA
NEW DELHI (TIP): On the eve of his coaching career’s biggest assignment, India coach Luis Norton de Matos was asked about his last-minute message to his team. The 63- year-old Portuguese coach turned towards India captain Amarjit Singh Kiyam, sitting next […]
Business & Economics
RCom shares drop 7.8% to record low
MUMBAI (TIP): Shares of India’s Reliance Communications tumbled as much as 7.8% in early trade on Tuesday to an all-time low after the company scrapped a proposed merger of its wireless arm with rival Aircel, raising doubts about a debt-reduction plan. […]
Business & Economics
RAJNISH KUMAR NEW SBI CHAIRMAN AS ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA RETIRES
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rajnish Kumar, 59, the senior most of the managing directors at State Bank of India (SBI), will become the 25th chairman of the country’s largest lender, succeeding Arundhati Bhattacharya, who is set to retire on 6 October. The government on Oct […]
Business & Economics
EU orders Amazon to pay 250 mn euros in taxes to Luxembourg
The EU turned the screw on US tech giants Wednesday, ordering Amazon to repay Luxembourg 250 million euros in back taxes and referring Ireland to the top EU court for failing to collect billions from Apple. Europe’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager […]
Business & Economics
RBI LOWERS GROWTH FORECAST TO 6.7%, HOLDS REPO RATE CITING RISK TO INFLATION
NEW DELHI (TIP): Home and auto loan rates are unlikely to change, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, citing higher risks to inflation. The central bank slashed its growth forecast and raised […]
Business & Economics
FLIPKART TO INVEST RS 255 CRORE MORE IN PHONEPE
BENGALURU (TIP): PhonePe, Flipkart’s payments platform, has received a capital infusion of about Rs 255 crore, as per filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). The development comes after Flipkart’s closure of the blockbuster funding of $4 billion […]
Business & Economics
Spicejet signs pact with Japanese firm to operate planes on water, land
The airline will study the commercial viability of using amphibious planes that can take-off and land from short, unimproved strips of land as well as water bodies NEW DELHI (TIP): Soon you can land on water or small […]
World
China opens new highway in Tibet close to Arunachal border
BEIJING (TIP): China on Oct 2 opened a 409-km new expressway costing about $5.8 billion linking Tibet’s provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi, which is close to Arunachal Pradesh border. The 409-km toll-free expressway has linked the two major cities […]
World
Russian military accuses US of ‘supporting’ IS group
MOSCOW (TIP): The Russian defence ministry on Wednesday suggested the United States was supporting Islamic State jihadists, enabling them to mount counteroffensive attacks in eastern Syria. “The main thing preventing the final defeat of ISIL in Syria is not […]
World
Saudi king, Putin clinch billion-dollar energy, arms deals on landmark Russia visit
MOSCOW (TIP): Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, on a landmark visit to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a slew of arms and energy deals as the key US ally seeks to deepen cooperation with Moscow. The leaders of […]
World
Divisions over UK PM May’s future burst into open with plot to topple her
LONDON (TIP): Divisions over the future of British Prime Minister Theresa May burst into the open on Oct 6 with allies saying she should carry on and a former Conservative Party chairman claiming the support of 30 lawmakers for a plot […]
World
Iraqi forces capture Hawija from Islamic State
BAGHDAD (TIP): Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, the military said in a statement on Oct 6. With the capture of Hawija, the militants’ last stronghold in northern Iraq, […]
World
Tropical Storm Nate blamed for 22 deaths; threatens US coast
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA (TIP): Newly formed Tropical Storm Nate was blamed on Thursday for at least 22 deaths in Central America as it dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry it toward a potential landfall on the US […]
World
Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “Remains of the Day”, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday, honouring an “exquisite novelist” a year after giving it to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. […]
Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW : BIRTH OF THE DRAGON
CAST: Philip Ng a, Xia Yu, Billy Magnussen, Qu Jingjing DIRECTION: George Nolfi GENRE: Drama STORY A story about the legendary showdown between Bruce Lee and his nemesis, the martial artist Wong Jack Man. REVIEW Bruce […]
Entertainment
MONICA BELLUCCI TO STAR IN SCI-FI HORROR ‘NEKROMANCER’
Monica Bellucci is set to star in sci-fi horror Nekromancer, the latest film from brothers Kiah and Tristan Roache- Turner (Wyrmwood). The Italian actress, who has starred in The Passion of the Christ, Spectre and Irréversible, will join Ben O’Toole […]
Entertainment
JULIA ROBERTS WAS A ‘SELFISH LITTLE BRAT’ AS A YOUNG ACTOR
Hollywood star Julia Roberts said in then beginning of her career she was singularly focused and making it big in movies was her only priority. In an interview, Roberts said, “I was my priority, a selfish little brat running […]
Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW : JUDWAA 2
CAST: Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Taapsee Pannu DIRECTION: David Dhawan GENRE: Comedy DURATION: 2 hours 30 minutes STORY Raja (Varun) and Prem (Varun, again) are conjoined twins, who have similar reflexes. They are separated at birth by a […]
Entertainment
EVELYN SHARMA AWARDED FOR HER SOCIAL CAUSE IN AMERICA
After toiling for her dream project, Seams For Dreams, actress Evelyn Sharma is celebrating her success. Her initiative aims to provide clothing to the needy across India. The Indo-German beauty, recalled for her comic presence in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, was […]
Entertainment
TAMANNAAH BHATIA: WE CAN RECREATE THE MAGIC OF ‘QUEEN’
Actress Tamannaah Bhatia is confident that the magic of Kangana Ranaut-starrer ‘Queen’ will be recreated in its Telugu version which was officially launched on Sunday. The remake, to be directed by Neelakanta Reddy, has been titled ‘Queen Once Again’. “It’s […]
India
HOTEL SCAM: LALU YADAV APPEARS BEFORE CBI
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rashtriya Janta Dal leader and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Oct 5 reached the CBI headquarters after a number of summons for questioning in connection with the alleged corruption in awarding the maintenance contract of two IRCTC hotels to a […]
India
Mukesh Ambani remains India’s richest man on Forbes’ list
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reliance Industries Ltd chief Mukesh Ambani on Thursday emerged as India’s wealthiest for the 10th straight year as his net worth swelled to $38 billion (nearly Rs 2.5 trillion) while the wealth of 100 richest rose by […]
India
Panchkula police take Honeypreet to Bathinda
BATHINDA (TIP): A police team from Panchkula on Oct 5y brought Honeypreet, the adopted daughter of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to the city for an investigation regarding her stay while in hiding. Sukhdeep Kaur, who was also arrested […]