Day: November 2, 2019

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, fighting it out for the year-end world number one spot, edged closer to a possible Paris Masters final clash as both eased into the last four on Friday.

Opener Priya Punia’s well-compiled fifty went in vain as the Indian women’s team suffered a narrow one-run defeat against the West Indies in the first ICC Women’s Championship ODI here.

Rakshitta Ravi, a 14-year-old International Woman Master who recently won the Bronze Medal at the World Youth Chess Championship 2019, was felicitated at Velammal Vidyalaya, Mel Ayanambakkam, here, Friday.

Kohli-less India faces an already depleted Bangladesh side with the absence of seasoned players Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal in Delhi for the first of the three-match T20I series tomorrow amidst concerns about poor air quality.

The latest security incident around WhatsApp could have a bearing on the launch of its digital payment services in India as these systems need to be “fool-proof”, a senior government official said.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sought further relaxation in India’s FDI rules to facilitate American companies to increase investment in the country for boosting economic growth and be a partner in achieving $5 trillion economy.

Chandrayaan-2 is not the end of the story about the country’s attempts to conquer the moon, and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will attempt another soft landing “in the near future”, the space agency’s chief K Sivan said.

The income tax department has cancelled registration of six Tata Trusts, including Jamsetji Tata Trust, R D Tata Trust and Tata Education Trust, following their decision to surrender the same. The Tata Trusts said the cancellation was a culmination of the decision taken by these six Trusts in 2015 to surrender their registration and to not claim the associated income tax exemptions.

Mountain Girnar in Gujarat boasts of a vast Jain temple and Buddhist cave. When Shreyas Bhave, a writer-cum-railway electrification expert visited it, he was awestruck with the architectural marvel and was curious to know the mind behind it. When he enquired, pat came the answer. It was constructed by Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka.
The incident left him pondering and made him embark on a journey to unravel discoveries of the great grandfather and grandson duo, thus was born Shreyas’ Asoka Trilogy.

A high-level committee headed by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday approved Rs 8,120 crore worth investments in various projects in the State that would generate about 16,000 job opportunities.