Day: January 15, 2022

Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the women’s singles semifinals after defeating fellow Indian Ashmita Chaliha in straight games at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament here on Friday.

A lot of people are angry at Novak Djokovic. And his sponsors may just wait it out.

South Africa beat India by seven wickets to win the third Test and secure the series 2-1. Resuming the day 101 for two, South Africa 
saw the job done in 63.3 overs with major contributions coming from Keegan Petersen (82), Rassie van der Dussen (41 not out) and Temba Bavuma (32 not out).

To keep the fifth Covid-19 wave under control, the Hungarian government announced that it would offer a fourth vaccine against the virus to the country’s citizens on a voluntary basis.

Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to be afraid and expect the worst, and Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbour’s frontier, released TV pictures on Friday of more forces deploying in a drill.

A top Chinese consumer group has called for a boycott of a KFC meal promotion, saying it encourages food waste, the BBC reported.

Sonalika Tractors has announced breaching past 1 lakh tractor sales mark in nine months of FY’22. Meanwhile, Sonalika said it has also entered the coveted club of 25,000+ export tractor sales in nine months.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has announced the launch of the New Camry Hybrid with design changes to ‘amplify the power, luxury, style, and elegance of the intelligent and intuitive sedan’.

Amazon India has announced ‘Great Republic Day Sale’ from 17 to 20 January. A statement said Prime members will get 24 hours early access starting 12 am on 16 January.

With 2,68,833 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,68,50,962 today. Also, the Omicron variant tally has touched 6,041.