Sports

ATP final: Net gains for Ramkumar Ramanathan

ATP final: Net gains for Ramkumar Ramanathan

Written by Gaurav Bhatt | New Delhi | Published: July 24, 2018 1:33:55 am Ramkumar Ramanathan lost Hall of Fame final 5-7, 6-4, 2-6 to Steve Johnson. (Source: File) Playing the Hall of Fame final at the Newport Casino, Ramkumar Ramanathan showed his hand early: kicking off the match with

India vs England: Finger spinner, fingers crossed

India vs England: Finger spinner, fingers crossed

Written by Vishal Menon | Updated: July 24, 2018 1:36:12 am R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are ranked Nos 3 and 5 respectively in the ICC rankings. (Source: File) Three spinners for England, in retrospect, could either be a gamble or a master-stroke, But it also instills some intrigue in

Duleep Trophy 2018: Selectors avoid gaffe by unpicking dope-tainted cricketer

Duleep Trophy 2018: Selectors avoid gaffe by unpicking dope-tainted cricketer

Written by Devendra Pandey | Updated: July 24, 2018 1:37:06 am Akshay Wadkar has been included in the India Red team for the Duleep Trophy. (Source: PTI) THE NATIONAL selection committee avoided a major gaffe on Monday by replacing Abhishek Gupta, who they’d initially picked despite him serving a dope-related

Maurizio Sarri makes a winning start as Chelsea manager

By: Sports Desk | Published: July 24, 2018 12:45:52 am New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri poses with the club shirt after the press conference. (Source: Reuters) New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri made a winning start with his first game in charge of the Premier League team that beat Perth Glory

Business

Syntel buy for $3.4 bn to rev up offshore play for French IT major Atos

Syntel buy for $3.4 bn to rev up offshore play for French IT major Atos

French IT outsourcing major Atos’ acquisition of Michigan-based Syntel for $3.4 billion will help the European firm bolster its offshore presence in India — something the company has been aiming at for a long time. Nasdaq-listed Syntel has around 18,000 employees in India, constituting roughly a little over 78 per

Alphabet trounces profit estimates, shares rise

Alphabet trounces profit estimates, shares rise

on Monday reported that its profit margin rose in the second quarter, delivering investors a long-awaited sign that expenses are coming into check. Shares jumped more than 5 percent after hours. Growth in the company’s traffic acquisition costs, a key expense, decreased for the first time in three years compared

Merger imminent: Vodafone, Idea shell out spectrum dues to DoT

Merger imminent: Vodafone, Idea shell out spectrum dues to DoT

The $23-billion merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India will soon get the final approval of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as both the companies have paid Rs 7,268-crore dues towards spectrum charges.

Stop Sale Of Non-BS VI Vehicles From April 2020, Says Centre

Stop Sale Of Non-BS VI Vehicles From April 2020, Says Centre

The government is pushing to make BS VI fuel compulsory on air pollution concerns New Delhi:  The sale and manufacture of BS VI non-compliant vehicles in India should not be allowed from April 1, 2020, as it would lessen environmental benefits to be accrued from using cleaner BS VI fuel,

Politics

Pakistan votes tomorrow: Numbers, players, parties in the fray

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: July 24, 2018 1:46:16 am Supporters of Imran Khan, during a campaign last week. (Photo: Reuters) GREAT EXPECTATIONSIMRAN KHAN, PTIThe man who believes he will be Pakistan’s next Prime Minister is contesting five seats in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, and

Trump considering revoking 6 ex-Obama officials’ clearance

Trump considering revoking 6 ex-Obama officials’ clearance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of six former Obama-era officials who have been critical of his administration, a move that opponents say would be an unprecedented politicization of the clearance process. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president is

Just tough Trump tweeting? US ratchets up Iran pressure

Just tough Trump tweeting? US ratchets up Iran pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s explosive twitter threat to Iran’s leader comes as his administration is ratcheting up a pressure campaign on the Islamic republic that many suspect is aimed at regime change. No one is predicting imminent war. But Trump’s bellicose, all-caps challenge addressed to President Hassan Rouhani

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi creates record, visits all 75 districts of the state in first 16 months of his rule

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi creates record, visits all 75 districts of the state in first 16 months of his rule

Express News Service LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath created a record on Monday during his Hathras visit by becoming the first-ever CM to have visited all 75 districts of the state in just 16 months of his rule. At Hathras, where he laid the foundation stone of 34

Health

How pregnancy and childbirth may protect some women from developing dementia

How pregnancy and childbirth may protect some women from developing dementia

That the female hormone estrogen is at work is suggested by several of the large study’s findings. From 1964 to 1973, the undertaking enrolled female members of Kaiser Permanente ages 40 to 55. Researchers initially collected data on the number of children the women had birthed, how many miscarriages they

Scientists Have Found a Way to Reverse Wrinkles and Hair Loss, According to an “Unprecedented” New Study

Scientists Have Found a Way to Reverse Wrinkles and Hair Loss, According to an “Unprecedented” New Study

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Smartphones are killing teenagers’ memories, study says

Smartphones are killing teenagers’ memories, study says

A new study suggests that radiation from smartphones is negatively impacting the memories of adolescents. (Credit: iStock)  (Rostislav_Sedlacek) New research suggests that radiation from smartphones is negatively impacting teenagers’ memories, leaving them with short-term memory loss. The concern is that a year’s worth of radiation could be enough to damage

Stanford researchers create cortisol-detecting wearable to measure stress, health

Stanford researchers create cortisol-detecting wearable to measure stress, health

Researchers from Stanford University have developed a new wearable capable of measuring a patient’s cortisol levels from their sweat. Cortisol, a hormone linked to stress, typically takes several days to test. A paper outlining the early development and use of the technology was recently published in Science Advances.  “We are

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