Asian Games: Amit Panghal lone Indian boxer standing, enters final

Amit Panghal (49kg) was the lone Indian boxer to make the final of the 18th Asian Games, beating Philippines' Carlo Paalam in a fiercely-contested semi-final bout here on Friday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2orLkMW

Q1 GDP zooms to 8.2%, highest growth rate in eight quarters

The GDP growth rate in the last quarter was 7.7 per cent while that in the first quarter of the previous financial year stood at 5.59 per cent. The growth rate exceeded Street expectations, as a Reuters poll of economists had projected it to come at 7.6 per cent.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2MGRCH2

Russia says US would suffer, after Donald Trump threat to exit WTO

Russia's economy ministry said on Friday that the United States would suffer economically from not playing by the rules, following a threat by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to pull the United States out of the global trade body if "they don't shape up".

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MD1Ms6

Amsterdam: Suspect shot after stabbing at train station



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wuadM4

Asian Games: Indian men's team settles for bronze in squash

Defending champions India settled for a bronze medal after losing 0-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinals of the men's squash event at the 18th Asian Games on Friday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2wCJjkq

Cherish my 100m silver more: Dutee Chand

She won two silver medals in her maiden Asian Games, but star sprinter Dutee Chand cherishes her closely-fought 100m silver more than the 200m win.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PTULRx

A ride to the dark side

After the beach, the eerie beauty of mangrove forests are the next big thing in Mangaluru

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2POoSKa

Census 2021 will collect data on OBCs

Census 2021 will for the first time collect data on other backwards castes. Nearly 25 lakh enumerators are trained and engaged for the gigantic exercise. Accurate collection of data will be ensured in Census 2021.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2wtZK3d

Asian Games 2018: India's medal winners on Day 13

Sailing gave India three medals on Day 13 of the competitions at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia on Friday. Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar clinched silver in the 49er FX women's event, while Harshita Tomar claimed bronze in the Open Laser 4.7.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PRs5c3

Cash-strapped SAIL may put budget targets at risk

SAIL’s refusal could make it harder for the government to meet its budgeted target of raising Rs 1.06 lakh crore from the dividends and profit of state-owned companies this fiscal year ending March. Last fiscal year, the government received Rs 123 crore, 13 percent below the then target.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NyU1jb

Asian Games: Barman hopes focus shifts from feet to feat

Swapna Barman's claim to fame before landing in Jakarta was as the athlete with 12 toes but the 21-year-old will return home having forged a new identity after winning India's first Asian Games gold in the heptathlon.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2oroQva

Live Score: India lose KL Rahul early on Day 2



from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2N2pltI

Asian Games: India win three medals in sailing

India clinched three medals in sailing with Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar clinching silver in the 49er FX Women's event and Harshita Tomar claiming bronze in the Open Laser 4.7 at the 18th Asian Games on Friday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2wy5hFu

How Macron won Trump's friendship, failed to influence him



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N4oAQZ

Live Score: India resume batting on Day 2

Stay updated with Times of India for Live Cricket Score, Ball by ball commentary & Scorecard of 4th Test match between India and England

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2pltI

India refutes Pak's spin on Indus Waters talks

India and Pakistan agreed to undertake mandated tours of each other's hydropower projects on the Indus, even as the Pakistani press reported only on the inspection of only India's projects. In fact, Pakistani sources told PTI India rejected Pakistan's objections on its hydropower projects on the Chenab.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2LCLmKZ

4th Test: Gambhir backs Indian batsmen to shine on Day 2



from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2ontv1k

What a falling rupee means for household budgets, other plans

On Friday, the rupee plunged to a new-low as it hit the psychological 71-mark against the US dollar for the first time. For an import-dependent country such as India, currency depreciation hurts on several fronts, besides leading to a rise in general inflation.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2VG3M

Chinappa stuns Nicol David, takes India into final

Joshna Chinappa upstaged eight-time world champion Nicol David as the Indian women's squash team outplayed defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to enter its second successive Asian Games final on Friday. The Indian team is now assured of at least a silver and is likely to face Hong Kong in the final.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Na0Zy6

How this young monk pulls off the great memory trick

In his pursuit to become a ‘maha shatavdhani’,17-year-old Jain monk, Muni Padma prabhchandra sagar, will display his prodigious memory by allowing audience to ask questions randomly from a lot of 200. Sagar, a disciple of Acharya Nayachandrasagarji, used techniques like silence and meditation to increase attention span and working memory.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2opkvJh

Japan eyes record defence budget amid N Korea, China threats



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MDjgEG

Myanmar struggles to digest global anger over Rohingya crisis



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NzCp6W

US Navy seizes 1,000 smuggled rifles off war-torn Yemen



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2orywWK

Asian Games Live Day 13: Vikas Krishan settles for bronze medal



from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2wv7CSf

Injured Vikas can't fight semis, settles for bronze

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Games after he was declared medically unfit to fight his semifinal bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained earlier in the event.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2C442DR

4th Test: Curran fights but India bowl out England for 246

It was a tale of valour from a 20-year-old Surrey boy which stopped India from running away to a position of absolute strength on the first day of the fourth Test here on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PmI0xX

India's schedule at 2018 Asian Games on Day 13

A confident Indian women's hockey team will be desperate to end a long 36-year wait when it takes on Japan in the gold medal clash of the Asian Games. India also have medal interests in squash and boxing on Friday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2oo9c3N

Roger Federer beats heat, Benoit Paire to advance in US Open

Roger Federer says his favorite drinks are cold water and a sparkling glass of champagne. Both could be on tap at the US Open: Federer needed a few swigs of water on another steamy day at the Open and he played like a former champion set to uncork a celebratory bottle of bubbly.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2C2Th4v

Pincky overcame family tragedy to win Asiad medal

The 19-year-old, who clinched a historic a silver medal for India in the martial-art sport of Kurash (52 kg), wanted to fulfill her late father’s wish

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2wAq6jp

Indian athletics contingent produces best show after 1978

The Indian athletics contingent ended its Asian Games campaign with a best ever show since 1978 with Jinson Johnson and the women's 4x400 relay team providing a golden touch on the last day of the athletics competitions on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Nz1C1t

Gopichand confident of cracking 'Tai' code

The ace badminton guru said World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying has a psychological advantage on the Indian players because she has been beating them regularly.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2N62sWn

Bumrah must urgently address his no-ball issues: Sunil Gavaskar

The pitch had no part to play in the dismissals of the England batsmen as it was tremendous bowling by the Indian seamers that got the batsmen out, writes Gavaskar.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PTzojc

Djokovic survives 'mini-me' lapse to reach US Open 3rd round

Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic made it harder than it had to be, but rediscovered his poise in time to pull off a four-set victory over Tennys Sandgren at the US Open on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PXiHUm

Ronaldo's Juventus drawn with Manchester United in Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the storied teams were drawn together at the Champions League group stage on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2wxQKcS

No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki follows No. 1 Simona Halep on way out

All it took was two rounds at the US Open for the top two seeded women to leave the draw, with No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki following No. 1 Simona Halep on the way out.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PSkOZp

Jasprit Bumrah gets into the swing of things to unsettle the hosts

England seem in absolute awe of this Indian pace attack. They just don’t have answers when it comes to dealing with India’s fast bowlers, and adding an extra twist to this sense of mystery is Jasprit Bumrah.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MIb0mQ

Silver in 800m spurred Jinson to 1500m gold

Jinson Johnson was a disappointed man after winning the silver medal in his pet event, the men’s 800m final, but he knew all was not lost. He had one more chance to go for the maximum, and he did.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Pr2FRF

India at 2018 Asian Games: Day 12 Results

The seasoned Jinson Johnson and the women's 4x400m relay team were the joint stars with their golden show on the final day of the track-and-field competition in which India signed off 7 gold, 10 silver and 2 bronze medals, the country's best show since 1978.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PW64ZI

That was not the last final I played: PV Sindhu

Though disappointed with another loss in the final, PV Sindhu said that she is learning from her mistakes and is keen to comeback stronger.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LFssD7

Malaysia stun defending champs India in hockey semis

Defending champions India were knocked out of the Asian Games gold medal contention and denied a direct entry into the 2020 Olympics, with Malaysia again proving to be their Achilles heel in the men's hockey semifinals.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LHtEpE

Asian Games: Seema Punia settles for bronze

Defending champion Seema Punia settled for a bronze in the women's discus throw event in the Asian Games on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2ws7SBs

Sri Lankan faces terror charge in Australia

A Sri Lankan suspected to be linked to the Islamic State group was Friday charged with terrorism offences for possessing a document police allege contained plans to target "symbolic locations" in Sydney. Mohamed Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested at the University of New South Wales where he worked after a tip-off by someone who found a notebook allegedly detailing his plans.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wwltHb

Trump Foundation lawyer asks judge to dismiss lawsuit



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2C36Sc3

Man faces charges he threatened journalists to defend Trump



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wBrqTj

Depardieu faces probe over alleged sex assaults



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2C3uVHT

Trump insists White House a 'smooth-running machine'

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that his daughter played no role in the abrupt departure of his top lawyer and pushed back at the notion of a White House in chaos, calling it "a smooth-running machine with changing parts."

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PlqCcU

Pichai and the empty chair: Google defies Congress after Trump burn

There is growing disquiet on Capitol Hill over the fabled Silicon Valley major deciding to send a lower level executive to answer questions from US lawmakers instead of its CEO -- India-born Sundar Pichai. One lawmaker has said he may ask for an empty chair to be placed to placed before a Google nameplate to highlight Pichai's decision to stay away from the hearing.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LFLB89

Article 35(A) validity in J&K: SC adjourns hearing until January

The Supreme Court on Friday again adjourned its hearing on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, this time until January. The J&K government and the Centre on Friday sought postponement of the hearing on the ground that the Panchayat polls in the state would go on till December.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2osK6AJ

Asian Games Live: Boxer Vikas settles for bronze

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) settled for a bronze medal after he was declared medically unfit to fight his semifinal bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained earlier in the event

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2wv7CSf

ITR filing last day today: Guide to avoid penalty

It is very important to pick the correct ITR form while filing the returns. Some of the available forms are ITR 1 (SAHAJ), ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4, ITR 4S (SUGAM), ITR 5, ITR 6 and ITR 7. After filing the returns online, taxpayers can quickly e-verify it using 'digital signature certificate' (DSC). For those who don't have a DSC, they can fill the verification form and send it to the tax department's office within 120 days of filing the returns.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NzYWjZ

New low: Rupee@71, these people feel the pain

On Friday Rupee breached the 71-mark for the first time against the dollar, hitting a fresh low. The weakening of the rupee over the last few days has been attributed to month-end dollar demand from importers, the pressure being on currencies by Turkish lira and Chinese offshore yuan and rally in crude oil.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2N4ajUs

Pak backs down after Imran govt's spat with US

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's new Imran Khan government is bending backwards to put behind it its first spat with the US over whether terrorism was discussed or not in the US administration's first chat with Pakistan's new premier last week. "Politically, we need to move on," said Pakistan yesterday .

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2MDCdXP

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Rahul targets PM over Rafale deal, note ban

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the Central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of alleged scam in the Rafale defence deal with France and the note-ban exercise introduced by the Prime Minister in 2016.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2POH06P

Iran still abiding by nuclear deal terms: IAEA

The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency showed that Iran was still complying with the key parameters of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. It comes despite the future of the deal being thrown into uncertainty after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the pact.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2LH9j3L

Asian Games 2018: India's medal winners on Day 12

Middle-distance specialist Jinson Johnson gave India its 12th gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, by winning the men's 1500m event on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MGUa7M

Jailed woman who leaked US secrets thanks Donald Trump for tweet

In a Thursday telephone interview from a Georgia jail, Reality Winner told "CBS This Morning" that Trump's tweet was a "breath of fresh air" and it made her laugh. Trump tweeted August 24 that Winner's crime is "small potatoes" compared with "what Hillary Clinton did." Prosecutors have said Winner once wrote in a notebook of her desire to "burn the White House down."

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PetNms

Live: Rahul attacks NDA govt over demonetisation & Rafale deal

Stay here for real-time updates on breaking news from India and across the world that you can't miss

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NxgkWC

Demonetisation fulfilled objective: Jaitley

Jaitley suggested that the 'larger objective' of demonetisation was to make India a tax-compliant society, an exercise which involved the formalisation of the economy and a blow to the black money​.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2MF3SI4

UN fears chemical weapons in Syria battle with '10,000 terrorists'

The United Nations called on Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to forestall a battle in Syria’s Idlib province which would affect millions of civilians and could see both sides using chlorine as a chemical weapon.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PQpPBB

US accuses Iran of bad faith over sanctions lawsuit

Iran has asked the International Court of Justice to order the United States to lift the sanctions, reimposed after US President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral 2015 accord. Iran brought the case at the court in The Hague under a 1955 friendship treaty that predates the country's Islamic Revolution.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N0KUe7

Riders of the rapids: the Ladakh Kayak Festival

Kayakers from across the globe battled the raging waters of the Indus River at the just-concluded Ladakh Kayak Festival

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2omndin

India's cows can save the earth by trying new diet

Ermias Kebreab, Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California-Davis, recently showed that feeding seaweed as a dietary supplement to the cows dramatically reduced their emissions of methane gas. Methane in the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas (GHG), 28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in its potential for global warming.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2PQ2ShV

Live updates: PM Modi addresses BIMSTEC summit

PM Modi is on a two-day visit to Kathmandu beginning August 30, to participate in the 4th BIMSTEC summit. Stay with TOI for live updates

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2LGE9cH

India confident of ending 36-year Asiad gold wait in women's hockey

Having broken a 20-year-old jinx, a confident Indian women's hockey team will be desperate to end a long 36-year wait when it takes on Japan in the gold medal clash of the Asian Games on Friday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Nu9cdn

Dipika Pallikal's cousin shines but team fails against Hong Kong

The Indian women's squash team lost the all-important match against Hong Kong 1-2 to finish second in Group B, resulting in a tougher semifinal opponent in defending champions Malaysia at the Asian Games on Thursday.

from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2N2cYxW

Korea detente revives North Korean leader's bullet train dreams

Now, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking to capitalise on an easing in international tensions with his isolated regime to advance plans for a high-speed rail network to rival those in Europe and neighbouring South Korea.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wFsJ3J

The large yellow diamond that fueled the $2 billion PNB fraud

The price of the large yellow diamond alternately shrank and spiked by about a million dollars as it moved across the globe. The three-carat gem was shipped at least four times between shadowy companies allegedly controlled by Indian billionaire Nirav Modi over about five weeks in 2011, according to a report by a US bankruptcy examiner.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2MGhvGU

Live Score: England opt to bat, India unchanged



from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2LyYzEB

4th Test Live: Root wins toss, England opt to bat

Stay updated with Times of India for Live Cricket Score, Ball by ball commentary & Scorecard of 4th Test match between India and England

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2LyYzEB

Lost in time in Luxor

With its magnificent temples and pharaonic tombs, Luxor, once known as Thebes, is where ancient Egypt rests in all its glory, discovers Fabiola Jacob

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2PmkelL

Bridge across forever: Germany’s centuries-old Merchant’s Bridge

Red and white, yellow and brown, grey and blue — houses on Merchant’s Bridge or Kramerbrucke are colourful. But they have no numbers. Or addresses. E

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2BZX56P

In the river of dreams: exploring the Amazon

The Amazon’s dark forbidding heart is a place for chills, thrills and wonderful calm

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2MBA3rI

Ready to accept Stalin as leader if DMK takes me back: Alagiri

Expelled DMK leader and former Union minister M K Alagiri on Thursday said he was ready to accept his younger brother and party president M K Stalin as his leader if the party takes him back.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2LJKp3G

Gambhir backs Indian bowlers to hunt England



from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2C1aXO3

Children on the rooftop: Ladakh for the little ones

Clear-blue skies, snow-covered mountains, crystal-clear waters... Ladakh is a great holiday destination. But can you take the kids along? Here’s a quick guide for parents

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2LDVvai

Angling for a ‘fishing holiday’? Here’s how you can catch one

Limpid waters, silence and the thrill of reeling in a record catch, are drawing people to fishing holidays

from The Hindu - Travel https://ift.tt/2PQAJHJ

Pompeo to raise issue of terrorism with new Pak leadership: Report

"The secretary of state and the chairman are going to fly in to Islamabad to meet with the new government that's in place there now," Defence Secretary James Mattis said during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. The need to fight terrorists would be "the primary part" of their discussions with Pakistani leaders, he was quoting by Dawn newspaper as saying.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India world/pakistan/mike-pompeo-to-raise-issue-of-terrorism-with-new-pakistani-leadership-report/articleshow/65605707.cms

Gambhir backs Indian bowlers to hunt England

India batsman Gautam Gambhir looks ahead to the fourth Test between India and England beginning in Southampton today. The left-hander believes India's bowling line-up, especially fast bowlers, could once again prove handful for the English batsmen and that the visitors are in with a good chance to level the series at 2-2.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2C1aXO3

China says trade issues with US can only be resolved through talks as equals



from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wu2KwF