Star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s match-winning seven-wicket haul in the first Test against the West Indies helped him regain the No.1 spot among bowlers in the latest International Cricket Council, ICC Test rankings  2016released here on Tuesday. The Chennai-born tweaker not only regained the top spot in the bowler ICC Test Rankings 2016 but also […]

Emami Agrotech, a part of the Emami Group, will invest Rs 300 crore for expansion of its edible oil refining capacity by 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) at its Haldia plant in West Bengal, a top company official said on Tuesday. “With the expansion of the Haldia unit at an investment of Rs 300 crore, […]

New York: Making official the $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core internet business by US wireless company Verizon, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said on Tuesday that the deal “presents exciting opportunities to accelerate Yahoo’s transformation” and that she plans to stay to “see Yahoo into its next chapter”. “Today’s announcement not only brings us an […]

Bangkok:  Thailand plans to increase its population of tigers by about 50 percent in the next several years, a senior official said on Tuesday. Given the current population of about 750 tigers in Thailand’s evergreen forests, the number will rise by at least 300 to add up to over 1,000 tigers by 2022, Xinhua news […]

India has discovered large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrates in the Bay of Bengal that has the potential to be tapped, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), which participated in the discovery efforts. “Advances like the Bay of Bengal discovery will help unlock the global energy resource potential of Natural Gas Hydrates […]

Chennai: India has lost its arbitration case in an international tribunal against the Bengaluru-based Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. for cancelling the space/satellite contract with the government-owned Antrix Corporation, Devas said on Tuesday. In a statement, Devas said: “A Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal has found that the government of India’s actions in aning a […]

Chinese telecommunication company ZTE launched two new smartphones – an affordable Blade V6 and premium Axon Mini that will be available at Hotspots stores in Delhi from Tuesday. The Rs 9,999 Blade V6 is powered by 1.3GHz quad-core processor paired up with 2GB of RAM and has 16GB of internal memory. The 5-inch HD IPS […]

Panaji:  All hope is not lost as far as Goa’s pursuit for special status is concerned, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the legislative assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply, Parsekar said the state government was making “all efforts to pursue” the matter with the Central government. “The proposal for grant of special status […]

New Delhi:  Expanding the successful Xperia X and Xperia XA family, Sony India on Tuesday launched Sony Xperia XA Ultra smartphone at Rs 29,990 which will be available at Sony Centres and electronic stores across the country. Targeting selfie lovers, the smartphone features 16MP front camera with ‘Optical Image Stabilizer’ and smart selfie flash to […]

Seoul:  South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor on Tuesday said its first-half operating profit declined seven percent at 3.1 trillion won ($2.73 billion) due to soft demand from emerging economies. Revenue increased 7.5 percent from a year earlier to 47.03 trillion won during the January-June period, but net income also declined 6.4 percent to 3.53 […]