11 Jan 2016

Afghanistan thrash Zimbabwe as Shahzad hits historic ton

Afghanistan won the T20I series 2-0, after beating Zimbabwe by 81 runs in the second T20I in Sharjah.

David Bowie passes away at 69

David Bowie, the iconic rock star whose career spanned over five decades, passed away on January 10 after a long battle with cancer.

Think of harsher punishment for child rape accused: SC

The Apex court has directed the Parliament to think of formulating laws that provide for harsher punishment for rape and abuse of minors.

Binny Bansal: The next CEO of Flipkart

Flipkart's Chief Executive Sachin Bansal announced that he will be stepping down from his role, and the company's co-founder Binny Bansal will take his place.

Spanish Princess, husband to face trial for embezzling $6.7 million

Spain's Princess Cristina and her husband will face trial in a landmark corruption case that has outraged the whole of Spain.

Rs.4000 crore to be invested to upgrade Paradip refinery

Indian Oil will upgrade its Paradip Refinery to meet the Euro VI norms to be adopted by the country from 2020.

DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Lawrence take home the Golden Globes

While the award for the Best Actor, Motion Picture (Drama) was won by Leonardo DiCaprio for 'Revenant', Matt Damon won the award for Best Actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for 'Martian'.

10 Jan 2016

CII Partnership Summit off to a flying start

At the inauguration of the 22nd CII Partnership Summit, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new programme called "Stand Up India" wherein every branch of every bank, public or private sector, will have to fund one SC/ST and one woman entrepreneur.

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Qatar Open

Reigning world number 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-2, at the Qatar Open final 2016 to win his first Qatar Open title.

VK Singh dismisses Tewari's 'troop movement' comments

Former Army chief General VK Singh dismissed claims by senior Congress leader Manish Tewari that the 2012 army troop movement toward Delhi had actually happened.

J&K under Governor's rule for 7th time

Jammu and Kashmir was brought under Governor's rule after Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed passed away at AIIMS hospital on 7 January.