Eyeing their eight title of the season and as a team, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis entered the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing on Thursday. Fresh from their Wuhan Open triumph last week, the top seeds prevailed over the German-Czech pair of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova…
KOCHI: Kerala Blasters new head coach Peter Taylor had promised more goals from his side in the second season of Indian Super League and his players didn’t disappoint in their ISL opener against NorthEast United FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Tuesday night. After a barren first half, Blasters sunk their rivals with three…
Cricket Association of Bengal president designate Sourav Ganguly will formally be elected as its chief at their special general meeting on October 15. The former India captain yesterday did the formality of tendering his resignation from CAB joint secretary which will be taken over by Avishek Dalmiya at the upcoming SGM. The CAB today sent…
Internships can help you find out whether you are really cut out for the job you are seeking. At a time when coaching classes are mushrooming to help students crack entrance tests and job interviews, there is hardly any guidance to make job-seekers aware of the actual demands of a job and prepare them accordingly….
Taking into account the societal relevance of the Right to Information Act, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to rollout certificate and diploma courses in RTI. The new programmes, which are being worked out with support from Central Information Commission (CIC), will also form mandatory part of training for all Central Government…
In what could well become a larger sectoral trend, Wipro, India’s third-largest information technology (IT) services company, has started hiring non-science graduates. Traditionally, the industry depends on engineering, computer science and science graduates for its talent pool. For the first time, the Bengaluru-based company is experimenting with commerce, fine arts and business management graduates. These…
Facebook remains the most popular social networking site in India with 51 per cent of users logging on daily, while WhatsApp tops the list of instant messaging (IM) apps, according to report by global research consultancy firm TNS. As per the findings of ‘Connected Life’ — a global study of the digital attitudes and behaviours…
NEW DELHI: Less than two weeks after the new iPhones went on sale, a number of users are reporting issues with the flagship Apple devices. Users are complaining about the phones’ Touch ID or home button overheating while starting up the device. Several users took to Apple’s support forum explaining the problem. A user posted…
WASHINGTON: Imagine a pair of glasses that project a virtual map as you walk down a new road, or turn your office into a gaming arena where you fight out zombies. A new patent application by Google could make it possible. Google has published a patent application for using holograms in a head mounted display…
NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone start-up OnePlus is offering OnePlus One phones free in Bengaluru, if they aren’t delivered within 60 minutes of the order being accepted. Sounds like a pizza delivery promotion gone wild, but OnePlus is serious about this promotion offer. “Can you ever imagine receiving a smartphone in about the same time as…
