The decision was reached after a parliamentary group meeting of UNF Saturday morning and the case will be filed on Monday. UNF and some smaller parties termed the move as illegal, unconstitutional and unacceptable. The new governmen has sought to defend the dissolution saying President is empowered to do so. President Maithripala Sirisena had dissolved the Parliament … Read more
Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) ‘Billion Steps Challenge’ has received an overwhelming response, with over 200,000 participants across the globe registering and collectively logging a record three billion steps. At over 2.4 million kms, this distance is equivalent to three return trips to the moon, or going sixty times around the Earth, or five and a … Read more
“I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation,” Sanjita said. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) tested positive for testosterone. The sample was … Read more
Leading women players like Kiwi Suzie Bates, Aussies Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt and England’s Danielle Wyatt were part of the game which took place before the Qualifier 1 between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. After restricting the Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers to a modest 129/6, Supernovas rode on a collective batting … Read more
Established stars such as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa are not part of the tournament. In their absence, Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will lead India’s campaign. Several big names have pulled out of the low-key tournament. Manu-Sumeeth have been seeded third … Read more
While Kings XI Punjab are placed fourth in the table with five wins and three losses from eight appearances, inaugural edition winners Rajasthan Royals are last with three victories and five defeats. Like KXIP, RR too are coming off two straight defeats, but the Punjab outfit is placed much than its next opponents and is … Read more
Cerebro Labs, a tech business incubator and accelerator in Makati, Philippines has opened a startup challenge for pre-seed and early-stage startups, in an effort to discover promising enterprises with innovative ideas. The contest is open to early-stage startups that have not received any seed funding previously, with a focus on technology-driven startups with creative ideas … Read more