Sports
Delhi HC orders 472 websites blocked on Sony plaint against anti-piracy FIFA World Cup broadcasts
08 Jul 2014
Sunil Gavaskar to take over as IPL chief administrator
28 Mar 2014
The Supreme Court has asked Gavaskar to get out of contractual obligations with the BCCI for commentary, and said he will be compensated for the job of interim president by the cricket board
SC proposes Gavaskar as interim head of BCCI; bars CSK, RR from IPL 7
27 Mar 2014
Acting to the apex court's observation, Gavaskar said he would be "honoured" and "happy" to adhere to the directives of the highest court of the land
Sachin bags Bharat Ratna; first sportsperson to do it
16 Nov 2013
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award
Tendulkar blasts a masterly 74
15 Nov 2013
Sachin Tendulkar will remain India’s most loved sportsperson and perhaps the most prolific batsman in the history of cricket
Sachin’s last Test on Thursday sees unequalled hoopla
13 Nov 2013
The media hype surrounding the impending retirement of Sachin Tendulkar is unprecedented in the annals of cricket thanks largely to the Indian media’s penchant for hyperbole rather than analysis, says Jagdeep Worah
Anand, Carlsen settle for quick draws in early games
By By Jagdeep Worah | 12 Nov 2013
Some commentators have accused world champ Anand of not pushing hard enough with White - but these are early days in a historic chess match, says Jagdeep Worah
Wall Street agog as Anand-Carlsen chess championship begins
By by Jagdeep Worah | 09 Nov 2013
Some of Wall Street's biggest names are focused on India this week as defending chess champion Vishwanathan Anand faces off against prodigy Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Chennai .Jagdeep Worah reports
Raj Royals may lose IPL franchise as Kundra admits to betting
07 Jun 2013
The Delhi police commissioner has indirectly admitted that Raj Kundra, part owner of the Rajasthan Royals team, had always put his money on his team and never against it, indicating that he may have been a gambler not a racketeer.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation