India’s Davis Cup team needs camaraderie, not friction: Bopanna
For too long Rohan Bopanna has been the man in waiting. Despite his obvious talent and good showing on the men’s doubles tour, somehow the man from Coorg seemed to stay a side actor in the soap opera of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. While those two doubles rock stars whined and moaned and... read more »
Hector Moreno offers wishes after breaking Luke Shaw’s leg
Soccer fans in England were wincing over their breakfast on Wednesday as horrific pictures of Luke Shaw’s broken leg were splashed across the nation’s newspapers. The Manchester United left back suffered a gruesome double fracture in Tuesday night’s Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven... read more »
NTPC, 10 others in fray for subsidy on LNG for power plants
NEW DELHI: As many as 11 bidders including NTPC are in the fray on Wednesday for the Rs 298 crore government subsidy on offer for plants receiving inadequate domestic natural gas. The power plants can use the subsidy support from the government to buy expensive imported LNG to make up for the fuel... read more »
Indian Authorities Reject Uber’s Application for Delhi License
NEW DELHI—Uber Technologies Inc.’s application for a license to operate in the Indian capital has been rejected for a second time, according to an order passed by transport authorities in the city. The ride-hailing company applied for a license after its services were banned in Delhi in... read more »
The little Syrian boy who’s become the face of Europe’s migrant crisis
Aylan Kurdi lost his life crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. His five-year-old brother Galip and their mother also drowned in a desperate attempt to find a better life.Aylan’s... read more »
REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption ch...
Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country... read more »
Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian... read more »
Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day
A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force... read more »
UK PM David Cameron considers help for Syrian refugees
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to draw up a plan on Friday as a response to growing pressure to accept Syrian refugees, thousands of them directly from UN camps on the border with... read more »
