LONDON: India muffed chances galore before a deft deflection from Nikkin Thimmaiah enabled them to pip South Korea 2-1 in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Tuesday.At the Lee Valley Hockey Centre, India’s domination earned them the lead through day’s captain SV Sunil’s 39th minute goal. Thimmaiah strikes as India clinch 2-1 victory over South Korea South Korea equalised through brisk counter in the 57th minute,... 

Xiaomi has launched its latest budget smartphone – Redmi 3s, in China. The company has launched two variants of the smartphone, with the 2GB RAM/16GB storage variant priced at $106, and the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage version bearing a price tag of $136. Both variants will be available for purchase on Xiaomi’s official website – mi.com, starting June 16. Xiaomi Redmi 3s launched with metal unibody In terms of specifications, Xiaomi Redmi... 

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, in her first visit to Delhi since winning Assembly elections last month, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening and voiced her concerns about the Goods and Services Tax or GST, which aims to bring the country under a unified tax regime. GST Impacts Fiscal Autonomy Of States Like Tamil Nadu “GST impacts fiscal autonomy of states and huge permanent revenue loss is expected for a manufacturing... 

India’s limited overs skipper MS Dhoni gifted an autographed bat to his former IPL teammate and Zimbabwe’s head coach Makhaya Ntini. India is touring Zimbabwe for a three-match series of ODIs and T20Is apiece. MS Dhoni gifts autographed bat to Zimbabwe coach Makhaya Ntini India have already clinched the ODI series after they won the first two matches in Harare. The third and last ODI match will be held on the same venue where India will be looking... 

Tanmay Shekhawat just cracked the IIT-JEE Advanced exam and was ranked 11 in India. Of course he must be on cloud 9! What more could he want? A shiny car perhaps? Well now he’s got one. Impressed by the excellent performance, the coaching institute in the Sikar district of Rajasthan where he studied, has reportedly gifted him a BMW car. BMW For Doing Well In The IIT-JEE “The director (of the institute) had announced that whoever achieves... 

OnePlus is all set to launch the OnePlus 3 flagship smartphone on Tuesday. For the  launch event, the company has introduced an Android app for live streaming – the OnePlus 3 Launch: The Loop – which is available for download via Google Play. The OnePlus 3 virtual launch event will begin at 10.00pm IST (12:30pm EDT). For the first two hours, the OnePlus 3 will go on sale via The Loop app, claimed to be the  “world’s first... 

Washington: Terror outfits like the ISIS are “perverting” Islam to justify their “murderous, false agenda” as part of which they claim the mantle of the religion to describe themselves as “holy warriors” fighting with the US, the White House has said. Terror outfits ‘perverting’ Islam to justify agenda: White House “What is true that many of those organisations pervert the religion of Islam to... 

Peru’s recent history against Brazil is marked by lots of losses and a few missed opportunities.That changed in a big way Sunday night — with the help from a fortunate non-call. Peru stunned Brazil 1-0, eliminating the soccer power from Copa America on a late goal by Raul Ruidiaz that may have been a hand ball. It was Peru’s first victory over the perennial power since 1985, and gave Peru the Group B title and a quarterfinal match against... 

This week, Chinese president Xi Jinping outlined his vision for China to become the leading  player in science and technology globally. Speaking at the national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology, he said the country must be on course to being a leading innovator worldwide by 2030. high-tech innovation in China According to a post on the Chinese Academy of Science website, Xi said: “Great scientific and technological... 

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will buy LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, marking CEO Satya Nadella’s first big effort to breathe new life into the software giant’s business-productivity tools. Microsoft to buy LinkedIn By connecting core software like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint with LinkedIn’s network of 433 million professionals, the deal marks a turn for Microsoft, which stumbled in a mobile phone...