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With Monday’s successful launch of eight satellites, including India’s SCATSAT-1, space agency the Indian Space Research Organisation is focusing on more launches including that of a communication satellite from French Guiana next month. “Today’s multi-orbit mission has proved PSLV’s ability and talks are already on with Algeria for more launches,” ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said. Besides SCATSAT-1, the PSLV C-35 had injected two Indian university ...

IMAGE: India’s tennis star Sania Mirza. Photograph: Getty Images India's Sania Mirza continued to stay on top of the WTA women's doubles ranking following her recent victory in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Sania had partnered Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova to claim the title, following 6-1, 6-1win over Chinese pair of Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang. Sania (9730) is now only five points adrift of former doubles partner Martina Hingis (9725) in the rankings chart. Sania and ...

‘There were moments where we lost concentration and made an error in judgement’ Scorecard IMAGE: India’s captain Virat Kohli, left, along with New Zealand skipper Kane Willimson during the presentation ceremony of the first Test match held at the Green Park stadium, in Kanpur, on Monday. Photograph: BCCI. New Zealand batsmen have the necessary skills to negotiate the Indian spinners on turning tracks but must apply themselves for longer periods, captain Kane Williamson said ...

This will be the company’s third UV for the Indian car market Maruti Ignis will be the company’s smallest SUV. This micro SUV will be making its way into the Indian car market this year. This micro-size SUV have a footprint of a mid-size hatchback. As the trend is moving towards SUVs, the company will want to encash on this. This will be the company’s third UV for the Indian car market. So, how good is this SUV? We share our detailed preview on it. Maruti Ignis Price in India ...

I may sound cliched but I am happy playing the game, says Ashwin IMAGE: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, right, reacts after bagging the wicket of Kane Williamson (not in picture) captain of New Zealand. Photograph: BCCI. He became the second-fastest cricketer in the world to reach 200 Test wickets but Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says the thought of creating records never crossed his mind since he is ‘happy competing with himself’. New Zealand captain Kane ...

IMAGE: India’s former captains Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dilip Vengsarkar with BCCI members in their flight to attend the 500th Test in Kanpur. Photograph: BCCI. ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar has congratulated the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the country's 500th Test, which will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from Thursday. "This is a huge milestone in the history of Indian cricket. India has been a very important member of the ICC with its rich ...

IMAGE: India’s Leander Paes stretches. Photograph: Twitter. Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann entered the finals of the St Petersburg Open by clinching a straight-sets victory against the Russian pair of Mikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev in the men's doubles event on Friday. The Indo-German defeated the Russian pair 6-3, 7-6 in a match that lasted for more than 90 minutes. Paes and Begemann started off comfortably by winning the first set in just ...

IMAGE: India’s limited overs cricket captain MS Dhoni (left) and Virat Kohli . Photograph: PTI. Away from the 50-over format for a while, India were placed third while mainstay Virat Kohli held the second position in the batting chart in the latest ICC ODI rankings released in Dubai on Friday. India were positioned third with 110 points behind Australia (124) and New Zealand (113). With 813 points in his kitty, Kohli was only behind South African talisman AB de Villiers and a place ...

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with India’s medal winners at Rio Paralympic Games. Photograph: Twitter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met the Indian athletes who took part in the Rio Paralympic Games, including the four medallists, and applauded them for making the country proud with their achievements. The 19-member Indian contingent had returned home from the Paralympics with two golds, one silver and a bronze. Mariyappan Thangavelu (men's T42 high jump) and Devendra ...