Cuttack: Rohit Sharma hit a responsible 72 under pressure as India survived a top-order collapse to post a thrilling one-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening one-dayer on Tuesday.
India were reeling at 59-5 following Kemar Roach’s three-wicket burst and Andre Russell’s double strike before reaching the 212-run target with seven balls to spare [...]
(LONDON) — Global stocks advanced Monday as further proposals to get a grip on Europe’s debt crisis were touted amid signs that the U.S. Christmas shopping season has started off strongly.
The advance came despite denials that the International Monetary Fund was readying a euro600 billion ($794 billion) rescue package for Italy and that the eurozone’s [...]
In my house, bedtime stories are sacred. Rarely does something derail the nightly routine, although feverish kids have been known to be tucked in, sans story. But last week, my strep-throated 4-year-old awoke at 1 a.m. with this complaint: “You forgot to read me my bedtime story.”
She was right. So I groggily pulled a book [...]
Just one hour north of Sydney lies the Central Coast of New South Wales. Blessed with some of the world’s best beaches, this bucolic region is the first stop on Australia’s legendary Pacific Coast drive, which stretches 900 km from Sydney to Brisbane. The Central Coast has more than 15 golden beaches beckoning along nearly [...]
While the allure of bargains and group-think make Black Friday deals seem compelling, shoppers should think twice before filling shopping carts to no end.
A list of these 10 items that may be lower in price after Black Friday.
1.Toys
While parents may find relief in completing toy-shopping before December, toys may be cheapest two before Christmas. Last [...]
A lot of Americans are ticked off at their banks, and a new survey puts some numbers to that sentiment. Consulting firm cg42 says big bank customers will collectively withdraw $185 billion in deposited funds in 2012, and a total of $399 billion is “in jeopardy,” meaning that customers are considering making a switch to [...]
If you love Wallace & Gromit, the series of shorts that established Aardman as the wittiest people to ever play with clay, then Arthur Christmas may seem a disconcertingly different animal.
A little girl writes to Santa and asks some age old Christmas questions, including the one about time management — how does Santa get to [...]
Glen Johnson’s late winner gave Liverpool victory as Chelsea’s indifferent run of form continued.
The Reds recorded a Premier League double over Chelsea last season – and secured three points again as Johnson produced a moment of individual brilliance to clinch victory with three minutes left.
Johnson made his spectacular intervention against his former club just as [...]
NEW DELHI: If the government has its way, it will soon be ‘One Nation’ as far as telecom is concerned – with roaming charges becoming a thing of the past and nationwide number portability being the order of the day. Besides, broadband speed will go up more than nine times in four years and consumers [...]
The more medications a man takes, the worse his symptoms of sexual dysfunction may be.
A new Kaiser Permanente study published this week in the British Journal of Urology International found that men who took multiple drugs — prescription or over the counter — were more likely to have erectile dysfunction than men who took fewer [...]
