New Delhi, Jun 1: Former greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman were today inducted into the BCCI’s newly-constituted cricket advisory committee to guide the Board and the national team on various “progressive steps” needed for future challenges. “The President of the BCCI, Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya, has nominated Mr. Sachin Tendulkar, Mr. Sourav Ganguly […]
Johannesburg, June 1: The former president of the local organising committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan, admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied that it was a bribe. Jordaan’s remarks, published on Sunday in the Sunday Independent, comes days after an […]
Tokyo, Jun 1 : Japan’s parliamentary session opened this week with an unusual apology from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his heckling. Abe apologised today for yelling at an opposition lawmaker during her question last Thursday about controversial defense legislation. Abe intervened when Democratic Party of Japan member Kiyomi Tsujimoto was taking several minutes to […]
New Delhi, June 1 : US-based taxi hailing app Uber has appointed Amit Jain president of its India operations. “In this role, Amit will be running all business strategy, operations, and growth in a market of global strategic importance for Uber,” the company said in a statement. Prior to this, Jain was president of Rent.Com, a […]