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Agency | Mumbai The global e-commerce industry generates over $1.2 million (roughly Rs. 7.9 crores) in revenue every 30 seconds with Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter contributing $5,483 (roughly Rs. 3,57,800), $4,504 (roughly Rs. 2,93,904) and $4,308 (roughly Rs. 2,81,114) respectively, says a joint study by Assocham-Deloitte. Social networks are contributing significantly to the growth of e-commerce business revenue. The maturity of social media and its reach across the masses and classes makes it a suitable platform for online sales, said the study which was released here on Wednesday. Social media pages provide information regarding new products in the market, user reviews and ratings of the product, recommendations, and information technology (IT) products. “Social media also helps e-tailers build brand awareness by responding to customer queries. Seasonal sales and offers are displayed on social networks to reach maximum number of people.
Glenmark receives USFDA nod for oral contraceptive drug Agency | New Delhi
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to sell oral contraceptive — drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol tablets — in the US market. “Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA has been granted final approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets USP, 3 mg/0.02 mg,” the company said in a BSE filing. The product is generic version Bayer’s Yaz tablets. Glenmark said it plans to commence shipping of drospirenone and ethinyl Estradiol tablets immediately. Citing IMS Health sales data, the company said for the 12 months period ending June, “the Yaz market achieved annual sales of approximately $170.1 million”. Glenmark’s shares were trading at Rs1,213.65 apiece, up 4.62% from their previous close on BSE.
Xiaomi launches Mi 4i Limited Edition
Australia`s Michael Clarke will retire from international cricket after the fifth Ashes Test against England, starting on Thursday, with a brilliant record but strangely lacking the universal praise his figures might suggest. Only three Australia have scored more runs than Clarke -- who has battled a chronic back condition throughout his career -- and the outgoing captain is also the only Australian to score a hundred on both his home and away Test debuts. Yet Clarke won`t bow out
India in Sri Lanka: Sangakkara’s farewell match will be a big test of India’s aggression with the kind of unstinting admiration his career would appear to deserve. Clarke, nicknamed “Pup”, burst on the scene with a diamond studded ear-ring and highlights in his hair. He soon became something of a lightning rod for Australians unhappy with aspects of
modern Australia -- and they were soon able to express their displeasure in that most modern of ways on social media, where Clarke`s relationships with former girlfriend Lara Bingle and now wife Kyly, both one-time models, were laid bare -- often by Clarke himself.
Raina using Dutch vacation to fine-tune his game
Agency | New Delhi
Raina is working on his fitness and spending quality time in the nets facing Dutch medium fast bowlers on the synthetic pitches. Determined to make a strong start in the next domestic season, India batsman Suresh Raina is presently undergoing a month-long high intensity training at the synthetic pitches of Amsterdam Cricket Club (ACC) in the Dutch capital. Raina, who is currently on a vacation with his newly-wed wife Priyanka in The Netherlands, is training with the Dutch national team, which has recently qualified for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup to be held in India next year. “With the new season around the corner, I am determined, hungry and eager to play the highest form of the game for India,” the 28-year-old left-handed middle-order told PTI from Amsterdam. “It is wonderful to be able to
train with total intensity with the Dutch national team since I want to hit the ground running when the domestic season starts with a series of tournaments across the country in Chennai, Chandigarh and Hyderabad,” he said. Raina, who will be returning in the last week of this month to India, is looking forward to have a good start to the domestic season starting with the ongoing All India Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament. During his daily training in Amsterdam, Raina is working on his
fitness and spending quality time in the nets facing Dutch medium fast bowlers, including Paul Van Meekeren on the synthetic pitches. Besides, Raina, who is regarded as one of the best fielders of India, is also spending one hour daily on fielding sessions. Raina was also impressed by the facilities provided to him by the Amsterdam Cricket Club. “I am thankful to the Dutch Cricket Board (KNCB) and Amsterdam Cricket Club for letting me use their admirable facilities,” he said.
Louis van Gaal impressed by Depay after United’s win over Brugge
Agency | New Delhi At an event where Xiaomi showcased its new MIUI 7 Android-based software ROM, the company also announced a special edition of the Mi 4i in pink, yellow and blue colours matching the new system themes part of the new OS. The phones will go on sale starting August 25 and will be available at the current price. The phone is currently available in white and black variants at the moment in 16GB and 32GB versions priced at Rs 12,999 and Rs 14,999, respectively. Xiaomi Mi 4i sports a 5-inch Full HD (1920x1080p) IPS display. Powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit octa-core processor, Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM, the phone comes with 16GB storage. The phone has a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone flash and a 5MP front camera. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with MIUI 6 software skin running on top. MIUI 6 is now available in 6 Indian languages and supports Visual IVR. Mi 4i has a 3,120mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the dual-sim (micro) phone supports 3G, 4G (both Indian bands), Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi (including 802.11ac and MU-MIMO) and GPS. Both sim slots support 4G, 3G and 2G.
Agency | Colombo They lost the first Test from a position of utter dominance. Their batsmen faltered against spin, again. They have lost one of their in-form batsman for the series. They are 1-0 down and trying to avoid a series loss. They are up against a team who is preparing to give its beloved son a grand send-off. It doesn’t get tougher than this for India as they take on Sri
Lanka in the 2nd Test at P Sara Oval, Colombo. India squandered a glorious chance to take the lead at Galle and now face an uphill task at Colombo. India captain Virat Kohli didn’t sugarcoat his team’s loss, saying the players batted tentatively and paid the price for it. When they should have been positive, they went into their shells intead. Following the loss, Team Director Ravi Shastri said that
India would continue to adopt an aggressive approach. “Let’s hope lightning doesn’t strike twice, because we will not change our style of play. Our mindset will be the same.” Shastri told reporters. “The endeavour of this team is to play fearless cricket that comes with mindset. These boys have enough talent.” While they may have enough talent, they certainly struggle against spin. Fifteen of the 20 India batsmen fell to Sri Lanka’s spinners in the first Test and this is a big worry for the visitors. First it was Moeen Ali, then Nathan Lyon and now Rangana Herath and Tharindu Kaushal have tormented the Indian batsmen. The key to India’s chances will depend on how well they play spin.
comprises Shukla, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, IPL governing council member Sourav Ganguly, and is assisted by Usha Nath Bannerjee, the board’s legal counsel. “There are a number of suggestions but we can’t divulge the findings of the meeting,” Shukla added. On Preity Zinta’s reported comments about some Kings XI Punjab players
being allegedly involved in suspicious activities, Shukla said nothing was discussed in that regard. “I think Preity Zinta has already clarified in her statement. Nothing of this sort has been discussed.” Citing anonymous sources, the story claimed that Zinta pulled up players who she thought weren’t playing fair, dropped them from games and even put them up for auction.
to participate. It will be challenging to play all the top tournaments. Because the competition is going to be very, very tough everywhere. I just hope I stay injury free and be fit in every tournament and come out as a good player,” Saina. Saina,
who will officially be declared World No. 1 on Thursday, said she is now keen to win tournaments consistently. “I am happy to come out as the first Indian to achieve a lot of things in badminton. But it’s not easy. It’s a tough thing.
Compiling suggestions done, IPL working group to submit report Agency | New Delhi “There are a number of suggestions but we can’t divulge the findings of the meeting,” Shukla added. The working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel’s verdict relating to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, has “compiled suggestions from all stakeholders” and will submit its final report to the BCCI’s working committee before it meets in Kolkata on August 28. “We have compiled all the suggestions from stakeholders and we will be submitting the final report to BCCI working committee, which will meet in Kolkata on August 28,” IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said on Wednesday after the working group’s final meeting in the capital. The group
Saina aims to excel in all Super Series in run-up to Olympics Agency | Hyderabad
Agency | Manchester Manchester United’s Dutch manager Louis van Gaal said he wanted to ‘kiss’ midfielder Memphis Depay after he scored two goals and set up another in his side’s 3-1 Champions League play-off win over Club Brugge at Old Trafford on Tuesday. United went behind to an eighth-min-
ute Michael Carrick own goal in the first leg, but Depay scored two superb goals before teeing up substitute Marouane Fellaini for an injury-time header that put Van Gaal’s team firmly in control of the tie. A 2-1 win would have given the Belgian side real hope of turning the tie around in Bruges next Wednesday and after seeing Depay
set Fellaini up for the crucial third goal, Van Gaal declared, “I want to kiss him tonight.” The line, however, was part of an answer in which Van Gaal explained his reluctance to single out individual players for praise and the United manager said that Depay’s true value to the squad could be seen in the example he set for his younger team-mates.
The shuttler, who will officially be declared World No. 1 on Thursday, said she was keen to win tournaments consistently. World Championship silver medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal is aiming to remain injury free and excel in all the Super Series tournaments in the run up to next year’s Rio Olympics. “Next is Japan Open, the Korea Open, all the Super Series (events). Because, it’s the Olympic year, everyone is going