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'Forget tri-series, our mission is to win the World Cup': Rohit Sharma ahead of Australia encounter
Agency : New Delhi Google’s digital payment efforts have taken a new turn as reports reveal the company is working on a new way to make use of email. According to a document seen by Re/code, Google is in the process of facilitating consumer access to their bills through their email, rather than through the traditional mailbox. Re/code reports that the new tool is tentatively being called “Pony Express” and will not only allow Gmail users to access their bills, but to pay them as well directly through the platform, instead of having to go directly to the company website to pay. The document suggests that “Pony Express” is slated for a fourth quarter debut, though reports note that “Pony
Express” may just be a code name for the product. On the other hand, the company’s Google Wallet product continues its effort to grab market space, and Google revealed just days ago that the mobile payment service is now integrating into ridesharing application Lyft. But while the service struggles to compete with the likes of Apple Pay, reports have emerged that Google is working on an entirely separate mobile payments API that could be unveiled as soon as this May. The API, reports said last month, would operate as Android Pay and allow for single-tap payments at retail stores. An unnamed source told reporters, however, that Android Pay would not be a replacement for Google Wallet.
IPCA Lab tanks on USFDA import alert;m-cap down by Rs 1,205 cr Agency : Mumbai Shares of IPCA Laboratories today settled for the day with losses of nearly 13 per cent on the BSE after import alerts were issued by the USFDA against two of its formulations manufacturing units. During the day the shares of the company opened on a weak note and then tanked as much as 13.42 per cent to touch an intra-day low of Rs 658 on the BSE. At the end of today's trading session, the stock was quoted at Rs 664.65, down 12.55 per cent on the BSE. Following the decline in share price, the market capitalisation of the company declined by Rs 1,205.24 crore to Rs 8,385.90 crore. IPCA Laboratories today said US FDA has issued import alert
to two of its facilities at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh and Piparia in Silvassa, which will affect its exports to the US. Already, the US FDA had issued import alert to the company's active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) production unit at Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh in January this year for noncompliance of prescribed manufacturing norms. In Form 483, US FDA inspectors raise concerns related to compliance of good manufacturing practise norms. Moreover, the company said it had voluntarily decided to suspend API shipments from Ratlam manufacturing unit for the US market till the US FDA inspection observations issue is resolved.
EIA report on NTPC's Pudimadaka project to be ready by May
Agency : New Delhi The NTPC authorities are vigorously pursuing the proposed 4,000-MW thermal plant at Pudimadaka village in Visakhapatnam district, according to sources. The NTPC already has a thermal plant (NTPC Simhadri) with a capacity of 2,000 MWs at Parawada in Visakhapatnam district. The expert appraisal committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued terms of reference in a meeting held in January for
conducting EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) study for the project. EIA studies are in progress and are expected to be completed by May. The NTPC has invited tenders for the main plant equipment. The AP Government has allocated 1,200 acres land in Atchutapuram and Rambilli mandals and the investment outlay is Rs. 26,000 crore. According to NTPC sources, it is the first time in the country that the company is executing 1,000 MW coal based units with supercritical technology, increasing the efficiency and reducing the emissions drastically.
Agency : New Delhi Virender Sehwag’s entertaining 39 and Vaibhav Rawal’s whirlwind 31 helped Delhi outplay Punjab by six wickets to register their second consecutive win in the North Zone leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Trophy on Wednesday. Chasing 160 for a win at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the Delhi batsmen put up a concerted effort to achieve the target with three balls to spare. Sehwag was the top-scorer with his 35ball knock, including 3 fours and 3 sixes, but was finally done in by opposition
skipper Harbhajan Singh (1-25). Opener Unmukt Chand contributed with a 17-ball 20 as captain Gautam Gambhir (4) once again failed to get going. Sehwag and Nitish Rana (35) then stitched a 42-run third wicket partnership to get behind the chase. But after the two batsmen departed, Delhi were in some trouble before an unbeaten 48-run fifth wicket stand between Milind Kumar (21 not out) and Rawal (31 not out, 13 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s) gave the team another four points. Punjab pace spearhead Brainder
Sran, who accounted for Chand and Gambhir, bagged two wickets but could not help Punjab continue their winning run after they had beaten Haryana in their first game. Earlier, Punjab rode on Gurkeerat Singh’s 35-ball 42 and Gurinder Singh’s unbeaten 34 to post 159 for seven. Yuvraj Singh also contributed with 25 runs before falling to mediumpacer Pranshu Vijayran, who bagged three wickets. New-ball bowler Vikas Tokas and left-arm spinner Manan Sharma bagged two wickets each.
India hockey team to field full strength team for Azlan Shah Cup
Agency : Melbourne Like a racehorse trained to peak for the big race after months of preparation, India's cricketers are confident they have timed their run to perfection at the World Cup. The Indians have already spent four months in Australia with nothing to show for their efforts. Beaten by Australia in the Border-Gavaskar test series, then by Australia and England in the Tri-Series, India's hopes of winning the World Cup seemed slim when the tournament started more than a month ago. However, after seven straight wins, India are starting to resemble the team that won the sport's greatest spectacle four years ago and on Thursday they will play
Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the right to join New Zealand in the final. "Our mission is to win the World Cup," said batsman Rohit Sharma. "So when we finished the TriSeries, I know it was two and a half months then, none of the guys thought about going back. "We were right there and we just wanted to feel history. Yeah, it's been tough, but ... we have to make the last four months we spent here work by staying in the semi-finals and finals." After struggling in their leadup games, India have bowled out their opposition in each of their seven World Cup matches, as well as piling on the runs with the bat. "We're playing some
different cricket now," said Rohit. "So what happened (before) we never wanted to carry into the World Cup. We always spoke about this. We know how important the World Cup is and to come out and play some good cricket." Rohit was dropped from India's squad for the 2011 World Cup but has been making up for lost time after being promoted to open the batting. He holds the world record for the highest score in a One Day International (264) and like his team mates, he has found form at just the right time. Last week he was named man of the match after scoring his first World Cup century in the quarter-finals against Bangladesh.
Singed South Africa grapple with future
Agency : New Delhi Ace midfielder Sardar Singh will lead a full strength Indian men's hockey team in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from April 5 to 12. TheAzlan Shah Cup despite being an invitational tournament, India have gone for a strong 18member squad with just three changes from the last December's Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar. Midfielder Danish Mujtaba, striker Lalit Upadhyay and defender Gurjinder Singh are the three players to miss out and in their places midfielder
Chinglensana Singh and forwards Satbir Singh and Mandeep Singh have been drafted into the side. While Sardar will captain the side, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will continue to be his deputy. Besides two goalkeepers - Sreejesh and Harjot Singh --, the squad will have five defenders in Gurbaj Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh and VR Raghunath. The midfield will be under the leadership of skillful Sardar and he will be assisted by Manpreet Singh, Dharamvir Singh,
Chinglensana and SK Uthappa, while Ramadeep Singh, SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah, Satbir and Mandeep will form India's forwardline. The Azlan Shah Cup will also be Dutchman Paul van Ass' first assignment as the new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team. "The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be my first tournament as the coach of this team and I look forward to a positive start by doing well in this tournament," Van Ass said after the selection of the team Wednesday.
Saina & co advance, Sameer stuns world no.9 at India Open Agency : New Delhi Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth and P Kashyap reached the second round while young Sameer Verma created the biggest upset of the day by stunning World No. 9 HansKristian Vittinghus at the USD 275,000 Yonex Sunrise India Super Series badminton tournament here Wednesday. World No. 2 Saina brushed aside young Riya Mukherjee 21-5 21-13 in the women's singles while
World No. 4 Srikanth saw off Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-17 21-16 without much ado in the opening round of the men's singles main draw at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. All England finalist Saina will next take on compatriot Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, who beat qualifier Rucha Nikam 21-7 21-6. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap got into good rhythm after
recovering from a hamstring injury with a tricky 16-21 2119 21-18 win over Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao. He next meets Chinese qualifier Xue Song, who beat fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Agency : Auckland Whatever the South African squad and their supporters did in the hours after their horror-movie defeat in the semi-final, and it may well have included some of the above things, did not blot out the sun. It rose, as Russell Domingo said it would, golden and glaring and forced them to face the next day. The future. It is too soon to tell how many changes it will hold, it is not too early to know there will be some. "Life goes on," AB de Villiers said more than once at his post-match press conference. Those three words are supposed to offer comfort in times of chaos, but the tone with which de Villiers delivered them served as a clue for what may come. De Villiers is 31 and carries a chronic back problem. It does not take a crystal ball to know this was probably his last chance to win a World Cup. At the moment, the
moon probably seems closer to him than 2019 and a more attractive destination. Morne Morkel would say the same. Morkel pragmatically spoke of this as his final 50-over tournament before it started, with the knowledge his body may not be able to get him to another. Others in that age group will have a similar hindrance, now made worse by a broken heart. Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir are all in that bracket. Some of them may see the next World Cup, but all of them as a group will not. That may explain why they were so distraught on Tuesday night and why Dale Steyn seemed even more severely so. That's what Steyn said mid-tournament, when questions were being asked about whether he was off his best. He wanted to be South Africa's hero, he vowed that
he would be, but circumstances conspired against him. He began the tournament with flu that kept him out of some of the early training sessions and almost ended it with a hamstring tweak in the last over of the semi-final. To see South Africa's most revered quick since Allan Donald floored off his feet like that was eerily reminiscent of how Donald's playing days ended. At a World Cup. Physically injured. Mentally broken. That might mean the core of the South African team may be dismantled as they sort through the scar tissue of this World Cup. What do the likes of de Villiers and Steyn have left to play for in this format? The harsh reality is: nothing. ,Instead, they may see it as their responsibility to usher in the next generation while minimising the excess baggage and there will lie South Africa's biggest challenge.