Modi also sought early creation of BRICS rating agency to cater to financing needs of sovereign and corporate entities of developing countries.
The Indian skipper termed it an honour to have equalled Ricky Ponting's 30 ODI hundreds but feels that it will take 'one hell of an effort' to reach anywhere near Tendulkar's world record.
Tharanga said that Sri Lankan youngsters should learn a thing or two about how Virat Kohli goes about converting starts.
With bowlers like Umesh Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami at his disposal, the skipper is likely to face a 'happy dilemma' for the upcoming limited overs series in India.
In a wonderful act of compassion, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carried a woman suffering from high fever on a stretcher for seven kilometres, to a hospital in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
Nirmala Sitharaman is now a member of a powerful sisterhood of 16 female defence ministers, in a sign of rising women empowerment in an overwhelmingly male-dominated arena.
Princess Mako, the eldest grandchild of Japanese Emperor Akihito, officially announced her engagement with Kei Komuro, a former university classmate.
MECCA (Reuters) - More than two million pilgrims participating in the haj this week began returning to Mecca on Sunday for final prayers as the world`s largest annual gathering of Muslims winds down.
The chief coach's position was vacated on Saturday after HI decided to end its four-year association with Roelant Oltmans.
The 'Bromance' between the two was on display once again when Dhoni took a single and let Kohli score the winning runs in Colombo on Sunday.
While the RBI launched the 200-rupee note a week ago, it may take up to three months for ATMs to start dispensing the new denomination currency as it will involve a huge exercise of recalibration.
Kohli termed the ODI contest a complete series despite India walloping the Lankans in all the matches.
LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea`s biggest nuclear test to date was condemned around the world on Sunday, with several leaders calling for new sanctions and U.S. President Donald Trump saying "appeasement" would not work.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China`s Global Times, an influential tabloid, warned against any move to cut off North Korea`s oil supply or shut the border in response to Pyongyang`s nuclear test on Sunday.
Australia suffered their first-ever Test defeat against Bangladesh last week and are desperate to restore some lost pride when the teams meet in the second and final Test starting in Chittagong on Monday.
Tendulkar's 30th century came in 2001 against South Africa in Johannesburg. At the end of that year, Tendulkar had played 280 ODI matches in his career.
Here is the city-wise list of petrol, diesel price for 3rd September 2017.
During the match, Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper to collect 100 ODI stumpings, surpassing Sri Lanka's retired captain Kumar Sangakkara.
Kvitova, whose first event this year was the French Open, has a new appreciation for her chances at Grand Slam glory.
Portugal still harbour hopes of winning the group and qualifying automatically as Cristiano Ronaldo's side host Switzerland in Lisbon next month.
Sharapova, who returned to the tour in April after her suspension ended, had defeated world number two Simona Halep in the first round and was being spoken about as a potential title contender.
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a "massive" military response from the United States if it or its allies were threatened.
The United States stands ready to use its nuclear capabilities in the event North Korea continues to threaten it or its allies, the White House warned Sunday.
South Korea's Army and Air Force have conducted a ballistic missile exercise on early Monday morning in response to North Korea's sixth nuclear test.
