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2017 BMW X3 shows off tweaked design in new spy shots
Our spy photographers have stumbled upon the 2017 BMW X3 on test in Germany. The spy shots include image of the standard car as well as the high performance M variant also. It will be showcased sometime next year and subsequently go into production a few months later. The first look itself tells us that the X3 will be larger Read More
Williams sisters, other US athletes let off by WADA despite positive dope test?
Confidential athlete medical data relating to last month’s Rio Olympics has been hacked and published by a Russian cyber espionage group with the threat of more to come, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday. It identified the group as Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear. The www.fancybear.net website said it had information about a number of Read More
Video feedback convinces referee to book rather than send off player
The use of video technology for the first time in an international spared a France player an early red card in their friendly against Italy on Thursday and cut down on arguing over decisions, the match referee said. The game in Bari, that France won 3-1, featured the use of video technology to help the officials on the pitch, although Read More
Dollar off highs as investors seek more US rates guidance
The dollar held firm on Tuesday, just below the previous day’s high as investors focused on the next set of US data to see whether it supports expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon. Despite hawkish comments last week from both Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, markets still price in less than 50 Read More
RBI recruitment 2016: Assistant archivist mark sheet, cut off released
Reserve Bank of India has released the mark sheet and cut off marks of the recruitment examination of Assistant Archivist in Grade A 2016. The candidates can check their cut off marks from the official website of the RBI — rbi.org.in. The exam was held in June 2016. The RBI had declared the result for the written examination on July 8, Read More
Wimbledon 2016: Stan Wawrinka sees off youngster Taylor Fritz
Stan Wawrinka met stiff resistance from American youngster Taylor Fritz before he finally asserted his dominance in a 7-6(four) 6-1 6-7(2) 6-four first-spherical victory at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The Swiss fourth seed changed into some distance from his great, along with his groundstrokes uncharacteristically erratic, but his fearsome one-surpassed backhand and enjoy had been sufficient to see off the 18-yr-vintage Read More
Pakistan excessive Commissioner Abdul Basit shrugs off Pampore attack
With Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives being responsible for the demise of as many as eight relevant Reserve Police force (CRPF) employees, Pakistan high Commissioner Abdul Basit on Saturday shrugged off the query at the assault, asking to instead focus on the Iftaar celebration that become occurring in the Pakistan excessive commission. “It’s the month of Ramzaan, permit’s focus in this Iftaar Read More
School leavers ‘put off apprenticeships over misconceptions about pay’
Almost 30 per cent of 16 to 18-year-olds in the UK said the information about apprenticeships in their school or college is ‘poor’, ‘very poor’ or ‘non-existent’, compared with just 6 per cent who thought the same about information they were given regarding university iStock School leavers are being put off becoming apprentices by widespread misconceptions about levels of pay, Read More
Student loans: Teachers should have debts written off after 10 years in classroom, headteachers declare
Teachers conduct lessons in subjects outside their field in many schools Getty Teachers should have their student loan debts written off after spending 10 years in the classroom, as part of a package to help solve the recruitment crisis in schools, head teachers have declared. The idea is one of a series of measures being put forward by the Association Read More
Selling off Network Rail power lines is ‘thin end of wedge’, says union
Network Rail’s hiring of KPMG to market its substations to global investors marks start of privatisation, says RMT’s Mick Cash A train leaves London King’s Cross station. Only the NHS procures more electricity than Network Rail in the UK. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian Rail campaigners have denounced moves to potentially sell off Network Rail’s power assets as the Read More