Child and maternal malnutrition biggest cause of premature death and disability in 2016; India 'partly free' with respect to internet freedom; Italy fails to qualify for 2018 Fifa World Cup
5 min read18 Nov 2017Four-time champion Italy fails to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in six decades
4 min read14 Nov 2017Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura insists that the four-time champions will still make the 2018 World Cup finals despite a 1-0 loss to Sweden in the first leg of their playoff
3 min read11 Nov 2017As they prepare for their 2018 World Cup playoffs against Sweden, Italy are the only of the eight previous world champions not yet sure of their place in the next edition
4 min read9 Nov 2017Egypt?s capital Cairo crackled with fireworks and blared with horns as the football-crazy country reached the World Cup for the first time in 28 years
1 min read9 Oct 2017In the draw on Friday, Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan and Commonwealth Games silver-winner L Devendro Singh were the only Indians to be seeded
1 min read17 Jun 2016A round-up of the latest action in South America's 2018 World Cup qualifiers
3 min read31 Mar 2016Myneni's career is emblematic of what journeymen tennis players have to go through to break into the top level
13 min read17 Jan 2016Stephen Constantine called on AIFF to synchronise its calendar with Fifa and says it's not possible that a TV station can tell us when we can start our season
1 min read3 Sep 2015India will go into their inaugural match of the 2018 Fifa World Cup as they play Oman in Bengaluru in the first leg of a home-and-away format
3 min read12 Jun 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared