Mauresmo to continue as Murray's coach

Andy-Murray-Amelie-MauresmoLondon, July 24 : Andy Murray is reportedly set to retain French former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach.

Murray had announced the link-up with Mauresmo shortly before the grass-court season. The coach-player duo held talks after Murray lost in the Wimbledon quarterfinals to Grigor Dimitrov , which saw him drop to 10th in the world rankings.

Photographs of Mauresmo at Murray's training camp in Miami have suggested the partnership will continue, with an announcement expected in the next week, The BBC reported.

Cabinet approves 49 percent FDI in insurance sector

FDI-in-insurance-sectorNew Delhi, July 24 : The Union Cabinet on Thursda

Twitter reveals 'male' dominating diversity report

TwitterWashington, July 24 : Twitter on Wednesday revealed its diversity report which shows 'males' and 'whites' dominating the employee base.

Twitter is 70 percent male overall, yet 90 percent of 'tech' jobs are filled by males. The male-female split for non-tech jobs is 50-50. Twitter leadership is 79 percent male.

By tech jobs, Twitter is referring mostly to engineering, while non-tech jobs refer to marketing and public relations, human resources, sales, and other roles not requiring traditional computer science skills or programming chops.

Gilani questions Sharif's decision to visit Saudi Arabia

Yousuf-Raza-GilaniLahore, July 24 : Former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has questioned the timing of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Saudi Arabia.

In an interaction with the Dawn, Gilani questioned the need for Sharif to leave the country when Pakistan was at war with the Taliban in the northern parts.

He was quoted , as saying that he had no issue with Sharif going to Saudi Arabia to perform Umra, the fact remained that Pakistan needed him more at this time as he has a lot of responsibility being the country's premier.

Is paracetamol a back ache drug or just placebo?

paracetamolWashington, July 24 : A new study has revealed paracetamol is no better than Placebo as it does not help in speedy recovery from severe lower back pain or improving pain levels, function, sleep, or quality of life.

Low-back pain has been the leading cause of disability worldwide. National clinical guidelines universally recommend paracetamol as the first choice analgesic for acute low-back pain, despite the fact that no previous studies have provided robust evidence that it was effective in people with low-back pain.

Sensex falls from record high on profit-booking, down 25 points

Sensex falls from record high on profit-booking, down 25 pointsMumbai - The benchmark BSE index Sensex on Thursday retreated from record high by losing over 25 points in early trade as investors booked profits in recent outperformers, mainly capital goods, oil and gas and power sector stocks.

The 30-share barometer, which had gained 1,140.35 points in the past seven sessions, shed 25.91 points, or 0.10 percent, to 26,121.42. The gauge had closed at a new record high of 26,147.33 yesterday.

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