Top-seeded Federer, 38, won the Swiss Open for a 10th time, beating 20-year-old Alex de Minaur of Australia, 6-2, 6-2, for his fourth title of 2019 and the 103rd title of his career. Jimmy Connors is the all-time men’s leader with 109 tournament wins.
Dominic Thiem beat Diego Schwartzman to grab Vienna Open title.
US government has awarded the much-anticipated $10 billion Cloud contract for Pentagon to Microsoft. Known as the Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure (JEDI), it will support Department of Defence business and mission operations.
The expected completion date of the project is October 24, 2029.
Computer scientist Pranav Mistry has been appointed as the President and CEO of STAR Labs (Samsung Technology & Advanced Research Labs), an independent entity of Samsung Electronics. He was the global vice president at Samsung Electronics since May 2017.
He is best known for SixthSense, a wearable gestural interface.
Mahindra Two Wheelers Europe, a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, will acquire 100 per cent ownership of Peugeot Motocycles (PMTC) to drive future growth in core European markets and expand into new geographies, including select Asian markets.
It acquired 51% equity stake in Peugeot Motorcycles in 2015.
IRDAl has formed an 8-member committee, with IIIT- Bangalore Director S. Sadagopan as the chairperson, to evaluate proposals it has started receiving for implementing innovations in the sector under a regulatory sandbox approach.
lnsurance Regulatory and Development Authority of lndia (IRDAI)
Tata Motors Ltd.’s board has approved an equity infusion of ₹6,500 crore from its promoter Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. Tata Motors will allot ordinary shares and warrants to the promoter in return, subject to shareholder approval.
Tata Motors operating revenue in Q2 FY20- ₹65,432 crore
Korean An Se-young stunned Carolina Marin in an epic final to lift the women's singles title at the French Open badminton tournament. Chinese Chen Long grabbed the men's singles trophy with a 21-19 21-12 win over Indonesia's Jonathan Christie.
Satwik-Chirag lost French Open final, settled for silver.
Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) has picked up Manoj Jain who is currently serving as the director (Business Development) at GAIL (India) to be the chairman and MD of India’s biggest natural gas company. He will have term till August 2022.
PESB is under Department of Personnel & Training.
Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone conducted ‘Operation Dhanush’ against ticket touts involved in e-ticketing. The operation was carried out in all the five divisions falling under the Central Railway Zone.
Slowest train in India- Metupalayam Ooty Nilgiri passenger train
According to World Bank President David Malpass the multi-lateral funding agency will continue with $ 6 billion lending target for India. Visiting head of the World Bank met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
World Bank right now has 97 projects with $ 24 billion committed