Novak Djokovic set up a mouthwatering Indian Wells semi-final showdown with nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who the world number one Serb considers his biggest rival on the ATP Tour. Both Nadal and Djokovic eased through their Indian Wells quarter-final contests in straight sets on Friday and will now square off in a match worthy of a title clash. "It is going to be a game of cat and mouse," Djokovic said. "I enjoy the rivalry against Rafa. It is probably the most exciting rivalry I have had in my career." World number five Nadal survived an early assault to defeat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 in the joint ATP and WTA Tour hardcourt tournament in the California desert. The Nadal-Nishikori match kicked off a star-studded pair of Indian Wells quarter-finals on Friday featuring four of the world's top 10 players.

Holders Barcelona and their feared attacking trident drew fellow Spaniards and 2014 finalists Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last eight on Friday. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, Barcelona's feared attacking trio, will seek revenge for their 2-1 aggregate quarter-finals exit at the hands of Diego Simeone's formidable charges two seasons ago. "With Atletico Madrid everything is complicated," said Barcelona representative Javier Bordas, who was in Nyon for the draw. "Their strengths are well known. They are water-tight at the back and can hurt you in attack," he said of the side who have shipped just three goals in the competition so far. "They are our number one rival in the Spanish league, I don't believe there was a tougher side we could have drawn. We know this is going to be really tough." In another tantalising pair up new money outfits Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain face off after Swedish giant Zlatan Ibrahimovic's side toppled Chelsea in the last round. It is a first ever quarter-finals for City. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi seemed convinced his up and coming side can get to their first semi-final in twenty years.

yanmar's president-elect U Htin Kyaw on Thursday submitted a proposal of forming the new government to the Union parliament, as part of the process in preparation for taking office. U Htin Kyaw's proposal plan was forwarded two days after he was elected by the parliament as president of Myanmar for the next five years.

The Dr Rami Ranger CBE Centre for Graduate Entrepreneurship at the London South Bank University (LSBU) held its First Annual Enterprise Lecture on 4th February 2016 at the institute’s Keyworth Centre to showcase the work done by the centre since it was inaugurated in 2014. Key speakers at the lecture were the Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP, Member of Parliament for Leicester East and Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee; Professor Patrick Bailey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of LSBU; Mr Gurpreet Jagpal, Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation at LSBU and Dr Rami Ranger CBE, Chairman of Sun Mark Ltd. and Sea Air and Land Forwarding Ltd. The distinguished guests included prominent members of the business community, budding entrepreneurs and lecturers and students from the University who came together to hear the story of one man’s journey from a truly humble start in life in a refugee camp in newly partitioned India to an international business icon. Professor Patrick Bailey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of LSBU welcomed guests and speakers to the lecture and spoke of enterprise engagement being at the heart of the institute’s mission adding that the university has the largest number of employer sponsored students outside the Open University. Mr Gurpreet Jagpal, Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation at LSBU, chaired the lecture and showcased the work done at the Centre for Graduate Entrepreneurship and the ways in which the money from the Dr. Rami Ranger CBE Enterprise Excellence Fund was being put to use such as the hiring of Entrepreneurs in Residence who coach and mentor graduate entrepreneurs at the centre. He then spoke about the projects the centre is working on such as an investment fund that will aid graduate entrepreneurs with capital they need when they launch their business. Mr Jagpal then gave an insight in the life of Dr Rami Ranger CBE and shared parts of his autobiography, “From Nothing to Everything”. with guests. Dr Rami Ranger CBE, Chairman of Sun Mark Ltd. and Sea Air and Land Forwarding Ltd, took guests through his entrepreneurial journey where he has demonstrated that one does not need an elite education or family wealth to be successful but rather needs five simple qualities: self-respect, work ethics, commitment, vision and empathy. He spoke of his passion to help entrepreneurialism flourish and added that he never could have imagined a day when he would witness a lecture after his own name being delivered by a great icon of the Asian and British community, Mr Vaz and that too in a London University in front of an august gathering. The Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP, Member of Parliament for Leicester East and Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, spoke about the rising number of new start-ups over the past few years, many people are opting for enterprise to create their own wealth and using their ideas do something different. He then spoke about the qualities that are central to being a successful entrepreneur: being committed, trusting and trustworthy; having the ability to lead, delegate and communicate effectively and having the ability to marry together skills and experience to be successful. He closed by saying “it is within you” to be a successful entrepreneur. The main part of the lecture was followed by a question and answer session when the attendees were given an opportunity to put questions directly to Dr Ranger. The afternoon concluded with an appetizing lunch for all of the guests.

Roger Federer will be out of action for up to a month after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in Switzerland to repair a torn meniscus, his agent at TEAM8 Tony Godsick said on Wednesday. The 17-time grand slam champion suffered the injury the day after his Australian Open run ended in the semi-finals last week. Federer has withdrawn from the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam (Feb. 8-21) and the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai (Feb. 22-27).

French striker Kevin Gameiro struck twice and missed a penalty to put Sevilla on the brink of reaching a Copa del Rey final against Barcelona with a 4-0 semi-final, first-leg win over Celta Vigo on Thursday. Barca's place in a fifth final in six years is assured after they thrashed Valencia 7-0 in the first-leg of their semi-final on Wednesday. Sevilla have now won 12 consecutive games at home in all competitions and were worthy winners, even if the scoreline flattered Unai Emery's men. Gameiro had a great chance to open the scoring after half an hour but saw his spot-kick brilliantly saved by Ruben Blanco.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched a scientifically validated ayurvedic drug (BGR-34) for type II diabetes here on Wednesday . The drug Blood Glucose Regulator-34 (BGR-34) was jointly developed by two research units of CSIR-the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP).

Russian forces could reach the outskirts of the Baltic capitals in less than 60 hours because Nato lacks the forces to defend its eastern-most members, new analysis has shown. According to several war games scenarios conducted by a US think-tank, it would take between 36 and 60 hours for Russian battalions to occupy the Estonian and Latvian capitals of Tallinn and Riga. It highlights, the report says, how ineffective Nato's forces have become, as they would be entirely under-prepared for any potential attack launched by Moscow. The report comes amid rapidly declining relations between Putin and the West. This week, it emerged Sweden has re-militarised an old Cold War frontier base on the island of Gotland, in response to what it believes to be a rising threat from Russia, the BBC reports. Sweden's Supreme Commander, General Micael Byden, said: "This is one of the great challenges right now: What are they up to, and why do they do it?" The analysis by the army research division of the Rand Corporation predicted Russia would most likely launch a two-pronged assault across the Latvian border, sending heavily-armed battalions in a pincer movement towards Riga, fighting Latvian and Nato battalions along the way.