NSG waiver: Hectic negotiations on in Vienna
Hectic negotiations on India getting NSG waiver are going down to the wire with last-minute changes being pushed by sceptic countries to incorporate their concerns in the draft to hammer out a consensus.After four rounds of discussions that spilled over late into Friday night, Austria, which was among a couple of countries holding out, gave enough indications that ‘more work still’ needs to be done that will enable India cross a major hurdle in operationalising the N-deal. 
Paes fails in US Open double bid
American twins Mike and Bob Bryan dashed Leander Paes’s bid for a grand double at the US Open as they won the men’s doubles championship with a straight sets victory on Friday. The Bryans, seeded second, beat Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy 7-6 (5), 7-6 in the final for a second triumph at their home Grand Slam, the first coming in 2005. 
