The all diesel S-Cross comes in seven variants - four in the 1.2 litre DDiS 200 model and three models in the upper class 1.6 litre DDiS 320 model. Car major Maruti Suzuki , which looks to claw at the dominance of SUV leaders Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport, expects to sell 4,000-5000 units of its maiden crossover SUV, the S-Cross, every month. "We have set an internal target of selling 4,000 to 5,000 units of S-Cross a month, and capacity can be ramped up or down depending on demand," Executive Director and Head of Marketing and Sales, T Hashimoto said here after launching the S-Cross today, priced at Rs 8.8 lakh to Rs 14.5 lakh, ex-showroom, Mumbai. The all diesel S-Cross comes in seven variants - four in the 1.2 litre DDiS 200 model and three models in the upper class 1.6 litre DDiS 320 model. The company said it has no plans to roll out a petrol variant nor an automatic transmission model. Maruti also ruled out exporting this model. When asked about plans, Executive Dir...

The doctrine of Australian exceptionalism has misled the Test team to a point where after two days of the fourth Test, only the formalities in their forfeiture of the Ashes remain. In this maelstrom of a match and series, Australia will have more time to reflect on losing than they have spent in the guilty act. It will be torturous. On day two , Australia's top order and their stubbornly unmended ways crumbled only a little less instantly and ignominiously than they had on day one, buffered as they were by a century opening stand, which ought to have proofed them against crumbling, but did not. If the problem on day one was the pitch, as Michael Clarke claimed, the problem on day two was the tempo. Most, maybe all, of Australia's specialist batsmen tumbled with eyes wide open into obvious traps laid by England, exploiting their elements, as all home teams do. Shaun Marsh: Australia would have been better off picking a traffic cone.  Photo: Getty Images Chris Rogers was ca...

Bowl full of trouble? After Dominos failed food quality tests in the Western part of the Uttar Pradesh, notices have been served to KFC after its ingredients failed quality tests. The matter has been reported from the Allahabad district where the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) confirmed the adulteration. According to reports, the FSDA had collected samples of edible oil from a KFC outlet, the franchise of which is owned by Yum Restaurant Private Limited. After tests, it was found that "miracle powder" was being used to keep the oil fresh. The palmolein oil was also found rancidity positive. "Once the oil becomes rancidity positive, it becomes acidic when it comes into contact with oxygen. This directly affects the digestive system", additional commissioner of the FSDA Ram Araj Maurya said. The department has served two notices to the KFC outlet, he added Meanwhile, troubles continued for  Maggi in Uttar Pradesh as some more samples failed t...

In the absence of James Anderson and with the attack being blunted it was England's allrounder who brought the urn within reach 04:00 #PoliteEnquiries: Is Stokes the new new new Botham? It is a painful coincidence that, just as England should be - barring a miracle - clinching the Investec Ashes on Saturday, the Premier League football season will be starting once more. That brief window in the year, between football seasons, Olympic games, European and World Championships, will shut and the breath of oxygen cricket enjoys will be cut off once more. Just as the English game has something to celebrate and relish, it will go back to existing in its own little bubble. However much it has to shout about, it will not be heard above the din created by football. With so little cricket - and no live cricket - on free to air TV, it will prove desperately hard for the ECB to fulfil one of the aims of its recent planning strategy. Earlier this year, it emerged that the ECB identified the need...

Wim Hof is a 56-year-old Dutchman who can manipulate his body so it doesn’t feel cold. Source:  Facebook YOU get the feeling Wim Hof is the kind of bloke who wouldn’t have batted an eyelid if he had visited Australia during our recent “Antarctic vortex”. Dubbed the Iceman, the 56-year-old year old Dutchman has baffled scientists for years. He’s climbed Mount Everest in nothing but a pair of shorts and ran a marathon in the Namibian Desert with no water. He broke a world record after staying submerged in ice for almost two hours without his core body temperature changing. He’s been poked and prodded in a science lab and resisted illness with the power of his mind. Using a combination of cold immersion, breathing techniques and mental focus, Wim says anyone can do what he can do. When he’s not living in his houseboat in the Netherlands, he takes daredevil punters on expeditions to freezing locations around the world, teaching them his method. To test Wim’s theory,  Vice  as...

There's a reason that August 8, 1786, is worth remembering. Mont Blanc's peaks are some of the deadliest in the world , but two mountaineers, Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard , tackled them anyway. In the process, they gave birth to mountaineering and kindled a spirit of adventure that every climber chases today. The highest mountain in the Alps, Mont Blanc had long captivated the adventurers of 18th-century Europe. One man of the era, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure , was especially obsessed. Saussure was a scientist fascinated with the geology and botany of the Alps, and that, along with a healthy sense of adventure, inspired him to try to scale the mountain. Unfortunately, Saussure couldn't scale Mont Blanc himself — his efforts always came up short. So he decided to publicly offer a reward to any man who could scale the mountain and then help him reach the top (reports on the value of the prize vary). Overnight, prize-chasing adventurers joined in to try to scale the moun...

It reportedly infected nearly 1 billion phones. Stagefright, the bug that infected nearly 1 billion of Google’s GOOG -1.15% Android phones with a single text, has a fix. Google announced that the bug was handled in a recent software update to its Android phones. The security firm Zimperium found that 95% of Android phones were vulnerable to the malware by opening the text message. However, Google told CNBC Wednesday that 90% of Android devices were protected because of what’s called “address space layout randomization.”           Google has also said that there will be updates to its Messenger service in which video messages won’t play automatically when previewed. That would halt a similar bug from infecting devices in the future.

Now’s the chance to get your hands on Google’s plot to unseat Twitch as the king of video game streaming. A “creator preview” build of the YouTube Gaming Android app is live on APK Mirror and rolling out (slowly) to the Play Store (so don't be alarmed if you don't see it just yet). Even though it’s a preview build, the app has a lot of functionality. You’re greeted with a spot for live video at the top, which you can swipe through to check out four other live feeds. With Gamescom in full gear, this is an ideal time to unveil news about YouTube Gaming. youtube gaming android YouTube gaming follows Google’s Material Design aesthetic with lots of game-friendly goodies. The app is organized much like the YouTube app, with two other sections you can get to by swiping to the left or right. You’re able to star favorite games or channels, and of course tap into YouTube’s search capabilities. YouTube gaming follows Google’s Material Design aesthetic with lots of game-friendly goodie...