- Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has settled a lawsuit with an Australian bat maker he accused of failing to pay him millions of dollars under a licensing agreement. Spartan Sports group apologised to Tendulkar for using his name and image after he terminated a deal with them, according to a…
FOUR million girls are at risk of child marriage in the next two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global charity said on Friday (15), as campaigners warned that the crisis could undo decades of work to end the practice. Worldwide, an estimated 12 million girls are married every…
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong India-US collaboration, India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said. “COVID-19 has made us recognise the need for collaborations more than ever before. Our prime minister (Narendra Modi) has emphasised a global coordinated response to deal with the challenges…
The United States on Thursday (15) voiced alarm over the targeting of religious minorities in both India and Pakistan, warning against a search for internal scapegoats during the coronavirus pandemic. In a rare statement of US concern over India, Sam Brownback, the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, pointed to…
THE death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,649 in India and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 on Friday (15), the health ministry said. The country has reported 100 new deaths and 3,967 new cases due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours. India, second largest populous country after…
Billionaire Anil Agarwal announced a proposal to delist Vedanta from the Indian stock exchanges on May 11. The promoter group Vedanta Resources will buy out the 48.94 per cent non-promoter shares at Rs 87.5 per share, a premium of Rs 9.9 percent over its May 11 market price. The promoter…
Britain on Thursday (14) said it was in discussions with Swiss pharma giant Roche to mass purchase its coronavirus antibody test after scientists found it to be “100 percent” accurate, the government said Thursday. “This test developed by Roche appears to be extremely reliable, it’s got the green light from…
Narendra Modi’s grand announcement of a $265-billion rescue package for India is little comfort to Manish Verma, one of millions left destitute and desperate 50 days into a crippling coronavirus lockdown. “I don’t trust Modi. We don’t understand such big figures,” Verma told AFP, trudging out of New Delhi under…
THE total number of COVID-19 cases in India has jumped by 3,722 in past 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 78,003 on Thursday (14), said the health ministry. The country is likely to surpass China in total number of cases soon. The overall confirmed cases on…
Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost more than half a billion dollars, but cutting players’ pay was not yet being considered, a top official has told AFP. The world’s richest Twenty20 tournament is staring at a first wipeout in its 12-year…
