- Saturday, March 01, 2025
AUSTRALIAN prime minister Scott Morrison posted a picture on social media showing him preparing his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s favourite dish to celebrate a new trade deal with India. On April 2, India and Australia signed an economic cooperation and trade agreement under which Canberra would provide duty-free access to its market…
PAKISTAN lawmakers on Monday (11) elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister following the weekend ouster of Imran Khan, who resigned from the National Assembly along with most of his party members. Khan was dismissed on Sunday (10) after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an unlikely…
AN INDIAN student has been shot dead by an unidentified man at the entrance of a subway station in Toronto while he was on his way to work, Canadian police said. Kartik Vasudev, 21, was shot on Thursday (7) evening at the Glen Road entrance to Sherbourne station in St James Town.…
INDIA’S dependence on Russia for major defence equipment and other items like fertiliser is immense, a top American diplomat said. US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman, during her testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, dwelt on India’s position on Russia and its repeated abstention from the United Nations…
IPL big guns Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings fell to their fourth loss of the season on Saturday to raise fears of an early exit from the Twenty20 tournament. Holders Chennai and Mumbai have nine IPL title between them but reputation took a beating when they were outplayed by…
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw hit attacking half-centuries to set up a convincing 44-run win for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. The left-right opening pair of Warner (61) and Shaw (51) put on 93 runs to lay the foundation for Delhi’s…
Rajasthan Royals prevailed in a last-over thriller to edge out Lucknow Super Giants by three runs and top the Indian Premier League table on Sunday. West Indies big-hitter Shimron Hetmyer hit an unbeaten 59 off 36 balls and lifted Royals from 67-4 to 165-6 in the second match of the…
Telugu actor Ram Charan thanked fans in Britain for the success of his latest release RRR, which has registered strong numbers at the UK box office during its opening weekend. The period drama, which translates as “Rise, Roar, Revolt”, is a multilingual action film, which sees Ram Charan take on the role of a…
South African captain Dean Elgar hailed the performance of a below-strength team after they completed a crushing 332-run win on the fourth day of the second Test against Bangladesh at St George’s Park on Monday. Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque, meanwhile, bemoaned the failure of his players to perform with both…
THE PASSENGER traffic at London’s Heathrow Airport in March this year was the highest since the pandemic began, driven by outbound leisure travel and the removal of all Covid restrictions. Heathrow, however, said in a statement on Monday (11) that inbound leisure and business travel had remained weak due to…
