- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar wants KL Rahul to open in place of an out-of-form Prithvi Shaw and the promising Shubman Gill to play in middle order during the second Test against Australia at the MCG from December 26. India lost the opening Test by eight wickets, crumbling to their…
Sri Lanka have “all bases covered” ahead of a two-match Test series against South Africa, head coach Mickey Arthur said Monday. The first Test starts in Centurion Saturday. Arthur said conditions at the Test grounds in Centurion and Johannesburg were likely to be more helpful to pace bowlers than they…
Rakul Preet Singh has been tested positive for Covid-19. The actress took to Instagram to inform her fans about it. She posted a note which read, “I’d like to inform everyone that I have tested positive for Covid-19. I have quarantined myself. I am feeling fine and will rest up…
After the super success of Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion, Netflix decided to make a series titled Baahubali: Before The Beginning which would tell the story of Sivagami, the character played by Ramya Krishnan in the franchise. It was a two-season series based on Anand Neelakantan’s novel, The Rise of Sivagami, and Mrunal…
THE privatisation of India’s national carrier Air India will be delayed further as the divestment process is unlikely to conclude in 2020-21, an official has said. Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among the entities that put in preliminary bids last week for buying the loss-making carrier, which…
THE EU experts believe existing vaccines against coronavirus are effective against the new fast-spreading strain identified in Britain, Germany’s health minister said. “According to everything we know so far” the new strain “has no impact on the vaccines”, which remain “just as effective”, Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ZDF, citing “talks…
THE UK government has advised clinically extremely vulnerable people across London, the south east and east of England to stay at home at all times, unless for exercise or medical appointments, and not to attend work as they are moved into the new Tier 4 restrictions. The group includes those…
INDIA said on Monday (21) it was joining other countries in temporarily suspending all flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and more infectious strain of coronavirus there. “Considering the prevailing situation in UK, Govt. of India has decided that all flights originating from UK to India to be…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to a Sikh temple in New Delhi on Sunday(20), kneeling down in respect and having pictures taken with visitors, at a time when the community is leading massive protests against his farm reforms. Sikhs in India and abroad have rallied against…
A consortium of Indian banks has returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya. The consortium led by the State Bank of India (SBI) pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to Mallya’s now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. At a virtual…
