- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer says qualifying for a maiden IPL final is "best feeling ever" after a roller-coaster journey in which his team has peaked at just the right time. Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs on Sunday to reach the final against defending champions Mumbai…
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,53,657 with 45,903 new infections being reported, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 7.9 million, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll from the…
Bicycle sellers in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, have struggled to keep pace with demand as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven surging interest in pedal power to get around the city and keep fit. Jamsheed Jeelani, who runs a bike shop in Lal Chowk, the city's commercial hub,…
Remembrance Sunday events to honour Britain's war dead have been drastically pared back this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, while anti-virus measures have also hit fundraising for military veterans. The Royal British Legion, which runs the annual Poppy Appeal, has warned it risks a shortfall in donations of millions…
If your pet is a picky eater now, wait until it sees what Nestle's pet food brand Purina has in store: a new line of chow based on insect protein. The Swiss food giant said Thursday that Purina was launching a line based on "alternative proteins" from insects and plants,…
Indian American Pia Dandiya has been appointed the White House Fellow for the year 2020-21. Dandiya, the founding principal of Democracy Prep Endurance High School in Harlem, New York, is the only Indian American among 14 White House Fellows announced this year. Created in 1964 by President Lyndon B Johnson,…
In a significant victory for India at the United Nations, Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra was elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly. In the Group of Asia-Pacific States, Maitra, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN,…
Problems between Nepal and India would be resolved through dialogue, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said on Friday during a meeting with Indian Army chief Gen. M M Naravane who paid a courtesy call on him. Gen Naravane's three-day visit to Nepal was largely aimed at resetting bilateral ties that came…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the Diwali spirit of the victory of light over darkness and good over evil as he delivered a message of optimism about overcoming the coronavirus pandemic for a first-of-its-kind virtual Diwali festival this weekend. Johnson appealed for a “huge collective effort” as England entered…
Joe Biden, inching closer to victory after a bitter presidential election, appealed Friday to Americans to turn the page on divisions as a seething Donald Trump warned him not to declare victory. As trickling returns from Pennsylvania and three other states made Trump's path to a second term increasingly unlikely,…
