- Friday, February 28, 2025
THE appointment of renowned goalkeeping coach Dennis van de Pol will help the Indian men’s hockey team ahead of its upcoming assignments, feels skipper Harmanpreet Singh. The Dutchman is scheduled to hold two special camps for the Indian team goalkeepers. Van de Pol’s first camp with the team will be…
THE magnificence of master musician Madan Mohan is demonstrated by songs that remain massively popular decades after they were recorded. Whether it was iconic love song Lag Jaa Gale in 1964 or his compositions being used on the 2004 Veer Zaara soundtrack nearly 30 years after he passed away on July 14, 1975, aged…
INDIAN filmmaker Vinay Shukla said his award-winning documentary, While We Watched, aims to address a “credibility crisis” in the country’s news media. The documentary follows former NDTV senior journalist Ravish Kumar as he is determined to not become a government mouthpiece or report fake, sensationalised news in order to gain viewers.…
CHARITIES supporting Asian domestic abuse survivors are in a funding crisis with a lack of space in refuges and a shortage of trained frontline workers, experts have cautioned. They said further services are at risk of shrinking or closing due to a dearth of financial support. Research by the Refuge…
PAKISTAN’S central bank has received $1.2 billion from the IMF as the first tranche of a $3 bn bailout to stabilise the economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday (13), a day after the global lender’s board approved the package. Having teetered on the brink of a sovereign debt…
Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic made history on Thursday by becoming the first unseeded player in 60 years to reach the Wimbledon women’s final. She dashed the title dreams of Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina with a commanding 6-3, 6-3 victory. Vondrousova, currently ranked 42nd in the world, will now face…
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have discovered that cancer cells accumulate specific genetic changes in a predictable and sequential manner years before they become identifiable as pre-malignancies, Stanford Medicine News Centre reported. These changes affect pathways that control cell division, structure, and internal messaging, which means that the cells are already…
Author Salman Rushdie has for the first time revealed his personal experiences in relation to the knife attack on him in New York, which resulted in the loss of vision in one eye. Rushdie has shared that he has been having “crazy dreams” about the incident and has sought assistance…
THE new statistics published by the ministry of justice on Thursday (13) indicated the need for accelerated efforts in enhancing diversity within the judiciary. According to the new data, women now make up 37 per cent of judges in courts, compared to 54 per cent of tribunal judges. There are…
Veteran actor Mohanlal and filmmaker Jeethu Joseph set to collaborate for an upcoming movie, the makers said on Thursday. The project is backed by the Malayalam superstar’s production banner Aashirvad Cinemas. In a post on Twitter, the studio said the untitled movie will start production in August. The details of…
