- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIA'S Vidyut Mohan is among the winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize created by Prince William. Mohan, co-founder and CEO of Takachar, which developed a machine that converts crop residues into sellable bio-products like fuel and fertilizer, has won the award with projects from Costa Rica, Italy and the Bahamas.…
ACE Indian fencer Bhavani Devi, who became the country’s first representative in her sport in Tokyo Olympic earlier this year, has won the women’s Sabre individual event at Charlellville National Competition in France. Bhavani, 27, thanked coach Christian Bauer, Arnaud Schneider and all other teammates for her victory. “Won the…
FORMER US secretary of state Colin Powell on Monday (18) passed away following Covid-19 complications, Fox News reported citing his family members. He was also America’s first black secretary of state. In a Facebook post from the account of Powell, who was aged 84, his family said, “General Colin L…
IRELAND made an impressive start to their T20 World Cup campaign in the United Arab Emirates on Monday (18) when they defeated a lower-ranked Netherlands in an all-European Group A game by seven wickets to inch towards qualification for the Super 12 stage. For the Irish, the hero of the…
DERA Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh have been given life sentence along with four others in a case related to the murder of manager Ranjit Singh almost two decades ago. The four others are Jasbir Singh, Krishan Lal, Avtar Singh and Sabdil. “All five convicts, including Ram…
THE 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) of the Indian Army made the country proud by winning the gold medal at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise at Brecon, Wales, the UK, which was held between October 13 and 15. The team from the Indian Army received a rich applause from the…
MOHAN Bhagwat, head of India’s Hindu right-wing outfit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has asked the country’s Narendra Modi government to bring curbs on streaming platforms and cryptocurrencies. According to Bhagwat, “There is a need to regularise these things for the larger good of the society.” The RSS is the ideological…
SRI LANKA'S fishermen on Sunday (17) staged a unique protest demanding their country’s government to block India trawlers from poaching in the island-nation’s northern waters rich in prawns. They launched a flotilla of boats carrying black flags and opposition legislators who travelled 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Mullaittivu, a northeastern…
BANGLADESH all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday (17) became the leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals with his second scalp against Scotland on Day One of the World Cup. Shakib sent back Scotland's Michael Leask for nought with his left-arm spin in Muscat to surpass former Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith…
A RAILWAY traffic blockade (rail roko) put up on Monday (18) by India’s protesting farmers across the states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3 has resulted in cancellation of 50 trains across 130 locations, sources in the Indian Railways told news agency Asian…
