- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
DEFENDING champions Mumbai Indians (MI) needed the best of the blessings of the cricket gods to qualify for the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. It did not happen but Rohit Sharma’s side did not go without a fight and made the game a thoroughly entertaining one. Mumbai…
PAKISTAN and the US discussed regional security issues and bilateral economic cooperation as American deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman visited Islamabad. She held talks with Pakistan's national security advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf on Friday (8) but no official statement was issued after the meeting. Sherman visit an opportunity to…
AFFORDABLE childcare, paid leave, flexible working hours – this could be the wish list of any working woman or couple – but for Indra Nooyi, it is a “moonshot mission” that governments and companies need to resolve. The former CEO of PepsiCo became a role model to millions of young…
THE England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Thursday (7) that chairman Ian Watmore was stepping down with immediate effect, following criticism of the decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan. Watmore, 63, has reached a "mutual agreement" with the board to leave his role following the end of the…
AN Interfaith service was held in Manchester on 2 October to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd birth anniversary. The event started with a flower offering at Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in front of the Manchester Cathedral. The 9-foot bronze statue was a gift from the Kamani family in 2019 to commemorate Gandhiji’s…
RESEARCHERS at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have found in a two-year study that the Cauvery River, a major source of water in southern India, is “alarmingly” polluted by a range of contaminants, including compounds from pharmaceuticals, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, pesticides, etc. “Our…
TATA Group patriarch Ratan Tata on Friday (8) welcomed the Indian government accepting Tata Sons’ bid of Rs 18,000 crore for the takeover of Air India, saying the carrier provides a very strong market opportunity to the group even though it will take some real effort to revive the debt-ridden…
NOTED Dubai-based businessman and philanthropist Bharat J Mehra has been awarded the United Arab Emirates’ coveted 10-year Golden Visa for his humanitarian activities. In the past, Indian actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Mohanlal, Mammootty and others have also received this award. Among foreign recipients are sportspersons Cristiano Ronaldo…
A METROPOLITAN magistrate in Mumbai denied bail to Aryan Khan, the son of Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan, and two others on Friday (8) in a case related to the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the coast of the maximum city. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate…
WITH targeted killing of minorities in Jammu and Kashmir continuing unabated, Indian home minister Amit Shah has given stern directions to counter the killings of minorities and the Narendra Modi government has consequently sent its counter-terror experts to Kashmir Valley to help the local police forces neutralise the terror modules…
