HE has already announced his decision to step down from the captaincy of Royal Challenges Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the current edition gets over but if reports are to be believed, Virat Kohli could face the axe even before the timeline that he has set.…
PUNJAB Kings (PBKS) on Tuesday (21) snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a crucial game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the third game of the second phase of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Placed comfortably at 183 for 2…
THE South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) – a regional platform including eight nations from the South Asian region – has received a blow since a meeting of the members’ foreign ministers which was scheduled to be held in New York on September 25 has been scrapped. It was…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (22) said his three-day visit to the United States would be an occasion to strengthen the Indo-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and improve ties with Japan and Australia. Just before his departure for the US where he will meet the leaders of the…
IN a shocking revelation, an analysis has projected that 100 million Covid-19 vaccines stockpiled by the world’s rich nations that are set to expire by the end of the current year could be left unused even as the poor nations struggle to get enough of their people inoculated against the…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden over the weekend greeted the Jain community on the concluding day of Paryushan and Das Lakshan festivals. In a Facebook post on Sunday (19), the Democratic leader said, “Jill and I send our best wishes to Jains in the US and around the world who’ve concluded…
BILLIONAIRE Indian businessman Gautam Adani on Tuesday (21) said while unveiling his infrastructure conglomerate’s green vision that his group will invest $20 billion (£15 billion) over the next decade in generation of renewable energy and component manufacturing to produce the planet’s cheapest green electron. His announcement came just weeks after…
US E-COMMERCE giant Amazon, which is said to be probing alleged bribes paid by its legal representatives in India, spent Rs 8,546 crore (£848 million) in legal expenses for maintaining its presence in the country during 2018-20, sources said. According to the sources aware of the firm’s public account filings,…
THE Taliban, who stormed back to power in Afghanistan in August, have put a ban in the broadcast of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament over the presence of “female audience and spectators” at the venues. The extremist outfit has targeted women over participation in sports since their return…
BAPS SWAMINARAYAN Sanstha has launched on the occasion of Organ Donation Week that kicked off on Monday (20) a new educational video about organ donation and the importance of having a conversation with the family about one’s wishes to donate organs. Organ Donation Week is a campaign held in the…