- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIA opener Rohit Sharma has found the backing of several former players as the successor to Virat Kohli as the national captain in the T20 format. They have said that the ace batsman has demonstrated his leadership skills in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and is an obvious choice to…
GREETINGS poured in for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (17) as he turned 71. Dignitaries, including president Ram Nath Kovind and vice president Venkaiah Naidu and leaders across parties greeted him on the occasion. To celebrate the prime minister’s birthday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked…
EVER since the US-led western troops invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 after the devastating 9/11 terror attacks, the region’s geo-strategic and geo-political significance has changed and no other country had faced more pressure in dealing with the situation than Pakistan, Afghanistan’s immediate neighbour to the east. Post Washington’s invasion in…
PRO-KHALISTAN group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has issued a warning that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will have “sleepless nights in America” during his upcoming visit to that country and planned protests outside the White House when the latter visits it to take part in the Quad leaders’ summit as…
INDIA'S TVS Motor on Thursday (16) said it has bought a majority stake in Switzerland-based e-bike brand EGO Movement for Rs 131 crore (£13 million) to enter the personal e-mobility segment. The company, through its Singapore Subsidiary TVS Motor (Singapore) Pte Ltd, is acquiring an 80 per cent stake in…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral meetings with leaders of the Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) grouping, including US president Joe Biden, during his visit to the US next week besides attending the first in-person meeting of the grouping, the country’s ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (15) undertook a reshuffle of his top team, keeping two of his senior Cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel in their posts. Sunak will remain next door to Johnson at Downing Street as his chancellor of the exchequer and Patel, who had…
INDIA captain Virat Kohli is set to step down as captain of the Indian Twenty20 side after the World Cup starting in the United Arab Emirates and Oman next month, he said on Thursday (16). Kohli will continue to lead the Test and one-day international sides. "Considering my immense workload…
THE Indian cricket team’s upcoming tour of New Zealand featuring three one-day internationals (ODIs) has been postponed due to Covid-19-induced travel restrictions and a packed schedule of New Zealand Cricket (NZC), the country's cricket-governing body. According to New Zealand’s stuff.co.nz, a spokesperson of NZC confirmed that India will now tour…
AT a time when the student community has suffered due to prolonged closure of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, a teacher in a small tribal village in eastern India has taken initiatives to bring back boys and girls to schools in a bid to reduce the gap in learning.…
