- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIAN shooter Avani Lekhara on Monday (30) created history by becoming the first woman from her country to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games. The 19-year-old from Jaipur in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan fired her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women’s…
INDIA on Friday (27) said the recent IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report on climate change “may be the last signal” for taking solid action against global environmental challenges. Bhupender Yadav, the country’s environment minister who recently took over, said while addressing the seventh meeting of the BRICS (Brazil,…
ENGLAND came back strongly on the morning of the fourth day of the third Test match against India at Headingley to pick the tourists’ final eight wickets for only 63 runs to win the match by an innings and runs and level the series 1-1. India, who resumed the day…
INDIAN multinational automotive manufacturing corporation Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Friday (27) said group firm Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS) has received a contract from the Indian government worth Rs 1,350 crore for manufacturing integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defence Suite (IADS) for modern warships of the Indian Navy. The ministry of…
AT least 14 residents from Kerala are part of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) terror outfit freed by the Taliban from Afghanistan’s Bagram jail even though there are unconfirmed reports that two Pakistanis were picked up by the group for trying to denotate an IED (improvised explosive device)…
AT least three Indian states are denying passports and government jobs to people because of their social media posts or participation in protests, human rights activists said. In a move that could jeopardise the futures of tens of thousands of vocal young Indians, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and…
INDIA'S SpiceJet Ltd said on Thursday (26) it expects Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX jets in its fleet to return to service at the end of September following a settlement struck with lessor Avolon on leases of the aircraft. Later in the day, the country's air safety regulator, Directorate General…
THE police of the southern Indian state of Karnataka has reportedly arrested five people, including a juvenile, from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu for allegedly gangraping a 22-year-old student in the city of Mysuru (formerly Mysore) on Tuesday (24) this week. One of the accused was absconding. Director general…
TWO days after the devastating suicide bombing attacks at the airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the United States military on Saturday (28) struck back at the Islamic State (IS), hitting an IS member, the Associated Press reported. Thirteen US service members of the US were among those killed…
AMERICAN billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates on Saturday (28) heaped praises on India for reaching a “tremendous milestone” of administering 10 million coronavirus vaccines on Friday (27), recording the highest coverage in a single day. Gates said this was the result of the collective efforts of the government of India,…
