- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIAN table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel on Saturday (28) created history by becoming the first Indian to reach the final of the sporting discipline in the Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She beat China’s Miao Zhang, world no.3, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 in a hard fought semi-final match in the…
INDIA on Friday (27) had the best of the three days in the ongoing third Test match against England at Headingley as they strongly resisted the hosts who had comprehensively beaten them in the first two days. The tourists, who came out to bat after conceding a mammoth lead of…
BHAVINABEN Patel on Friday (27) scripted history by becoming the first table-tennis player from the country to secure a medal in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics, setting the tone for an upbeat contingent aiming for the best-ever finish at the mega event. The 34-year-old Patel, who is competing in her maiden…
THE Indian ministry of external affairs on Friday (27) reiterated the first priority of the Narendra Modi government is to safely evacuate people from Afghanistan which is witnessing horrific violence since the return of the Taliban to power. According to the ministry, the question of recognising the Taliban rule comes…
NEW ZEALAND on Friday (27) called up pace bowler Matt Henry to replace Covid-infected Finn Allen for their five Twenty20 internationals in Bangladesh. Allen, who is in quarantine in Bangladesh, will, however, remain with the team, New Zealand Cricket said. Henry was initially scheduled only to take part in later…
BRITAIN said on Friday (27) that it plans to complete its airlifts out of Afghanistan "in a matter of hours" as the frenzied evacuation effort out of Kabul airport draws to a close. "We will process those people that we have brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately inside the…
INDIAN defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday (27) said if India makes advancement in technology, it can become a superpower. The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said this while addressing students and teachers at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) in Pune in the western Indian state of…
BOLLYWOOD actor Sonu Sood, who stole the headlines often with his philanthropic moves during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is set to become the brand ambassador for the Delhi government’s ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ initiative. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said this on Friday (27). Sood met Kejriwal at the national capital, a…
INDIA'S top oil company Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Friday (27) said it will invest nearly Rs 1 lakh crore (£9.8 billion) to raise its refining capacity by almost a third over the next four-five years since it saw the demand for fuel continuing to grow in near future. Addressing…
India on Thursday (26) strongly condemned the deadly terror attacks in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on the same day, telling the United Nations Security Council that these strikes reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who give shelter to terrorists. Two suicide bomb attacks…
