- Monday, February 24, 2025
BHUBANESWAR, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha and its largest city, reached a milestone over the weekend. According to its officials, the city has succeeded in vaccinating its entire eligible population. For a city with a population of more than 1.1 million, it is not a small…
ACE Indian badminton player PV Sindhu on Wednesday (4) returned home from a successful mission at the Tokyo Olympics amid a warm welcome in her home town Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. The 26-year-old, who is the reigning world champion, won the bronze medal at the Japanese capital…
PINARAYI Vijayan, the chief minister of the South Indian state of Kerala, on Wednesday (4) hailed the decision of information technology giant IBM over its decision to set up a software lab in Kochi in the state. Vijayan said the move will pave the way for a huge leap in…
INDIA'S pace battery meant business on the opening day of the first Test against England at Trent Bridge after Joe Root, the captain of the home team, won the toss and elected to bat first on Wednesday (4). The hosts, who are having concerns over batting of late, were reduced…
SEVERAL lightning bolts hit a Bangladesh wedding party within a few seconds on Wednesday (4), killing 16 people and injuring the groom, officials said. The group had just left a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj to take shelter from a thunderstorm when the lightning struck, a government administrator…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $650 billion (£466bn) allocation to its resources pool to help economically vulnerable countries battling the coronavirus pandemic. The 190-nation lending institution said on Monday (2) that its board of governors approved the expansion of its reserves known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs),…
DRUG-related deaths in England and Wales have risen to their highest level in more than 25 years, say recent government figures released on Tuesday (3), which also stated that cocaine-related deaths among women have spiked by more than 800 per cent. Men and teenage boys accounted for more than two-thirds…
PAKISTAN maintained their series-winning streak over the West Indies as rain had the final say yet again with the scheduled final encounter of the four-match T20 International series abandoned as a no-result at the National Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday (3). Just one of the scheduled matches reached a conclusion…
ARGENTINA'S players hugged each other and cried after reaching the women's hockey final at the Tokyo Olympics with a 2-1 win over India on Wednesday (4). Argentina will now face the Netherlands in Friday's (6) final, while India will battle Britain for bronze. "We're very happy. We were looking for…
INDIA is believed to be setting up a naval facility on Agaléga, a remote island in Mauritius in the south-western Indian Ocean, Al Jazeera on Tuesday (3) reported, citing satellite imagery, financial data and on-the-ground evidence. The Qatar-based news channel cited military experts who have gone through the evidence collected…
