- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIA is sending a naval task force to the South China Sea this month to expand security ties with friendly nations, officials on Wednesday (4) said, suggesting that New Delhi is not hesitant to play a bigger role in regional efforts to counter China, its major rival in the region.…
INDIA were once a world-beating team in hockey. The record eight gold medals (with six of them in consecutive editions) in the men’s category is yet to be paralleled by any of the modern-day powers, even after 41 years since the Asian side had won their last gold. But the…
Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on Wednesday (4) became the first male Indian contestant at the Tokyo Olympics to secure a medal. This is India’s fourth in this edition after Mirabai Chanu’s silver in wrestling, PV Sindhu’s bronze in badminton and Lovlina Borgohain’s bronze in boxing. Dahiya would win at least…
A DELEGATION from the British Indian Jewish Association (BIJA) on Tuesday (3) visited India House in London, UK, and was received by the Indian high commissioner to the UK, Gaitri Issar Kumar. The visit was part of the high commission’s community-engagement strategy. During their visit, members of the delegation spoke…
FORMER Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (4) met the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in the capital’s cantonment area on Sunday (1) and forcibly cremated. Gandhi, who is a parliamentarian from the southern state…
THREE women have already made India proud at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics by winning medals but on Wednesday (4), their male counterparts also brightened hopes to win awards at the quadrennial event enters its final phase. Neeraj Chopra makes finals Neeraj Chopra during the day became the first Indian javelin…
INDIAN boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday (4) failed to reach the final match in the women’s welterweight (69 kilograms) category at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as she lost to Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli, the reigning world champion, in the semi-final. She, however, has secured a bronze medal – India’s third in…
BANGLADESH on Tuesday (3) extended its strict lockdown and announced plans to vaccinate at least 10 million people in a week as the country battles a major Covid-19 surge. The vaccination drive from Saturday (7) will be led by tens of thousands of health workers at 14,000 health centres, senior…
BRITISH waste company, Biffa, has been fined £1.5 million for exporting household waste marked as waste paper for recycling to India and Indonesia. In July, a judge at Wood Green crown court convicted the company of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste to the two countries, thus breaching…
THE US said Pakistan has a lot to gain and will continue to have a critical role in the Afghan peace process. “We do appreciate Pakistan's efforts to advance the Afghan peace process and stability in South Asia, including by encouraging the Taliban to engage in substantive negotiations,” state department…
