- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE US state department has announced a new programme to offer thousands of Afghans, who may be targets of Taliban violence due to their US affiliations, an opportunity to resettle as refugees. The new 'Priority Two' refugee programme, will cover Afghans who worked for US-funded projects and for US-based non-government…
CONCERNS are growing over the future of Indian-born British businessman Sanjeev Gupta’s speciality steel business, as customers abandon it and resources are squeezed. The business, which employs about 750 staff at plants in South Yorkshire, has been put up for sale by Gupta as part of restructuring of his sprawling…
PREGNANT women are more likely to become seriously ill from Covid-19 and should get themselves vaccinated, the UK department of health and social care said on Tuesday (3) while announcing the launch of England’s largest clinical trial to figure out the best interval time between the two doses of Covid-19…
NEW global modelling of birth sex ratios has found out that the long-term global stability is at risk due to 'cultural preferences for boys in certain countries, The Times reported. The study also revealed that men are set to dramatically outnumber women in the coming decades. The study, published in…
FORMER batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has backed the under-pressure Cheteshwar Pujara and said the Indian team management can explore "someone else" if it feels his method is not working anymore. Known for his rock-solid defence and textbook batting technique, Pujara received a lot of flak for not being able to…
AN 11-year-old Indian-American girl has been picked as one of the brightest students in the world by a top American university for her exceptional results in the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) and American College Testing (ACT) standardised tests. Natasha Peri, a student at Thelma L Sandmeier Elementary School in New…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (3) praised the Indian men’s hockey team following their heart-breaking 2-5 defeat against Belgium in the semi-final of the Tokyo Olympics at the Oi Hockey Stadium. He said wins and losses are a part of life and India is proud of its players.…
WORLD CHAMPIONS Belgium earned a spot in the men's hockey finals at the Tokyo Games after beating India 5-2 on Tuesday (3), giving the 2016 Rio Olympic silver medallists a fresh chance at securing a gold medal. Belgium will now face Australia or Germany in the gold medal match on…
THE People’s Republic of China continued to bag medals, especially the gold, at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics and with their haul having already surpassed that in Rio five years ago, there is a lot for the country to take pride about. The country’s belligerent media has not let this opportunity…
INDIA and China, who have been at loggerheads over the border in the Ladakh region, have agreed in principle to disengage at a key patrol point in eastern Ladakh even though other friction areas remain in the zone, sources in the Indian government have said. The agreement on PP17A (one…
