- Monday, February 24, 2025
India had some encouraging news on Day the seventh day (29) of the Tokyo Olympics while there were also updates that left the country's sportlovers heartbroken. First the good news... In hockey, India defeated defending champions Argentina 3-1 in their penultimate Pool A game to reach the quarterfinals. India are…
AT a time when social media giant Twitter is seeing a waning presence in India, thanks to its prolonged confrontation with the Narendra Modi government, things look more hopeful for the home-grown social media platform Koo. A number of government departments in the country and ministers are keen to promote…
THE Supreme Court of India on Thursday (29) reserved its verdict on e-commerce giant Amazon’s appeal against the merger of Future Retail Ltd (FRL) with Reliance Retail and would rule whether Singapore’s Emergency Arbitrator (EA) award, restraining the Rs 24,731 crore ($3.3 billion) was valid under the Indian law. Amazon.com…
INDIAN cricket team’s chief coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday (29) lent support to US gymnast Simone Biles who pulled out of the team and all-round individual events at the Tokyo Olympics citing mental health concerns. ALSO READ: Tokyo: US gymnast Simone Biles pulls out of 2nd event over ‘mental health’…
THE South African government will spend an additional amount of $67.4 million to beef up security after the deadly unrest earlier this month played havoc and caused loss of life and property. Treasury allocated an additional 250 million Rand ($17.1 million) to the police and 750 million rand ($51.3 million)…
THE Indian health ministry was set to depute a six-member team to the South Indian state of Kerala for effective Covid management as the state continues to report a surge in daily cases. The team headed by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) chief S K Singh will reach Kerala…
AUSTRALIAN authorities are set to return to India 14 artworks, including at least pieces that are believed to have been stolen or illegally exported Down Under, the National Gallery of Australia said on Thursday (29). According to a report by AFP, the Canberra-based gallery identified the works, including sculptures, photographs…
MC MARY Kom’s dream to win a second Olympic medal was over on Thursday (29) when she lost to Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia in the pre-quarter finals of the women’s flyweight category at Tokyo Olympics. The 38-year-old, who won a bronze medal at the London Games in 2012, lost to the…
NED Lamont, the Democratic governor of the US state of Connecticut, on Monday (26) announced the nomination of Manisha Juthani as the state’s public health commissioner. Juthani, who succeeds Deidre Gifford, is an associate professor at the Yale University of Medicine. Gifford has been promoted to the post of senior…
DAYS after fierce border clashes broke out between the northeastern Indian states of Assam and Mizoram over a border dispute that saw six personnel of the Assam Police and a civilian dead and several injured, the role of a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian…
