- Friday, April 04, 2025
THE nationwide lockdown imposed in India in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic has left a negative impact on women’s nutrition in the country, a new study conducted by a group of researchers in the United States has said. According to the study conducted by Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition…
EIGHT-TIME gold winners India maintained their newfound momentum in the fourth game in Pool A on Thursday (29) when they thumped Rio Olympic champions Argentina 3-1 in the men’s hockey event at Oi Hockey Stadium at the Tokyo Games. The men in blue scored two goals in the final two…
DISCIPLINED bowling and Dhananjaya de Silva's unbeaten 40 helped Sri Lanka to a series-levelling four-wicket win over India in the Covid-19 delayed second Twenty20 international on Wednesday (28). Chasing 133 for victory, Sri Lanka depended on an unbeaten 28-run seventh-wicket partnership between de Silva and Chamika Karunaratne, who made 12,…
RIO Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu on Thursday (29) defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt to enter the quarterfinals of the women’s singles tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. The ace Indian shuttler took 41 minutes to tame his European opponent at the Mushashino Forest Plaza, Tokyo, and the scores read 21-15, 21-13. Follow…
WINNING an Olympic medal is reward enough for any athlete, but Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's silver at the Tokyo Games has earned her the added bonus of a lifetime's supply of free pizza and movie tickets. Chanu finished second in the women's 49kg event on Saturday, claiming the country's only…
THE Indian government may consider to lower import duty and offer other incentives to Tesla if it agrees to manufacture its cars in the country, the Economic Times reported. Earlier, Tesla had approached the government to seek reduction in customs duty saying these cars should not be treated as luxury…
UNITED States secretary of state Antony Blinken on Wednesday (28) met a representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, during his visit to the Indian capital. This move irked China which is strongly critical of the Tibetan spiritual leader and considers himself a separatist as its media blasted the…
THE tea industry of Kenya is facing a challenge and some of the African country’s tea growers are shifting to other crops like pineapple as climate change threatens its tea plantation, Africanews reported along with AFP earlier in July. Kenya’s tea industry contributes about four per cent of its gross…
AMERICA'S 24-year-old gymnastics superstar Simone Biles on Wednesday (28) pulled out of a second competition at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics to protect her mental health. Her withdrawal raised serious concerns over her taking part in the rest of the tournament, dashing dreams of several of her fans to witness the…
AT a time when political circles in India are abuzz with the possibility of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee emerging as the face of the Opposition to take on Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the general elections of 2024, the leader herself has remained ambivalent saying…
