- Monday, February 24, 2025
HALF a century had gone by since India won their first two medals at the Olympic Games. Finally, the wait for the third individual medal came to an end at the 1952 edition which was held in Helsinki, Finland, where Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won a bronze in wrestling. It was,…
SWISS tennis legend Roger Federer on Tuesday (13) pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics starting later this month. In a statement, he said that he has suffered a setback with his knee due to which he has withdrawn from the mega event. Federer, who will turn 40 next month, also…
THE Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (14) took cognisance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to allow ‘Kanwar Yatra’ in the state in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. A two-judge bench headed by Justice R F Nariman issued a…
THE Afghanistan government may seek India’s military assistance at some point if its talks with the Taliban collapse amid withdrawal of the US forces from the country, Afghan envoy to India Farid Mamundzay has said. He though said Kabul is not seeking India’s direct military entry into Afghanistan. Representatives of…
IN India, women are often called ‘home ministers’ because of their overwhelming presence in domestic affairs. It is not an exaggeration to say that more women are engaged in making decisions at home but when it comes to owning property, either jointly or alone (house or land), the scenario is…
INDIAN e-commerce company Flipkart has raised $3.6 billion (£2.6bn) in the latest round of funding, ahead of its likely stock market debut. The fund-raising increased the value of Flipkart to $37.6bn (£27bn), which is more than double the amount that Walmart paid for a majority stake in Flipkart three years…
TOTAL corporate funding in the global solar sector including India grew nearly three-folds to $13.5 billion (£9.7bn) during January-June 2021, according to a report. In the year ago period the investment in the sector was $4.6bn (£3.3bn), clean energy consulting firm Mercom Capital Group said in a report. "Funding was…
POLL strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday (13) met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence in Delhi, days after meeting veteran leader Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party. Other senior leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, and Harish Rawat, who is…
WOMEN in her family have generally seen their sons making names in the political field. But Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, recently praised her son for not making a name in politics but photography. On Monday (12), the 49-year-old politician posted on her Instagram…
GOOGLE CEO Sundar Pichai has said that he believes that the ideology of a free and open internet is under attack in many countries around the world. He, while speaking with a media outlet, said that the flow of information is being restricted and is being looked at as a…
