- Sunday, February 23, 2025
ENGLAND will have to produce an extraordinary performance to beat an in-form India in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday (27), former Three Lions captain Paul Collingwood has said. According to the former all-rounder who led England to their maiden T20 World Cup crown in the…
PROTEST group Youth Demand has released a video appearing to show a young man entering a constituency property of prime minister Rishi Sunak and defecating in a lake inside it. According to the group, this action was intended as a "parting gift" for the Prime Minister and the Conservative Government.…
THE United Arab Emirates has become the ninth largest seafood export destination for India, D V Swamy, chairman of India’s Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has said. He added that the south Asian nation's worldwide seafood exports touched an all-time high in volume during the financial year 2023-2024. India…
RAHUL GANDHI, former president of the Indian National Congress, the country's main opposition party, on Wednesday (26) said after taking over as the leader of opposition that the speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Lower House of the parliament is the final arbiter of the voice of the people…
OM BIRLA, who served as the speaker of the Lok Sabha or Lower House of the Indian parliament in the last five years, was on Wednesday (26) re-elected to the top post following a rare election. Birla, who is a three-time MP of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from…
THE UK's Opposition Labour Party on Monday (24) criticised the governing Conservatives led by prime minister Rishi Sunak of having “over-promised and under-delivered” on relations with India and declared that it is “ready to go” on striking a free trade agreement (FTA) if it wins the July 4 general election.…
AT LEAST 10 people lost their lives while numerous others were injured in gunfire in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Tuesday (25) as protests over tax became intense. Hundreds of demonstrators opposing a bill aimed at increasing several taxes clashed with the law-keepers. In the midst of the unrest,…
ASADUDDIN OWAISI, one of India's top Muslim leaders and a parliamentarian from the southern city of Hyderabad, is no stranger to controversies. On Tuesday (25), he was party to yet another such occasion when he chanted "Jai Palestine" (Hail Palestine) while taking oath as a member of India's new Lok…
THE number of visitors to Goa has increased in the just-concluded tourist season and touched the one crore (10 million)-mark, the south-western Indian coastal state's tourism minister Rohan Khaunte has said, dismissing perception of the footfall going down in the state, which is known to be a renowned global tourist…
RARE celebrations erupted in multiple Afghan cities on Tuesday after the national cricket team reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time with a nail-biting T20 win over Bangladesh. Thousands gathered in the capital Kabul and in Khost, Jalalabad and other cities to celebrate the fairytale win, which also…
