- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
DAYS after India's opposition parliamentarian Mahua Moitra stormed out of a meeting with the parliamentary ethics committee examining cash-for-query allegations that have been brought against her by a counterpart from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi, the body has recommended that the former's membership of…
BEN Stokes' maiden World Cup hundred set-up a 160-run win for England over the Netherlands in Pune on Wednesday as the struggling champions climbed off the bottom of the table. Victory ended a five-game losing streak, with England having long since ceased to be in semi-final contention. But just their…
COME November 12 and the lastminute.com London Eye will transform the night sky with a burst of colour for Diwali, the festival of lights. The cantilevered observation wheel will light-up the London skyline with a special illumination of dazzling lights and colourful patterns, inspired by traditional rangoli colours. The dazzling…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy & business for Wednesday, November 8, 2023: IndiGo, India's largest airline, experienced a 1.5% drop in its stock on Wednesday amid concerns that more aircraft might be grounded due to recent issues with Pratt & Whitney engines, potentially leading to nearly 25…
ANTONY Blinken and Lloyd Austin, two top officials of the Joe Biden administration in the US, are set to hold talks with Indian representatives this week that will focus on security challenges in the Indo-Pacific and concerns over China, instead of the ongoing wards in Ukraine and Gaza. According to…
AUSTRALIA survived a scare against Afghanistan in a key clash in the cricket World Cup 2023 on Tuesday (8) when Glenn Maxwell played an other-worldly knock of 201 not out to drive his team home. Afghanistan, who have beaten three World Cup-winning teams in this tournament, could have taken a…
FORMER India captain Sunil Gavaskar was irked by an off-field incident while speaking in a post-match analysis at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Sunday (5) after India thumped South Africa by 243 runs in a World Cup 2023 match. The 71-year-old…
INDIAN-BORN Canadian poet Rupi Kaur has recently said that she turned down an invitation from the White House to take part in the upcoming Diwali event. The 31-year-old, who was born in Hoshiarpur in India's Punjab state, also slammed the Joe Biden administration citing its support for Israel amid its…
WHO said what at the Cricket World Cup on Tuesday (7), the 34th day of the 2023 tournament, as Glenn Maxwell set the competition alight with an undefeated double century as Australia beat Afghanistan to reach the semi-finals: "Horrific, I feel shocking. It was quite hot when we were fielding,…
THE Netherlands have prepared for the "best England possible", Dutch assistant coach Ryan van Niekerk said of their World Cup clash against the demoralised defending champions. England have lost six of their seven matches in a disastrous title defence and play the giant-killing Dutch at Pune on Wednesday (8). It's…
