- Thursday, February 27, 2025
KUSAL Mendis' 91 and an unbeaten 49 by Charith Asalanka helped Sri Lanka edge out Pakistan by two wickets in a last-ball thriller of the Asia Cup to set up a final clash with India. Chasing a DLS revised target of 252 in the 42-overs-a-side contest in Colombo, Sri Lanka…
THE endless chain of fast bowlers that Pakistan has produced over the years has been the envy point of other cricketing nations. Zaman Khan is the latest to join that illustrious line. But there is a slight difference to Zaman. Perhaps, he is the first slinger fast bowler a la…
HERE are news on India's economy and business for Thursday, September 14, 2023: India has no plans to levy a new tax on diesel vehicles, the country's road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday told news channel CNBC-TV18. His words come just two days after he cautioned automakers…
INDIAN aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken up three incidents of engine failure in flights of the country's biggest airline IndiGo with American engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, the civil aviation ministry on Thursday (14) said. The regulator has sought that the US firm identifies the…
A MAJOR disaster was avoided at the airport in Mumbai, India's financial capital, on Thursday (14) evening when a private aircraft carrying eight people skidded off the runway, an airport authority spokesperson said. The incident happened amid heavy rains with around 700 metres of visibility. Three of the six passengers…
THE impact of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) patrol car's collision with an Indian graduate student studying in the US was so hard that the car's bonnet got damaged and had a long dragging mark caused by the victim's elbow at the point of contact, US news site PubliCola reported…
BRITISH economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the acronym BRIC (now BRICS) denoting Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has said the recent G20 declaration could be the initial step in a stronger concerted effort to address global issues, asserting that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi now looks more like…
INDIAN-ORIGIN Singapore-born economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam was on Thursday (14) sworn in as the ninth president of the predominantly Chinese and economically prosperous city-state. Indian-origin Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon administered the oath of office to president Tharman at a ceremony held at Istana, a 154-year-old palace in the heart of Singapore's…
A 78-YEAR-OLD man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has been arrested on charges of stealing two buffaloes and a calf, not now but in 1965, when he was only 20, the BBC reported. Ganapati Vitthal Wagore was also arrested at the time of the alleged theft, along with…
WHILE prime minister Rishi Sunak has told the British parliament about his talks with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi about Briton Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been jailed in the south Asian nation for six years now on charges of terrorism and could face death penalty if convicted, many including Johal's…
