- Thursday, February 27, 2025
FORMER India cricket captain Virat Kohli said ahead of his team's high-voltage clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup that one has to be at his "absolute best" to face a team such as Pakistan. Speaking in an interview titled 'Prime Time With Virat Kohli' aired by Star…
UN SECRETARY general Antonio Guterres was set to carry to the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, next week a strong message of calling to reform global institutions and take action to combat the challenge of climate change. The top diplomat has a busy schedule lined up as he heads…
SINGAPOREANS headed to the polls Friday (1) in the city-state's first contested presidential election in more than a decade, a vote being closely watched as an indication of support for the ruling party after a rare spate of political scandals. The president's role is largely ceremonial, but there are stringent…
INDIA'S first indigenously developed 700 megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant in Kakrapar in the western state of Gujarat has started operations at full capacity, prime minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday (31). The reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) had started commercial operations on June 30 but was…
OLYMPIC gold medalist and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second in Diamond League men's javelin throw event in Zurich, Switzerland, with the best throw of 85.71 metres (m) in early hours of Friday (1). The ace Indian athlete, who recently won India's first-ever gold at the World Athletics Championships in…
THE Narendra Modi government has formed a committee to study the proposal of 'one nation, one election' which will be headed by former India president Ram Nath Kovind and submit its report. The significant move comes a day after the government declared a special session of the parliament between September…
FAST bowler Matheesha Pathirana was hailed as his team's 'X-factor' after returning impressive figures of 4-32 to help Sri Lanka to a comprehensive five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Thursday. Spinner Maheesh Theekshana struck early before Pathirana joined forces to dismiss Bangladesh for 164 in the opener…
IN a heart-wrenching incident, a non-resident Indian (NRI) woman allegedly committed suicide in India by jumping into a river after learning that the online hearing related to a battle over custody for her two children, both of whom are Australian citizens, was postponed to November. The 45-year-old woman, who worked…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, August 30, 2023: India will buy oil from every source that offers it at the "lowest possible prices", the country's oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday told broadcaster ET Now. "We are very clear in our…
WORLD number one batter Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scored punishing hundreds as Pakistan annihilated Nepal by 238 runs in the opening game of the Asia Cup in Multan on Wednesday. Skipper Azam smashed a 131-ball 151 for his 19th ODI hundred while Ahmed scored an unbeaten 109 in 71…
