Virat Kohli defied Australia on Saturday (10) to give India hope of an extraordinary win in the World Test Championship final at The Oval. India were 164-3 at stumps, still needing a further 280 runs to reach what would be a record-breaking total of 444 on Sunday's (11) scheduled fifth…
INDIA PICKED up a couple of wickets but Australia chugged away to take extend their overall lead to 374 runs after reaching 201 for 6 at lunch on day four of the World Test Championship final here. Australia had to battle hard to get 78 runs in 26 overs from…
A US state visit, an honour given to the closest friends and allies, involves about six months of meticulous planning by the White House and displays the best of American hospitality, according to an eminent American historian. The remarks by Matthew Costello, vice president and interim director of the David…
Days after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed to make his country's partnership with northern Nepal "superhit" during the recent visit by his Nepali counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', the two time-tested allies appear to have engaged in a cartographical dispute with the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) putting…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (8) spoke with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and prime minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and thanked him for his country's "excellent support" during evacuation of Indians from Sudan in April when deadly internal turmoil hit the north African nation, while…
TATA GROUP'S international budget arm Air India Express (AIXL) on Thursday (8) operated India's first all-women Haj flight, the airline said in a statement. The special flight, carrying 145 women pilgrims, was entirely managed by an all-women crew in all critical flight operations roles, supporting the Haj Committee of India's…
PASSENGERS OF an Air India flight which landed in Magadan in Russia's Siberia region after developing a technical snag were reportedly abandoned by the crew and they had to sleep on the floor and were given only bread and rice to eat, one of the flyer's relatives told Insider. The…
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has shocked the nation by abruptly quitting as a member of the parliament after being told by a parliamentary committee that he will be sanctioned for misleading parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street during his premiership. Johnson, 58, had been under investigation by…
THE RAILWAY station in the eastern Indian state of Odisha near which a deadly triple train accident took place on June 2, resulting in deaths of nearly 300 people and injury to more than 1,200, has been closed for stoppage for any train till the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),…
EVEN IF he is the No.3 batter in the order, Australia's Marnus Labuschagne decided to take a short nap after the Kangaroos started their second innings on Day 3 of the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) against India at The Oval on Friday (9). And it was not…