- Sunday, March 09, 2025
The T20 World Cup has already got underway in Australia but cricket-crazy fans across the globe are waiting with bated breath for Sunday (23) when the mother of all matches is scheduled at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. Former world champions in the format -- India and Pakistan -- will…
In India, the common man often alleges that while he/she is penalised by the traffic police for not obeying the rules, the officers get away despite flouting the norms. But a traffic policeman in the RT Nagar area of Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka did something this week…
Authorities in India have asked a court to quash French spirit giant Pernod Ricard's bid to stop proceedings related to a $244 million tax demand, accusing the company of being a "habitual litigant" and conspiring to "defraud" the government, legal documents have shown, according to a Reuters report. The October…
India on Wednesday said it will examine a proposal made by western nations to impose a price cap on purchases of Russian oil, even as some local refiners have lined up Russian cargoes for delivery after December 5, when the cap is set to come into force, Reuters reported. The…
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India has planned to launch a flexi-fuel model of motorcycle in India by the end of 2024, the company's chief executive officer (CEO) said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. "Our internal target is minimum, one model, the first model of flexi-fuel motorcycle to be launched by end-2024,"…
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (19) termed violence against women a "big cancer" and called for an "emergency plan" to tackle it in every country. Interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay here, he also pointed out that women activists and politicians are targeted…
Bursting of firecrackers on Diwali in Delhi will attract jail term up to six months and a fine of Rs 200 (£2), the state's environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday (19). Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he said production, storage, and sale of firecrackers in the capital…
China has put a hold on a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations (UN) to list Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist, the fourth instance in as many months that Beijing has blocked bids to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists at the world body. It…
"Take care of my daughter. She is unwell," were the last words of helicopter pilot Anil Singh when he spoke to his wife a day before he was killed along with six pilgrims when his chopper crashed into a hill in Uttarakhand on Tuesday (18) due to poor visibility. Singh,…
He is known for his sharp sense of humour and he enjoys exploiting it when he is interacting with the common people and irrespective of the age of his audience. Recently, the world saw King Charles III's humour-filled best yet again after the monarch travelled to east London to visit…
