• Tuesday, April 15, 2025

IPL: Travis Head-s Hyderabad to 287, the highest team score…

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD'S batting powerhouse once came delivered on Monday (15) in a game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium when they posted a massive total of 287 for 3 in 20 overs, bettering their own record of scoring the maximum…

India’s next-gen heirs set to inherit $382b; Know them

IN India's family-owned conglomerates, succession planning is ramping up significantly. With the current generation of ageing tycoons focusing on the future, their successors are assuming progressively significant roles within major business empires — spanning from the Ambanis, Adanis, Birlas, and beyond. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a total of…

Delhi among world’s 10 busiest airports with over 72m passengers…

INDIA'S Delhi airport has been named among the world's top 10 busiest airports for 2023 in a list topped by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, US. The Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital is ranked 10th while Dubai and Dallas airports are at the second and third positions, respectively,…

UK passport turns pricier: How much it costs after 2nd…

APRIL 11 saw the price of UK passports becoming dearer for the second time in 14 months, prompting widespread scrutiny over the significant rise in costs. The fee for a new or renewed adult passport applied for online has surged by seven per cent, from £82.50 to £88.50. This comes after…

How PM Modi linked Iran-Israel clash with India’s 2024 elections

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over the threat posed to global stability by the attacks that Iran carried out against Israel on Saturday (13) saying the need for a stable government becomes even bigger at a time when the world is witnessing "uncertain times". The leader said this…

India’s Jaishankar dials Israel, Iran foreign ministers after Tehran’s air…

INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday (14) spoke with his counterparts in both Israel and Iran over the telephone after Tehran launched on Saturday (13) air strikes against the Jewish state in retaliation for the destruction of its diplomatic premises in Damascus in Syria earlier this month. The…

Warring sides in India’s Manipur agree on one point: It’s…

THE Kuki and Meitei communities may have locked horns in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, but they agree on one thing: it is not the time to hold general elections in the troubled state. Nearly a year has passed since ethnic tensions erupted between the Kukis, who dominate the…

Days before election, India opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter searched

OFFICIALS of India's election commission on Monday (15) conducted a search in a helicopter that carried Rahul Gandhi, leader of the country's main opposition Congress after it landed at the Nilgiri College of Arts and Science in Thaloor in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, reports said. "The flying squad…

Netizens react after India’s Cambodia envoy dresses up as ‘Apsara’:…

INDIAN diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who is the country's current ambassador to Cambodia, recently made the headlines after donning a traditional attire of 'Khmer Apsara' (a local goddess of love and dance) on the occasion of the Cambodian New Year and pictures of her unique getup went viral on social media.…

Indian student, 24, shot dead inside car in Vancouver

IN yet another incident of an Indian national losing his life on foreign soil, a 24-year-old student from the northern state of Haryana has been shot dead inside his luxury car in South Vancouver in Canada, the local police have said. In a statement, they informed that the victim, Chirag…