- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Former India wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is regarded as one of the best cricketers and captains that the sport has produced. The cricketer, who still plays the Indian Premier League at 41, was known for his athletic wicket-keeping and match-finishing skills. However, former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif, who was also…
Ten members of crisis-hit Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games contingent in Birmingham have disappeared in a suspected attempt to remain in Britain, a top sports official told AFP on Sunday. The nine athletes and a manager vanished after completing their events, the Sri Lankan official said, requesting anonymity. Three of them…
Sri Lanka's newly-appointed tourism brand Ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday (9) said his country will concentrate on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks to boost tourism for economic recovery. Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lanka cricket captain, met India's High Commissioner…
Witnessing people in another country praying for the political victory of a leader in another is not new. In the past, Hindu nationalists in India have been seen holding yajnas (Hindu prayer) for Donald Trump ahead of the American presidential elections of 2016 and 2020. Now, the Indian diaspora has…
The Russian embassy in the UK has asked Ukraine's "western sponsors" to stop blaming Russia over attacks on the Zaporozhye (Zaporizhzhia) nuclear power plant in Ukraine and put pressure on Kyiv to ensure that the plant is secured, Russia's state-run TASS news agency has reported. The Zaporozhye nuclear plant is…
The failure of India's newest rocket to put small satellites in orbit was not a setback and the space agency will soon attempt another flight, the country's Space Commission member A S Kiran Kumar has said. Kumar was commenting on the failure of the first demonstration flight of Small Satellite…
Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, is one of the country's seasoned politicians. He belongs to the time when the Narendra Modi era had not set in. Kumar, 71, was once seen among the country's most well-performing chief ministers just like Modi and many…
Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, on Tuesday (9) ended his party Janata Dal (United)'s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi and was set to meet the state's governor later in the evening to resign as the chief…
An India-made integrated solar roofing system has received approval from Dubai's Electricity and Water Authority as a part of the local initiative to make the United Arab Emirates sustainable and eco-friendly, the company behind the product has said. Uncle's Shop Building Material Trading, one of the oldest business establishments in…
In one-of-its-kind celebrations, the 75th anniversary of India's Independence will be observed in the American city of Boston with participation from 32 countries and will feature an airplane carrying a 220-feet US-India flag over the city. The celebrations this year have several firsts in the history of India's Independence celebrations…
