• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s gold rush on penultimate day; boxers…

India on Sunday (7) continued with their impressive show at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a number of medals, including gold. India are now ranked fifth in the medal tally with 55 medals, including 18 golds, 15 silvers and 22 bronzes. Australia were leading the table with 64…

India annihilate hapless West Indies in 3rd T20, pocket series…

Rampant India toyed with an outclassed and deflated West Indies in completing an 88-run victory in the final T20 International of a five-match series at the Broward County Stadium in Florida on Sunday (7). Shreyas Iyer's 64 at the top of the order in a rejigged Indian batting order led…

CWG 2022 women’s cricket final: India lack finishing punch vs…

Hot favourites Australia held their nerve to beat India by nine runs in a Twenty20 thriller at Edgbaston on Sunday as they won the first women's cricket gold medal in Commonwealth Games history. Opener Beth Mooney top-scored with 61 as Australia made 161-8 in their 20 overs in the warm…

Modi’s candidate wins India vice president election: Who is Jagdeep…

Wishes poured in after Jagdeep Dhankhar, the candidate backed by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was on Saturday (6) elected as the country's new vice president. Besides Indian president Droupadi Murmu and prime minister Narendra Modi, a number of central ministers such as Piyush Goyal, AR Meghwal and Pralhad…

CWG 2022 women’s cricket: India secure win by a whisker…

India beat hosts England by just four runs to reach the final of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday (6). Opener Smriti Mandhana starred for India, smashing 61 off just 32 balls, and Jemimah Rodrigues made an unbeaten 44 as they made a challenging 164-5…

Florida: India humble West Indies in 4th T20 to clinch…

India advanced their preparation for the next Twenty20 World Cup with a series-clinching 59-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth fixture of a five-match series at the Broward County Stadium in Florida, US, on Saturday (6). Defending a formidable total of 191 for five in front of fiercely…

India probe agency CBI arrests Odisha industrialist son in bribery…

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Charchit Mishra, the younger son of noted industrialist and Orissa Stevedores Ltd MD Mahimananda Mishra, in connection with the alleged payment of Rs 25-lakh (£26,092) bribe to an official of the Paradip Port Trust, agency officials said Saturday (6). The agency also…

Canada business body bats for free trade agreement with India;…

A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Canada would give a big boost to the economies of both countries, the Business Council of Canada has said urging the Canadian government to emulate Australia in clinching an economic partnership deal with India. “Australia offers a model that Canada can emulate.…

India economy & business news in brief for Aug 6:…

Here are some news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Saturday, August 6, 2022: India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by $2.315 billion (£1.91 billion) to $573.875 billion (£775.3 billion) for the week ended July 29 on the back of robust capital inflows in the equities markets…

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel clarifies why nobody wants to wear…

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has admitted that the team's No.9 shirt vacated by Romelu Lukaku has no taker because of a "curse" that goes back to the days of Fernando Torres, The Guardian reported. In June, Lukaku joined Inter Milan on loan after returning to Stamford Bridge in a record…