- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
MAYOR of London Sadiq Khan said on Friday (22) that his office was working on getting the Olympics back to the city and making them the “greenest Games ever". London last hosted the Summer Olympics in 2012 and the earliest bid would be for 2036 - since the next three…
INDIA's Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which recently tasted yet another electoral success after its presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu bagged a landslide win to become the country's first tribal head of state, was not too displeased by the fact that the president-elect received a solitary vote from the southern…
WITH the final lap in the race for the next prime minister of the UK intensifying between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, instances of personal attacks have started emerging. Sunak, who appeared to be losing ground against Truss, the foreign secretary, in the prestige battle to succeed Boris Johnson who…
HAMZA Shahbaz, the son of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Saturday took oath as the chief minister of Punjab province, a day after he was re-elected to the post by just three votes amidst high drama when the deputy speaker rejected 10 crucial votes of his rival candidate. Punjab…
THE Trinamool Congress (TMC), one of the major challengers to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), received a major setback this week after investigative officers unearthed jewellery and cash worth millions from the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of one its top leaders Partha Chatterjee in…
JUST days after India's cabinet minister Smriti Irani attacked opposition leader Rahul Gandhi saying the latter was politically unproductive and was hell-bent to reduce the productivity of the country's parliament after the Indian National Congress leader took part in protests against the Narendra Modi government, it was time for the…
ANIMALS crossing highways are not uncommon but when one sees traffic policemen halting traffic movement on a highway to allow a tiger to cross it, it is bound to surprise many. Well, this is what has happened at a location in India and a video of the incident posted by…
INDIA'S Annu Rani finished seventh in the women's javelin throw final with a below-par effort of 61.12 metres (m) at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in Oregon, the US . Competing in her second consecutive final in the showpiece, Rani achieved her best of the day in her second…
THE returning Reece Topley sparked a dramatic collapse as England hammered South Africa by 118 runs in the second one-day international at Old Trafford on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1. South Africa, chasing 202 for victory in a match reduced by rain to 29 overs per side,…
A RECENT report by the Population Division of the United Nations projects has projected that the population of India, the second-most populous nation in the world which is waiting to become the most populous next year surpassing China, is expected to fall from the current 141.2 crore (1.41 billion) to…
