- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIAN men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri became the joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history. Chhetri achieved this feat during their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier clash against Hong Kong on Tuesday, where he scored his 84th goal. He has now equalled legendary Real Madrid and Hungarian player Ferenc…
INDIA'S superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made a spectacular return to competition after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics, a stunning throw of 89.30m shattering his national record and placing him second in a star-studded field at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday (14). The 24-year-old…
THE Indian cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi has eventually given its approval to the department of telecommunication’s (DoT) 5G spectrum auction. The spectrum will be assigned to bidders through the procedure to provide 5G services to enterprises as well as people. According to reports, a total auction of…
INDIA'S largest carrier IndiGo is inching closer to get its first cargo plane as it aims to capitalise on the growth in air cargo in times of the pandemic. According to a report by Bloomberg, an IndiGo CarGo-branded plane was seen in Singapore’s Seletar Airport which mainly serves private jets…
THE Left parties of India have proposed the name of Gopal Krishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, for the presidential elections scheduled on July 18. The 77-year-old, who had served as the governor of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal in the 2000s when the Left was in power…
INDIAN National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (15) for the third consecutive day of questioning in the National Herald money-laundering case. Gandhi (51) arrived at the ED headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi around 11.35 am with his "Z+" category…
THE new I2U2 grouping of India, Israel, UAE and the US will hold its first virtual summit next month as part of the Biden administration's efforts to re-energise and revitalise American alliances across the world, according to the White House. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, US president Joe Biden, Israeli…
INDIAN emergency workers rescued a 10-year-old boy with hearing and speech impairments late Tuesday (14) from a narrow well where he was trapped for over four days, the state government said. Rahul Sahu fell down the 80-foot (24 metres) well on Friday (10) afternoon while playing in the backyard of…
INDIA all but sank the World Trade Organization's (WTO) bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies, insisting Tuesday (14) it would not sign up without a 25-year exemption. Negotiations towards banning subsidies that encourage overfishing and threaten the sustainability of the planet's fish stocks have been…
INDIA must immediately end a "vicious" crackdown on Muslims who took to the streets to protest a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, Amnesty International said Tuesday (14). Two demonstrators were killed and hundreds of others arrested last week in nationwide protests over the comments, which embroiled India…
