TRIBUTES poured in from all corners of the society after legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away on Sunday (6) at a hospital in the western Indian city of Mumbai. Indian president Ram Nath Kovind and prime minister Narendra Modi mourned the artiste’s death who was put on ventilator support…
INDIA on Sunday (6) took the field against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for their 1,000th one-day international match. However, the historic occasion was somberly affected by the death of legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar at a hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Indian cricket team…
INDIA'S youngsters on Saturday (5) registered a record fifth Under-19 World Cup title victory by defeating England by four wickets in the summit clash at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda. India had won their first U-19 World Cup title in 2000 and went on to win…
LEGENDARY Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday (6) passed away at a hospital in the western Indian city of Mumbai. She was 92. The icon was undergoing treatment at Breach Candy Hospital for almost a month after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 and pneumonia. Though she had recovered from Covid,…
MAHINDRA South Africa has achieved a new record for monthly sales since it first started selling its range of automobiles in the country almost two decades ago, the subsidiary of the Indian automobile manufacturer has said. According to data released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa…
THE United States has said that it stands with India against China’s intimidating tactics after Beijing deputed a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) official, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in 2020, as a torchbearer for the Winter Olympics that kicked off…
INDIA'S official death toll from Covid-19 on Friday (4) crossed 500,000 but many experts said the actual figures could be more citing underreporting of cases across the country. On Friday, the daily update from India’s health ministry showed the number of deaths reaching 500,055, up by 1,072 in the previous…
A GROUP of Muslim girls at a government-run college in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have found themselves locking horns with the administration over their right to wear the ‘hijab’ (headscarf worn by women from the religion) and they have now moved the court to find a solution to…
INDIA'S new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma is set to become a part of history as he will lead the country in its 1,000th one-day international in Ahmedabad on Sunday (6) against the West Indies. The Men in Blue, who played their first one-day international game in 1974, will be the…
CONSUMERS belonging to Gen Z and millennial groups in countries such as India, China and other emerging ones are more environmentally aware and more likely to buy sustainable products and trust corporate sustainability claims less than their counterparts in the developed economies, a report released by Credit Suisse Research Institute…