- Thursday, February 27, 2025
THREE persons, including two Indian nationals, were killed while six were injured after a suspected drone attack blew up petrol tanks near a major oil storage facility in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Monday (17). The third person was reportedly a Pakistani national. Indian…
LAKSHYA SEN beat reigning men's world champion Loh Kean Yew to salvage some home side glory at the India Open after a tournament plagued by a Covid outbreak. Third seed Sen triumphed 24-22, 21-17 in less than an hour after breaking ahead of the Singaporean early in the second game,…
PUNJABI LEHR, the Pakistan-based YouTube channel that recently brought together two brothers separated by the partition of India, has reunited more than 200 friends and families across the border. A video of the tearful reunion, showing the elderly brothers - one from India and another from Pakistan - hugging each…
INDIAN billionaires saw their combined fortunes more than double during the Covid-19 pandemic and their count shot up by 39 per cent to 142 and if a new study from Oxfam is to be believed, the wealth of the 10 richest people in India is adequate to fund school and…
HINDUS in Malaysia on Monday (17) observed the annual Thaipusam festival but through celebrations that were toned down because of the coronavirus pandemic. During the celebrations, they carried offerings up hundreds of steps, AFP reported. The festival witnesses Hindus, a sizeable minority in the multi-ethnic South-east Asian nation, express their…
RICH TRIBUTES have been paid to renowned Indian classical dancer Brijmohan Nath Mishra Maharaj, popularly known as Birju Maharaj, who died late last Sunday (16) night, his family said on Monday (17). In a career spanning nearly six decades, Maharaj performed and taught Kathak, one of India's eight major classical…
THE Narendra Modi government on Monday (17) told the Supreme Court of India that guidelines of Covid-19 vaccination issued by the central health ministry do not call for forcible vaccination without the consent of an individual. The government also told the apex court on the issue of exempting persons with…
IN a shocking turn of events in Indian cricket, the country’s Test captain Virat Kohli stepped down from top position on Saturday (15), a day after India lost the three-Test series against South Africa 1-2 despite taking a lead. In a long post on Twitter, the 33-year-old cricketer said, “Every…
THE international response to Covid-19 pandemic has created 20 new “pandemic billionaires” in Asia even as 140 million people across the continent were pushed into poverty as jobs kept on vanishing during the trying times, Oxfam has said. A report by the UK-based aid organisation has said that by March…
LEGENDARY Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar continued to remain in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra. The 92-year-old recently tested positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms and was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in the Maximum City. Confirming that Mangeshkar…
