- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIA on Monday (10) started administering ‘precaution doses’ to healthcare, frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbidities amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. The government’s move was hailed by beneficiaries. “I have got my precautionary booster dose. Everyone should get vaccinated. It is compulsory and it has no side effects.…
TEAMING UP for the first-time on the ATP Tour, India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the Adelaide International doubles trophy with a hard-fought 7-6 (6), 6-1 win over top seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in Melbourne on Sunday (9). Bopanna's excellent service returns at crucial times and Ramkumar's…
THE Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Saturday (8) apprehended a Pakistani boat carrying 10 crew members in the Indian waters off the coast of the western state of Gujarat, a state defence spokesperson said on Sunday (9). The boat, named ‘Yaseen’, was caught by ‘Ankit’, a ship of the ICG…
SEVENTY years since they were hunted to extinction by the British colonists, cheetahs are set to return in India, thanks to their reintroduction in the country’s wild from southern Africa. The action plan for the project, which was conceived in 2009, was released last week. According to The Telegraph, the…
INDIA'S Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is paying nearly $100 million (£73.5 million) for a controlling stake in Mandarin Oriental New York, a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan, through the purchase of its parent Columbus Centre Corporation, Cayman Islands. Columbus Centre Corporation is the indirect owner of a 73.37 per cent…
THE US state department is “deeply disturbed” by reports of an attack on a Sikh cab driver of Indian origin at the JFK International Airport in New York City and condemned any form of hate-based violence, saying perpetrators of hate crimes should be held accountable for their actions, irrespective of…
THE Narendra Modi government has renewed permission for Missionaries of Charity, the philanthropic organisation set up by late Catholic nun Mother Teresa in 1950, weeks after rejecting it, the body said. The government cut off foreign funding to the charity on Christmas Day last year and refused to renew its…
CELEBRATING a puppy’s birthday cost dearly for a man in India as cops raided the party on grounds of violation of Covid rule. The incident happened in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat. Sources in the police said the man invited many people for a lavish second birthday celebration…
WITH the series tied at 1-1 after South Africa’s thumping victory in Johannesburg, all eyes are now on the third and deciding game starting in Cape Town on Tuesday (11). But while many feel that the upcoming match will be an interesting affair, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted…
INDIA on Saturday (9) reported 159,632 new Covid-19 cases as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly across its territory, pushing a number of states to impose fresh restrictions. The western state of Maharashtra, which has been one of the most affected ones, said it would shut swimming pools and…
