- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIA'S batters need to seize their chances better and aim for longer partnerships if they aspire to bounce back from their defeat in the second Test in Johannesburg and win the series in Cape Town, feels head coach Rahul Dravid. India will take on South Africa in the decider in…
UK PEERS in the House of Lords on Thursday (6) slammed India for not renewing funding licences of more than 6,000 organisations, including the Missionaries of Charity which was founded by Catholic nun Mother Teresa in the 1950s. They also called for the UK leadership to engage with India to…
IRANIAN coastguards this week rescued 11 Indian sailors after their vessel, which was going to Oman, sank due to bad weather, the country’s state media on Wednesday (5) reported. “The boat - that was heading to the port of Sohar in Oman yesterday - came toward Iranian waters due to…
INDIA and Sri Lanka on Thursday (6) launched a joint venture to revive a strategic British colonial-era oil storage facility and strengthen energy security in the region, a senior minister from the island-nation has said. The deal is seen as countering China’s growing influence in the region and comes just…
THE administration of the northern Indian union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (5) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Dubai with the United Arab Emirates-based LuLu Group to set up a food-processing and logistics hub in Srinagar, the UT’s summer capital. The MoU was signed in…
INDIA on Thursday (6) slammed China for constructing a bridge across the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh with its ministry of external affairs saying it was being built in areas “that have been under illegal occupation by China for around 60 years now”. “Regarding reports of a bridge being made…
SOUTH AFRICA captain Dean Elgar’s determined 96 not out saw the hosts beat India by seven wickets on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday (6) to level the three-match series 1-1. The third Test begins in Cape Town on January 11.…
THE Narendra Modi government will soon start issuing e-passports for all its citizens. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, secretary, India’s ministry of external affairs, on Wednesday (5) confirmed this in a tweet. He said, “India to soon introduce next-gen ePassport for citizens.” https://twitter.com/SecySanjay/status/1478759355512025092 Bhattacharyya added that the passports would be secure with biometric…
MAJOR cities in India, including Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi have seen a surge in Covid-19 cases but the rate of hospitalisation is less. That, however, has done little in allaying fears over a possible spread of the pandemic in the rural areas in the coming days. India on Thursday (6)…
RENOWNED pianist Neil Nongkynrih, the founder and conductor of the Shillong Chamber Choir, passed away following a surgery in a hospital Mumbai in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Wednesday (5) after a brief illness. Nongkynrih, who was fondly called 'Uncle Neil', was 51. In a statement condoling Nongkynrih’s…
