- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
KL RAHUL, the player of the match in India’s first Test against South Africa in Centurion, was leading his country in the second match of the three-game series that started in Johannesburg on Monday (3). He replaced regular Test captain Virat Kohli who had an upper back spasm. Batter Hanuma…
VACCINATION of children in the age group of 15-18 years against Covid-19 kicked off in India on Monday (3) as Omicron cases witnessed a surge that has seen a number of states in the country imposing fresh restrictions. In Delhi, where daily cases have seen a record rise in the…
BRITISH ministers are eager to ease immigration rules to make it easier for Indians to live and work in the UK as part of trade talks that are due to start between the two nations within weeks. According to a report by The Times, international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is…
THE Indian selectors are grooming KL Rahul for the role of national captaincy, Chetan Sharma, former India cricketer and chairman of the senior selection committee, said on Friday (31). Rahul, who hit a match-winning hundred in the first Test match against South Africa in Centurion earlier this week, has been…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (1) said the country’s economic growth rate is more than eight per cent. Speaking at the release of the 10th instalment of the financial benefit under the PM-KISAN scheme, a scheme funded by the Indian government to support farmers, Modi said the foreign…
VINOD Kannan on Saturday (1) took over as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Vistara airline, a statement from the company said. He replaced Leslie Thng who served as the CEO since July 2017. Vistara said Deepak Rajawat was also elevated to the position of Vistara’s chief commercial officer from…
Four India cricketers have found place in Cricket.com.au’s Test team of the year 2021 ans they are white-ball captain and opener Rohit Sharma, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, spinner-all-rounder Axar Patel and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. The team is led by Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne. ALSO READ: India crush South Africa by 113…
VVS LAXMAN, the chief of India’s National Cricket Academy (NCA), feels the India under-19 team’s Asia Cup title win deserved more praise since it materialised despite the players’ preparations being hit by unfavourable weather conditions in the run-up to the tournament. India bagged a record eighth title in the continental…
THE year 2022 started on a sad note as at least 12 people lost their lives while 20 others were injured in a stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in the northern Indian union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir which was triggered by a heavy rush of devotees,…
INDIA'S external affairs ministry on Saturday (1) said the country has supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Afghanistan. In a statement, the ministry said the assistance was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul. It also said that…
