- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
A DAY after former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin tweeted about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma over the country’s split captaincy, Indian sports minister Anurag Thakur said no player is bigger than the game. Kohli reportedly sought a break from the one-day international matches in South Africa…
FRENCH fashion house Chanel named Leena Nair, an executive from Unilever, as its new global CEO on Tuesday (14), picking a consumer goods veteran to run one of the world's biggest luxury goods groups. Nair's career at Unilever spanned 30 years, most recently as the chief of human resources and…
ERIC Garcetti, who is the nominee of US president Joe Biden for the next ambassador to India, on Tuesday (14) promised to raise the twin issues of human rights and arms purchases from Russia as the country’s lawmakers said the concerns were casting shadow over Washington’s growing relationship with New…
INDIA Test captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday (15) buried speculations to confirm that he will play the three-match one-day international series in South Africa in January. Also on the subject of him losing the captaincy in the one-day internationals, Kohli said he was conveyed the same just one-and-a-half hours before…
GROUP captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the December 8 helicopter crash that killed 13 people, including India’s first chief of defence staff general Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika and 11 other personnel, passed away on Wednesday (15) in a military hospital in Bengaluru in the southern Indian…
INDIAN president Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday (15) reached Bangladesh to attend the country’s 50th Victory Day celebrations as the guest of honour. It was on December 16, 1971, that the neighbouring country achieved victory over Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War. India played a key role in helping…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was set to begin her pre-budget consultations with various stakeholder groups on Wednesday (15) with the first meeting scheduled with experts of the agriculture and agro-processing industry in the afternoon. The meetings were set to be held virtually. “Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will start her…
INDIAN law-keepers have initiated an investigation against a charity which was started by Mother Teresa, official sources on Tuesday (14) revealed on grounds of ‘forced conversion’ of girls. AFP, which reported the incident, cited authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat saying that they were probing whether the Missionaries…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (14) described the UK and India as “natural partners” who are working together on many “fantastic projects” ranging from partnership on 5G and telecom to startups that will transform people’s lives and promote the principles of freedom, openness and peace. In a special…
GERMAN luxury carmaker BMW on Tuesday (14) said its two-wheeler division BMW Motorrad has delivered 5,000 motorcycles in India so far in 2021 and will post more than 100 per cent growth in the current year compared to 2020. The momentum was primarily driven by the ‘Made in India’ BMW…
