STOCKHOLM: South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm on Thursday. Han, 53, is the first South Korean writer […]
NEW DELHI: The collective wealth of India’s 100 richest tycoons surpassed the trillion dollar milestone for the first time as more than 80 per cent of the country’s richest tycoons are now wealthier than they were a year ago, a Forbes report showed on Thursday. In a record-breaking year, India’s wealthiest are now worth $1.1 […]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa has become the youngest climber ever to scale each of the 14 tallest mountains (over 8,000 metres) in the world with his successful summit of Mt Shishapangma in China. Nima and his partner Pasang Nurbu Sherpa reached the summit of the Shishapangma, which stands at 8,027 metres above sea […]
KATHMANDU: A total of 712 climbers have received permission to climb 29 mountains in Nepal during the fall climbing season. The climbers are from 62 countries and regions, and 163 of them are females, according to the Department of Tourism. “We’re expecting a surge in the number in the coming days,” Rakesh Gurung, director at […]
MULTAN: With an exquisite straight drive for four, Joe Root took another of Alastair Cook’s records by becoming England’s highest run-scorer in Tests. Root surpassed the retired Cook’s total of 12,472 runs by reaching 71 during England’s first innings on Day 3 of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Root […]
NEW DELHI: The Jamia Millia Islamia University has invited online applications for admission to various PhD programmes for the academic session 2024-25. Candidates seeking admission to PhD programmes can apply from October 10 to October 30 at admission.jmi.ac.in. The schedule of the entrance test will be notified separately on the official website. Applicants are advised […]
NEW DELHI: Spain’s Rafa Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, said on Thursday he was putting an end to his professional tennis career, a decision effective after the Davis Cup final. “It has been some difficult years, these last two especially,” the 38-year-old, who won a record 14 French Open titles, said in […]
NEW DELHI: Legendary industrialist Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. Following his death, many leaders expressed their grief and shared anecdotes about their meeting with the icon. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recalled his last meeting with Tata in an X post, while Bill Gates took to his LinkedIn account to […]
Srinagar: Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday said a clear and sharp political divide between the two regions of Jammu and Kashmir would be a challenge for the new government to overcome. In a statement, Singh said it is a matter of great satisfaction that after ten long years free and fair elections were held in […]
Jammu: The BJP, which was hoping to capitalise on the Centre’s decision granting reservation to Gujjars and Paharis in the Pir Panchal region, failed to make much impact in eight assembly constituencies in the border region covering Rajouri and Poonch districts. The party managed to win only Hindu-majority Kalakote seat in Rajouri district, one seat […]