NEW DELHI: On International Women’s Day on Tuesday, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskars’ on 29 outstanding individuals for 2020 and 2021. Twenty-eight awards – 14 each for 2020 and 2021 – were given to the women in recognition of their exceptional work towards women empowerment, especially the vulnerable and marginalised. The […]
BENGALURU: Humbled to have crossed the legendary Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 Test scalps, premier India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that he wanted to be a batter and used to bowl medium pace as a child to become the next “Kapil Paaji”. Playing in his 85th match, the 35-year-old Ashwin went past the legendary Kapil’s […]
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans will in all likelihood be replacing Jason Roy with Rahmamullah Gurbaz, the hard hitting Afghan opener, for the upcoming Indian Premier League. Roy had pulled out of the IPL as he didn’t want to stay in the bubble for a prolonged period. Apart from having a 150-plus career T20 strike rate […]
Washington: As part of its efforts to address the global supply chain crisis, the Joe Biden administration plans “to collaborate with India on building resilient supply chains and promote a transparent rules-based trading system for market economies and democracies,” the US Trade Representative has told Congress. In its 2021 Annual Report to Congress, the US […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Indian women’s achievements on International Women’s Day on Tuesday, and said his government will keep focusing on women empowerment through its various schemes with emphasis on dignity as well as opportunity. “On Women’s Day, I salute our Nari Shakti and their accomplishments in diverse fields… From financial inclusion […]
NEW DELHI: Veteran Sania Mirza and singles players Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi were on Tuesday named in the five-member Indian Billie Jean King Cup team for the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, beginning April 12 in Antalya, Turkey. Rutuja Bhosale also kept her place in the side while Riya Bhatia replaced Zeel Desai in […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 3,993 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 662 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,71,308, while the active cases dipped to 49,948, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,15,210 with 108 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
ANKARA: Turkey and Israel will seek to overcome years of animosity and insults when their presidents meet for the first time in more than a decade this week, expanding a recent Turkish charm offensive with regional rivals. The two countries have traded accusations over Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and Ankara’s support for the militant […]
MOUNT MAUNGANUI (New Zealand): Opener Alyssa Healy starred with the bat after Australian bowlers produced a clinical display as the six-time champions coasted to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup, here on Tuesday. Australian bowlers struck at regular intervals, save a fine 99-run partnership between skipper Bismah Maroof (78 not […]
London: Energy giant Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas as well as shut down its service stations and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine. Shell says in a statement Tuesday that it would withdraw from all Russian hydrocarbons, […]