Washington: The US has so far provided over USD 500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on Wednesday, adding it would soon make a determination on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to other countries. “To date, the United States has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, […]
KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday complained that state chief ministers were reduced to being puppets and not allowed to speak at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting on the COVID-19 situation with district magistrates and officials despite being invited. Alleging that the Prime Ministers meeting was a “super flop”, Banerjee said that she along […]
NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic may be the most serious in living memory but it should be seen as a recurring challenge and not as a oneoff episode, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, noting that India is particularly going through a difficult situation. Jaishankar also said the nature of the pandemic has […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday said the government should issue a white paper on its COVID-vaccination strategy and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accelerate the work on inoculating all Indians against the viral disease on a war footing. Congress leader Rajeev Shukla said this is not the time for image-building but to help […]
United Nations: An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 refugees from Myanmar have sought safety in India, a spokesperson for the UN chief has said, as the world body voiced concern over the rising levels of displacement of people since the military coup in the country in February. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that in […]
SYDNEY: Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey, who tested positive for COVID-19 in IPL’s bio-bubble, has advocated moving this year’s T20 World Cup from India to the UAE as he feels teams will be “nervous” to travel there because of the raging pandemic. Batting coach Hussey was among three members of the Chennai Super Kings contingent […]
NEW DELHI: National Cricket Academy chief and former India captain Rahul Dravid is set to be the head coach of the Indian white-ball squad that will tour Sri Lanka in July. Dravid, who stopped travelling with the India A and U-19 teams after taking over as NCA head in Bengaluru, will be the head coach […]
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday said that with this decision, the coverage would increase to more than 13,000 athletes, coaches and support staff. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the well-being of athletes, coaches and support staff are his ministry’s priority and the decision is in line with that objective. “We […]
NEW DELHI: BCCI Apex Council member and former captain Shantha Rangaswamy on Thursday welcomed the scheduled resumption of Test cricket for Indian women and hoped that the board will organise a domestic pink-ball tournament before the day-night Test in Australia. Rangaswamy spoke after Cricket Australia announced that India’s inaugural pink-ball Test will be held at […]
SOUTHAMPTON: The World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand in Southampton will be held in the presence of 4000 spectators, Hampshire County Club head Rod Bransgrove has said. The COVID-19 situation has improved in the UK and around 1500 people were allowed to watch the county game between Leicestershire and Hampshire at the […]