Tag: India

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone giant Huawei’s sub-brand HONOR on Tuesday launched its flagship HONOR 20 series comprising HONOR 20 Pro, HONOR 20 and HONOR 20i in India for Rs 39,999, Rs 32,999 and Rs 14,999, respectively. The HONOR 20 Pro would be available in Phantom Blue colour while the HONOR 20 would be available in […]

Indian team’s World Cup campaign received a major jolt on Tuesday as opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the remaining part of the series due to a fractured thumb. Despite a poor start in the tournament, Dhawan had roared into form against Australia by hitting a brilliant ton at The Oval on Sunday. He […]

New Delhi: Young Rishabh Pant is set to go to England as cover for the injured Shikhar Dhawan even though the latter will continue to stay with the team and undergo treatment for his injury. Speaking to IANS, sources in the know of developments said that Pant has already been told that he needs to […]

After facing a major jolt in the World Cup campaign with the injury of Shikhar Dhawan, there is still some hope left for the Indian team as the opening batsman may play against West Indies. A final decision on Dhawan’s availability at the ongoing World Cup will be taken only after 10 to 12 days […]

Den Bosch (The Netherlands):  The Indian men’s archery team on Wednesday secured the quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by entering the quarterfinal of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada here. For the first time after the 2012 London Olympics, the Indian men made the cut to secure a team quota. They […]

St. John’s (Antigua):  India will begin its ICC World Test Championship campaign with the two-Test series to be played in the West Indies in late August. The two Tests will be played at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua (August 22-26) and at Sabina Park in Jamaica (August 30-September 3). Before that, both the […]

Baranovichi: India’s junior women’s hockey team went down 1-4 to the Belarus senior women’s team in the third match of the ongoing series. Belarus lead the series 2-1. Despite the scoreline, India’s juniors held Belarus for large periods of the match played on Wednesday, and tested their defence constantly. Belarus’ team kicked off proceedings at […]

Nottingham: The frustrating English weather finally caught up with the Indian team as their third World Cup game against New Zealand was called off without a ball being bowled here Thursday. New Zealand have seven points from four games while India now have five from three with the next game against Pakistan in Manchester on […]

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan): China has simplified some regulations related to import of certain goods from India to address the trade imbalance as President Xi Jinping on Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi here that he will be taking further such steps. This was stated by Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale at a media briefing after Modi […]

Nottingham: Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has warned Virat Kohli’s men to exercise caution against the Pakistani pace battery when the two teams meet in marquee World Cup clash on Sunday in Manchester. According to Tendulkar, Pakistan have a very potent fast bowling line-up, consisting of Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz, and they will look […]

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani has insisted that his team will “not beg” India to play cricket with them, although he stressed on resuming bilateral cricket ties with New Delhi. “We will not beg India or any other country to play cricket with us; we want resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India […]

Bhubaneswar: As the World observes the Blood Donor Day today, the grim fact to fore is Odisha has mere 1.8 blood banks per 10 lakh people. For which, the State failed to figure among the top-20 States and UTs in the country that have more than 3 blood banks per 10 lakh population in the […]

Bishkek: India and other members of the SCO Friday condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and called on the international community to promote cooperation in combatting the menace. According to the Bishkek Declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Heads of State Council, the member states stressed that acts of terrorism and extremism cannot […]

Bishkek: Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday offered Beijing’s support for Pakistan and India to improve their strained relations during his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan here, China’s state-run media reported. Xi’s remarks comes a day after his meeting with Narendra Modi on Thursday during which the Prime Minister made it amply clear that dialogue […]

Bhubaneswar: India outplayed reigning Asian Games champion Japan 7-2 to storm into the summit clash of the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament here on Friday, assuring themselves a place in the year end’s Olympic qualifying event. Returning to the side after a long injury lay-off, Ramadeep Singh (23rd, 37th minutes) finally got his mojo back […]