Cairo: Two Indian warships have engaged extensively in professional and social interactions with the Egyptian navy during their port call to Alexandria as part of Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the west coast of Africa. INS Mumbai and INS Aditya, part of Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command based in Mumbai, arrived […]
Mumbai: The rupee recovered 13 paise to 64.25 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on fresh selling of the American currency by exporters and banks. Besides, a higher opening of domestic stocks and fresh bout of foreign fund inflows kept the domestic unit in high spirits, forex […]
Bhubaneswar: Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik is all set to create the world’s longest sand Buddha in Sri Lanka. Pattnaik said that he has been invited by the High Commission of India in Colombo to participate in the 14th International Vesak Day Celebrations organised by Government of Sri Lanka. Before leaving for Sri Lanka the […]
Kolkata: Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Friday said all remaining renovation work for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup should be completed by May 30 along with Kochi which he said is lagging behind. On an inspection tour of centres which will host the youth football showpiece for the first time from October 6-28, […]
United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the recent developments between India and Pakistan and reiterates his call for for dialogue by the nuclear-armed neighbours, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. He was asked at his daily briefing on Thursday about recent media stories on the risk of a nuclear war between the two countries and if […]
Mumbai: As many as 100 underprivileged children will get to attend Grammy Award winning singer Justin Bieber’s maiden concert here for free. A special lounge will be created to host children, who don’t have the resources to purchase a ticket for Jio Justin Bieber Purpose World Tour, organised by White Fox India. The lounge will […]
New Delhi: Odisha girls Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita Lakra, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz and Anupa Barla will be playing the five-match upcoming Test series against New Zealand, starting from May 14 at Midlands. Striker Rani Rampal will skipper the 20-member Indian women’s hockey squad. Veteran defender Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, who is making a comeback after […]
Chennai: A 28-hour countdown for the Friday launch of the South Asia Satellite or GSAT-9 commenced on Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced. According to ISRO, the countdown began at 12.57 p.m. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk II) carrying the GSAT-9 is expected to blast off from the second launch pad at […]
New Delhi: Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday predicted that India’s economic growth rate for 2017-18 will range between 7.5 and eight per cent. According to newly elected CII President Shobana Kamineni, key reforms such as the introduction and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system will be a growth […]
Kolkata: The Indian football team has made it into the top 100 of the FIFA world rankings for the first time in 21 years. As per the updated rankings, released on Thursday, the Stephen Constantine-coached side has climbed a rung and is now placed at the 100th spot along with Nicaragua, Lithuania and Estonia. The […]
Ipoh: Mandeep Singh struck a hat-trick as India staged a strong comeback to beat Japan 4-3 in a league match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Wednesday. Mandeep Singh struck in the 45th, 51st and 58th minutes after defender Rupinder Pal Singh (sixth minute) had powered home a penalty corner to […]
New Delhi: India on Wednesday said it has provided Pakistan with “actionable evidence” of the involvement of the Pakistani Army in the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers on Monday and demanded that Islamabad take action on the incident that again flared bilateral diplomatic tensions. Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday summoned Pakistan […]
Ipoh (Australia): India’s hockey team was overpowered by reigning world champions Australia 1-3 despite starting strongly and suffered the first loss in three matches of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Tuesday. In the match pitting last edition’s finalists, India kept the Australian attackers at bay before taking the lead through Harmanpreet Singh, who […]
Dubai: Inaugural T20 World Champions India dropped six points to slip to the fourth spot in the ICC T20 International rankings in the annual update released here on Tuesday. The Virat Kohli-led side is now on 118 points, three points behind ICC World Twenty20 2009 winner Pakistan, which has joined second-placed England on 121 points […]
We all love trains. All of us have some fond memories of train journeys – even those among us who are unfortunate enough to live in areas yet to be covered under the Railway map. All of us know that Railways is the lifeline of India. But little do we know that away from the […]
Dubai: India have risen to the No.3 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-day International (ODI) rankings with South Africa and Australia taking the top two spots in the latest annual update on Monday. India have gained five points to swap positions with 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand, who have dropped to fourth […]
Ipoh: India recorded a facile 3-0 victory over New Zealand in their second match of the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday. Defender Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners. With this win, India now have four points from two outings. Mandeep Singh opened the Indian account with a fine deflection in […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the central government plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) on a mass scale within the next three years. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines was speaking at the 2017 annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry […]
Hyderabad: Global retail giant Walmart will set up 50 new stores across India over the next three to four years, a top company official said on Saturday. The new stores would include 10 in Telangana, for which the US retailer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government. It will invest $10 to […]
Los Angeles: Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber, who will perform in India in May, spent whopping $15,000 on a new mouthpiece – a pink sapphire grill. The “Company” singer got the mouthpiece from Los Angeles-based jeweller Gold Teeth God – who created the grill in five days, reports tmz.com. According to sources, Bieber flew to […]