- Sunday, May 19, 2024
INDIAN wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday (7) won the bronze medal after defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men's freestyle 65kg category. The second seed, who faced a crushing 5-12 defeat to Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev in the semifinals, redeemed his campaign as he earned India's sixth medal of Tokyo…
NEERAJ CHOPRA won the men's javelin on Saturday (7) with a best throw of 87.58 metres to claim a historic first Olympic athletics gold medal for India. The Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch won silver with 86.67 metres and Vitezslav Vesely claimed the bronze with 85.44. Chopra, the 2018 Commonwealth champion,…
AN employee who wrote a report alleging institutional racism inside HSBC has resigned. He cited frustration at the firm's response to some of his criticism and a lack of support from white colleagues, two internal emails have revealed. Ian Clarke, who was a salesman in the US Global Liquidity and…
INDIAN health minister on Saturday (7) said that the country has approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use. This is the fifth vaccine approved in the country. Mansukh Mandaviya said that this will further boost the country's collective fight against the deadly disease. "India expands its vaccine basket!…
INDIAN AMERICAN Shanta Thake has been appointed as the new artistic leader of New York-based Lincoln Center, the largest performing arts complex in the US, reported the New York Times. Thake, 41, will assume the new role next month. She replaces Jane Moss, who stepped down as artistic director last…
INDIAN government has released new tax legislation aiming to end multiple billion-dollar disputes with foreign companies who have threatened to seize Indian assets abroad including jets and property. The legislation would allow for refunds to be made to companies including Vodafone and Cairn Energy of Britain if they end the…
THE Covid-19 pandemic will exacerbate the already 'extreme inequalities' in access to education in India, experts have warned. Schools have been shut for over a year in India, one of the longest shutdowns in the world. At 60 weeks and counting, only five other countries have seen schools shut for…
THE White House has said that the Biden administration is taking steps to provide a legal pathway to citizenship to children of legal immigrants, commonly known as 'documented dreamers'. Recently, a group of such youngsters, mostly Indians, expressed fear of being deported when they turn 21. They are now living in…
THE Indian government has overhauled an athletic system that was once underfunded and corrupt ahead of the Tokyo Games, but the pressure to perform weighs on competitors and the country again failed to win a gold medal, reported The New York Times. India had sent a 127-member Olympic delegation to…
A TOP official of DUBAI's state airport operator said he expects a "surge" in passenger traffic over the coming weeks and months. Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths on Wednesday (4) said Dubai International was "ready to accommodate the anticipated surge in the coming weeks and months" once restrictions ease.…
