- Monday, May 06, 2024
AXAR PATEL's five wickets on the third day of the first Test in Kanpur wrapped New Zealand's first innings at 296 on Saturday (27) in reply to India's 345. Patel and other Indian spinners -- Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja -- clawed back in the last two sessions of the…
INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials on Saturday (27) to review plans to ease travel restrictions as concerns rise over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The world's second-worst affected country by the pandemic had only Friday (26) decided to resume international passenger flights from countries deemed "at risk"…
DEBUTANT Shreyas Iyer and recalled opener Shubman Gill struck half-centuries to help India overcome Kyle Jamieson's terrific display of seam bowling and post 258-4 in the opening test against New Zealand in Kanpur on Thursday (25). If Gill's 52 helped India overcome the early loss of opener Mayank Agarwal, Iyer's…
MUMBAI's top court on Thursday (25) commuted the death sentences of three men convicted in a rape case that heightened public outrage over women's safety in India. The assault in 2013 followed another high-profile gang-rape case the previous year that left a woman dead in New Delhi, sparking nationwide protests…
A former Edgerton physician was sentenced to 54 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Medicare. Indian American Dr Ravi Murali, 39, wrote thousands of fraudulent orders for medical equipment such as medical braces. Others used those orders to bill Medicare a total of $26…
SCHOOLS and colleges in India's capital will reopen on Monday (29) after closing for nearly 15 days due to a spike in air pollution, the government said, even though air quality remains very poor in New Delhi and its neighbouring cities. Pollution levels dropped marginally earlier this week, but the…
A civil society organisation that is dedicated to improving the quality of education for underprivileged children in India and across the globe, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. Pratham began its work in slum areas by setting up community-based pre-schools and by offering remedial education to students…
THE lead author of a report that shaped the new Labour race policy has said that the rejection of multiculturalism by successive governments has helped fuel “vulgar racism” of the kind experienced by Azeem Rafiq. Bhikhu Parekh, the former chair of the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, told…
INDIA's Reliance oil-to-telecoms giant is abandoning a $15 billion deal for Saudi Aramco to buy a 20 per cent stake in its oil refining and chemicals unit, it said, as the firm pivots towards renewable energy. The deal was announced more than two years ago by Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani,…
A special Ganga Anthem was launched on Friday (19) on Dev Diwali at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh during Ganga Aarti. Artist Snatam Kaur, inspired by the president of Parmarth Niketan Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, has written the anthem to urge people across the globe to come together, a statement…
