- Sunday, June 15, 2025
AFTER a shaky start to this IPL season, Mumbai Indians have improved their performance and registered their sixth consecutive win on Thursday (1) with an emphatic 100-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Skipper Hardik Pandya attributes the team's dream run to discipline and 'simple cricket'. "Everyone is very clear…
IN A significant twist to the trade war between the United States and China, a Beijing-backed outlet claimed on Thursday (1) that the Trump administration has approached China for talks. "The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue," said…
OMAN is ramping up efforts to attract international tourists, including Indians, as it aims to attract over 11 million visitors annually by 2040, a top Omani official said in Muscat. Highlighting the deep historical ties between Oman and India, Mohamed bin Mahmoud al Zadjali, adviser to the minister of Heritage…
JARED ISAACMAN, a 42-year-old entrepreneur, who has the backing of US president Donald Trump and Elon Musk, is on his way to becoming the head of Nasa, as the space agency undergoes major restructuring. The US Senate Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday (30) to advance President Donald Trump's nominees to…
AFTER Utah, Florida is set to become the second state in the United States to ban fluoride in municipal drinking water, despite concerns raised by dentists and public health advocates. Lawmakers in Florida approved a bill to prohibit certain additives in drinking water, including fluoride, and it now goes to…
AFTER a lackluster outing, Indian Premier League powerhouse Chennai Super Kings have become the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race this season. The five-time champions has been pushed to the bottom of the 10-team points table, losing eighth out of 10 matches. On Wednesday, it lost to…
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani has said that India's media and entertainment industry can grow more than threefold to $100 billion in the next decade. At the inaugural session of the WAVES 2025 conference in Mumbai, Ambani pointed out that the industry is currently valued at $28…
In her first major speech since losing the November election, former US vice president Kamala Harris attacked the Donald Trump administration on Wednesday (30), and exhorted Americans to oppose "the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history." In her address to a hometown crowd in the San Francisco Bay…
THE University of London Worldwide has awarded a honorary doctorate to Dr M N Nandakumara, a UK-based Sanskrit scholar and the executive director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan centre in London. At the university’s graduation ceremony in London on Tuesday (29), Nandakumara received the doctorate from the university vice-chancellor Professor Wendy…
AMID escalation of tension between India and Pakistan, US secretary of state Marco Rubio spoke separately with external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (30). The US urged India and Pakistan to "de-escalate tensions", and reaffirmed its commitment to cooperate with Delhi against terrorism…
