- Thursday, May 01, 2025
A CANDID Moeen Ali, who temporarily but successfully filled the void of Sunil Narine during Kolkata Knight Riders' IPL match against Rajasthan Royals, says he is "used to bowling with someone who is better than me." Part of a KKR attack that also has Varun Chakaravarthy in its ranks, the…
THE PLACEMENT rates of graduates from India's premier technology institutes have fallen in three years, according to the union government. The data submitted by the central government to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education states that 22 of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have seen a drop in…
CANADA'S Liberal Party revoked Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya's bid to run for the party leadership and his nomination in his own Ottawa Nepean constituency over his alleged ties to the Indian government, a media report said on Wednesday (26). Citing a source with top-secret clearance, the Globe and Mail daily…
GREETING Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on their National Day, prime minister Narendra Modi has said this day "stands as a testament to our shared history and sacrifices." Bangladesh celebrates its National Day on March 26, the day in 1971 when the country till then a part of Pakistan declared…
AN INDIAN national was detained by Qatari authorities on January 1 in connection with an ongoing investigation, but the charges against him is still unknown. Amit Gupta is the country head of Tech Mahindra in Kuwait and Qatar and his family in India say they still don't know what crime…
THE US Embassy in India has that it had cancelled over 2,000 visa applications due to fraudulent activities and said it follows 'zero tolerance' policy for agents and fixers. It cited major violations in the appointment scheduling system by “bad actors” and subsequently suspended the scheduling privileges of the associated…
US president Donald Trump has announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts, provoking threats of retaliation from trading partners ahead of further promised trade levies next week. Wall Street slumped ahead of Trump's Wednesday (26) afternoon announcement, while the world's top-selling automaker Toyota plunged more than three per cent.…
INDIA and China are trying to rebuild the ties damaged by the 2020 Galwan valley clashes, as a tense relationship will not serve either side, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said. In an interactive session hosted by leading think-tank Asia Society in New Delhi on Wednesday (26), Jaishankar said…
SOUTH AFRICA'S Quinton de Kock struck an unbeaten 97 as holders Kolkata Knight Riders registered their first win of the IPL season with an eight-wicket hammering of Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday. Spinners Moeen Ali and Varun Chakravarthy combined to help restrict Rajasthan to 151-9 after KKR elected to field first…
INDIA on Wednesday (26) trashed a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which had flagged concern over the deteriorating treatment of minorities in the country. New Delhi said USCIRF's "persistent" attempts to cast aspersions on the country's vibrant multicultural society reflect a "deliberate" agenda. It termed…
