- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
INDIA and New Zealand face off in the final of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday to decide the winner of the eight-nation ODI tournament. India is gunning for their second Champions Trophy since 2013 and they could be fielding four spinners and two pacers for the ICC showpiece…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump had some words of appreciation for NASA’s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams' hair as he told a pair of stranded astronauts aboard the International Space Station that "we're coming up to get you." Trump, 78, mused Thursday (6) about the possibility of personally launching a rescue team…
AN Indian Foreign Services officer ended his life by jumping from the fourth floor of a residential building in the Chanakyapuri area in Delhi on Friday (7), and no foul play is suspected, police said. According to police, Jitendra Rawat (42), a 2011-batch officer, is survived by his wife, two…
THE US Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s emergency application seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an "Emergency Application For Stay…
TECHNOLOGY major Infosys will soon mandate employees to work from the office for at least 10 days a month, The Economic Times has reported. This change, effective from March 10, is aimed at increasing office attendance, which witnessed a significant decline post the Covid-19 pandemic. The software services firm will…
AS PART of its ongoing drive against illegal properties owned by drug peddlers, Punjab Police and municipal authorities demolished six structures in Khanna on Thursday (6). These properties, built on encroached municipal land, belonged to six smugglers — Aslam, Sunil, Shindi, Mohendro, Pappu, and Gulshan — who are facing multiple…
THE PRESIDENT of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, said on Thursday (6) that Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami has committed a sin by not fasting during the holy month of Ramzan. "In the eyes of Shariat, he is a criminal, he should not have done this at all,"…
ACTOR Poorna Jagannathan, best known for her roles in “The Night Of” and “Never Have I Ever”, has spoken about her struggles in Bollywood, saying that ageism in the industry left her feeling "underestimated." Despite her successful debut in “Delhi Belly” (2011), she found it difficult to secure roles and…
THE UNITED STATES wants India to eliminate tariffs on car imports under a proposed trade deal between the two nations, but New Delhi is reluctant to immediately bring down such duties to zero even as it considers further cuts, sources told Reuters. India's high auto tariffs will feature in formal…
A SIGNIFICANT percentage of women feel encouraged to pursue leadership roles, however, fear over work-life imbalance holds them back, a report said on Thursday (16). According to jobs listing portal Naukri's "The Unfiltered Truth: What Women Professionals Really Want" report, over 66 per cent of women feel encouraged to pursue…
