Indian women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the second round of the Swiss Open 2024 in Basel, Switzerland, on Tuesday. The Indian shuttlers clinched a comfortable win, defeating the American pair of Annie Xu and Kerry Xu 21-15, 21-12 in the round of 32. The game lasted for 39 minutes. Meanwhile, […]
Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean heat and shrinking sea ice. The U.N. weather agency said in its annual State of the Global Climate report that average temperatures hit the highest […]
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have concluded a staff-level review of a $3 billion standby arrangement which, if approved, will disburse $1.1 billion for the South Asian economy, two officials involved in the talks said. The funds are the final tranche of a last-gasp rescue package Pakistan had secured last summer, which averted a […]
The sacred relics of the Buddha and his disciples, Arahant Sariputta and Maha Moggallana, returned to India on Tuesday following a 25-day exhibition in Thailand. The relics arrived in a special IAF flight that departed from Krabi, Thailand. A delegation led by Tashi Gyalson, the chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), […]
The CPN (Maoist Centre) held discussions on the arrest of the party’s Vice Chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara in connection to the gold smuggling case at PM’s official residence at Baluwatar yesterday. Decisions could not be taken to ask Mahara’s resignation from party vice-chairman position on moral grounds. Nepal Police had arrested CPN (Maoist Center) Vice-chairman […]
Former US President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Illinois, reported The Hill, citing Decision Desk HQ. Trump, however, has already achieved the required delegate threshold he needs to secure the Republican nominations, and his win in Illinois adds to his winning streak on the GOP side. According to a tracker from Decision […]
he Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued the notification for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Voting for 102 Lok Sabha constituencies across 17 states and four Union territories will take place on April 19, the ECI said. The deadline for filing nominations is March 28 for Bihar and March 27 for […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The court also gave the government three weeks till April 8 to respond to 237 petitions challenging the law that was notified last week, days before the Lok Sabha election. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, […]
North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Seoul for a conference hosted by President Yoon Suk Yeol on advancing democracy. South Korea’s military said several short-range missiles flew about 300 km after being fired from Pyongyang, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would keep on with the military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, where aid agencies say famine is looming, while ceasefire talks were set to resume. Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting that Israel would push into Rafah, the last relatively safe place in the tiny, crowded Gaza […]
