Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas announced his retirement from international football on Thursday at the age of 37, putting an end to rumours that he would play in the next Copa America. Navas, who made his international debut in 2008, has made 114 appearances and played in three World Cups, the most notable being Brazil […]
Rank cricketing upstarts USA humbled Bangladesh once again, sealing their maiden T20I series victory with a six-run win over the Tigers, at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston. The match turned into a yorker fest, with bails flying everywhere and the USA players joyously celebrating each wicket. Their inspired performance saw them secure an […]
The first batch of 60 Indian nationals rescued by the Indian Embassy in Cambodia from fraudulent employers have returned home, the embassy said on Thursday. These Indians were rescued by authorities from a place called Jinbei-4 on May 20. The operation was carried out in coordination with authorities in Sihanoukville. The Indian Embassy recently issued […]
Indian indices Nifty and Sensex opened flat on Friday, near the record closing of the previous day. The Nifty Index opened at 22,930 points, very close to the 23,000 mark. The Sensex also sustained Thursday’s rally and opened near 75,335, close to the 75,500 mark. “The net inflow number by FIIs on Thursday is Rs […]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that severe heatwave conditions prevailing over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Punjab have improved. It added that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are mainly expected over Rajasthan and Gujarat for the next three days. Further, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over the southern parts […]
On the occasion of the 2568th Buddha Jayanti, devotees visit the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, a world heritage site and a sacred place for Buddhist faithful to offer their prayers. Monks from India, Nepal and China performed rituals, sang hymns and offered offerings in the Maya Devi temple’s sacred garden. A peace procession was […]
Senior BJP leader & Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two election rallies in Himachal Pradesh today ahead of the sixth and seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 25 and June 1. In Himachal Pradesh, election campaigning is intensifying as the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held on June 1, […]
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data on the Election Commission of India website and publication of booth-wise voter turnout data. A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to grant any interim relief to petitioners and said it […]
A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore, started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special representative for disaster risk reduction. On May 20, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) welcomed Kishore, who began his term as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and the head of […]
Preparations are in full swing for 6th phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. 58 constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories are covered in this phase. National Capital Delhi is all set to go to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. In the seven Parliamentary Constituencies of Delhi, a […]
