Besides Smith’s 104-run knock, opener David Warner smashed 83 off 77 while skipper Aaron Finch contributed 60 in a first-wicket stand of 142 in under 23 overs as the hosts posted 389/4
Superstar Rajinikanth is set to meet the office-bearers of his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on Monday, sparking speculations that he may announce his decision on entering politics.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, made a snide remark about the BJP sending their top leaders to campaign for the Greater Hyderabad municipal corporation polls (GHMC)
Two days after Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was not allowed to meet an arrested youth leader of her party, the PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Sunday (November 29) accused the BJP of muzzling dissent and attempting to ban ...
Based on a complaint from the father of a young woman in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh has registered its first case under the new anti-conversion law on Saturday (November 28), officials said. The case was registered at the Devarniyan police station.
Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar, who unsuccessfully contested on a Congress ticket in last year’s Lok Sabha election, and later resigned from the party, will join the Shiv Sena on Monday (November 30), according to a report.
Mumbai: Tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is being provided sipper and other facilities in the Taloja prison from the day second of his arrest, a senior prison official said on Sunday.
Home videos, shot mostly in rural settings in which the characters speak the local dialect, are phenomenally different from the mainstream Malayalam cinema, which are often contextualised in an upper caste Hindu cultural backdrop. They don’t star any of the popular names. Rather, all the actors in these movies are ordinary people. Making of these home videos started during the time when video cassettes, CDs and DVDs occupied a big market share in Kerala. The last home cinema by Salam Kodiyathoor was made in 2018. Click here for more.
In his victory speech in his hometown, Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday, US President-elect Joe Biden reached out to Donald Trump voters, saying he would act as their president as much as he would for those who voted for him.
Superstar Rajinikanth is set to meet the office-bearers of his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on Monday, sparking speculations that he may announce his decision on entering politics.
A call from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday put brakes on Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s grand plans to include the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community in the central OBC list.
From being caught off guard when the devastating 1977 cyclone hit its coast, claiming over 10,000 lives, to becoming the first state in the country to use space technology for disaster management, Andhra Pradesh has come a long way
Newdelhi: The national capital is all set to record coldest November in at least 10 years, with the mean minimum temperature for the month this year hovering around 10 degrees Celsius, according to India Meteorological Department data.
Newdelhi: The combined market valuation of five of top-10 most valued firms declined by Rs 91,699 crore last week, with heavyweight Reliance Industries emerging as the worst hit.
While Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Infosys, HDFC, ICICI Bank and Bharti...
The government on November 27 capped the 'surge price' asked by cab aggregators such as Ola and Uber in times of high demand to 1.5 times the base fare. It also restricted the discount offered by them to 50 per cent of the base fare to limit far...
The RBI’s Internal Working Group (IWG) recently made a radical recommendation: it proposed to allow Indian corporate houses into banking. The proposal has invited all-round criticism from banking experts on the ground that it would lead to crony capitalism and eventual financial instability.
The National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday declared that India's gross domestic product (GDP) – a yardstick to measure country’s economic health – has contracted 7.5 percent in the July-September period in comparison to the same period last year (YoY). This essentially means India has entered a phase of recession and it will be time before the country comes out of the impact of lockdown necessitated by coronavirus pandemic in March this year.
A research paper by University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business says many Indian households remain under duress with employment, income and consumption levels yet to return to their pre-COVID levels.
Covid-19 hit the world economy badly and India wasn’t an exception. However, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the Indian economy has gathered unexpected momentum and is recovering fast after a steep fall in the first quarter following the lockdown. The RBI head, however, cautioned that the downside risks to growth stays in the backdrop of a recent surge in Covid cases.
The Reserve Bank of India has said that the merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBS Bank India will come into force from November 27 (Friday). Also, the moratorium imposed on the cash-starved lender will be removed from the same day, the banking r...
New Delhi: India’s first private train service, the Tejas Express, has been suspended due to low occupancy. Two Tejas trains had started operations – between Lucknow-Delhi and Mumbai-Ahmedabad – late last month after a seven-month gap due to the...
"While I may be the first woman in this office, I won't be the last," said US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in her victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday (November 7) night.
Washington: More than 1,000 people protesting US President Donald Trump descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday night, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington, sometimes blocking traffic and setting off fireworks.
Besides Smith’s 104-run knock, opener David Warner smashed 83 off 77 while skipper Aaron Finch contributed 60 in a first-wicket stand of 142 in under 23 overs as the hosts posted 389/4
Sydney: Australia won the toss and opted to bat in the second and penultimate One-day International against India here on Sunday. Moises Henriques replaced an injured Marcus Stoinis in the Australian team, but India are playing with an un...
Newdelhi: West Indies fast bowling great, Michael Holding, feels that despite a star-studded batting line-up, the Indian team is missing the "skill and character" that the peerless Mahendra Singh Dhoni used to display during big run chases
Dubai: The Indian cricket team was fined 20 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the series opening first ODI in Sydney
Poor bowling, fielding and catching let India down as the Virat Kohli-led side lost by 66 runs against Australia in the opening ODI of the three-match series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday (November 27).
The assassination of Iran’s chief nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh seems to be part of a larger plan to sabotage the possible renewal of a US-led nuclear deal with Iran, throttle its nuclear programme and provoke Tehran into a self-defeating retaliation.
The United Nations is all set to be the first country to approve Pfizer Inc. and BioTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine, among almost 172 countries engaged in developing the vaccine.
A woman has accused Babar Azam, captain of Pakistan national cricket team, of exploiting her for 10 years over false promises of marriage. The woman, who claimed to be Azam's school friend, made the claims of sexual abuse during a press conference on Saturday.
While Priti Patel has broken many glass ceilings – becoming the first Indian-origin and first Hindu to become the Home Secretary of the UK – the recent precedents she has set are nothing to be proud of.
Women operated for removing breast cancer tumour are usually given radiation radiotherapy to kill any lurking cancer cells after surgery. Usually, radiation therapy lasts for three to five times a week, for about 3 to 5 weeks. A novel, single-shot radiotherapy, that too administered immediately after the surgery, a recent study finds, is as effective as conventional radiotherapy for most women.
An update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning said the number of active cases crossed the million mark and currently stands at 10,09,976. As many as 40,25,079 patients have been discharged.
In the midst of the commotion over NEET in Tamil Nadu, the state passed a bill in the Assembly on September 15 providing 7.5 per cent sub-quota in admissions to state-run medical colleges for government school students clearing the all-India exam.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education on Friday directing it to file an affidavit giving details of the scheme, dates and other details of the compartment exam it plans to hold for class 10 and 12 students by the end of September.
Kolkata: The University of Calcutta has decided to conduct online the final semester exams for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in October. The exams will be conducted from October 1-8 with the help of WhatsApp and email, university vice-chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said.
