Sonam Wangchuk clarifies Ladakh-Tibet comparison, apologises SRINAGAR: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk walked back his comparison between Ladakh and Tibet, saying he meant only to highlight the gravity of the violence in Leh on Sept 24 last year and had no intention of hurting Tibetans. The Leh Apex Body member apologised Saturday after the Central Tibetan…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rohit Sharma turns 40 soon. Virat Kohli isn’t far behind — 38 in a couple of months. Most cricketers this age would have hung up their boots and slipped behind a commentary mic. Rohit and Virat haven’t. They continue to turn up at the nets, working just…
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (Photo: Reuters). Russia on Saturday backed a permanent seat for India and Brazil on the United Nations Security Council, while strongly opposing the same for Western countries.During his speech at the General Assembly, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said no additional seats at…
NEW DELHI: BJP allies in the party-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday welcomed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) statement in response to a media report claiming a “rift” between Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
Anahat Singh (Reuters Photo) India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Sunday, September 27, with athletes competing across multiple sports and disciplines.There will be plenty of action for Indian athletes throughout the day, with Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami competing in the women’s marathon race walk, while Harjinder Kaur will…
Representative Image (AI-generated) An Iowa company that believed it was paying legitimate vendor invoices instead transferred more than $800,000 to a bank account controlled by a scammer in 2022. About four years later, the US government has recovered roughly $375,000 of the fraud proceeds through a federal forfeiture case. The US Department of Justice (DOJ),…
FIP seeks formal consideration of its inputs in AI171 probe NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has urged the civil aviation ministry to ensure that its technical submissions on the Air India AI171 crash are formally considered before the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) finalises its probe report.The AAIB investigation into the June…
India’s men’s kabaddi team had one thing on their mind before the Asian Games final – winning gold.So much so that the players did not eat properly before their title clash against Iran.“Khali pet gold jita hai,” captain Pawan Sehrawat said after India defeated Iran 40-34 to retain their Asian Games men’s kabaddi title on…
Unlike Heineken’s usual round bottle, the WOBO was rectangular and designed to double as a building brick. In 1963, Heineken produced 50,000 rectangular bottles designed to work as both beer containers and building bricks. The idea came from Alfred Heineken, who wanted the bottles to serve a second purpose after the beer had been consumed….
NEW DELHI: Australian PM Anthony Albanese has credited PM Narendra Modi with providing energy access to India’s population on a scale that, he said, no other country has achieved before.Talking to former Australian PM Kevin Rudd on Sept 24 at an event organised by Asia Policy Institute in New York on the sidelines of the…