The fire-damaged “Royad Mammadov” ship in the Black Sea. NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Tuesday condemned attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, in which two foreign seafarers were killed and several crew members including Indian nationals were injured.In an official statement, the MEA condemned…
NEW DELHI: A day after reinstating her nephew Akash Anand in the Bahujan Samaj Party and restoring his position as national coordinator, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said there should be no further need to separate him from the party now that his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth has taken political “sanyas”.In a post on X, Mayawati…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Shafali Verma (Agency Images) India’s dominant run in international cricket has earned four of its stars a place on the ICC Player of the Month shortlists for September, with Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma nominated in the men’s category, while Shafali Verma and Shree Charani feature among the women’s nominees.Gill is…
High-school students across France blockaded hundreds of schools on Tuesday as a weeks-old nationwide protest over school funding, overcrowded classrooms and poor infrastructure showed no sign of easing. Injuries and clashes with police intensified amid pressure on the government.The demonstrations, which began in the Paris region in mid-September and spread to cities and towns across…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday condemned the attack on a Panama-flagged commercial vessel carrying Indian crew members off the Oman coast, calling for an end to attacks on commercial shipping.The ministry, in a statement, said that 12 of the 19 crew members were injured after the vessel was struck while transiting…
Italy tennis player Jannik Sinner (Image: REUTERS) Jannik Sinner’s 2026 season has come to an abrupt end, with the Italian tennis star confirming on Tuesday that he will not return to competitive action this year as he undergoes treatment for a persistent knee injury.The World No.1 has been dealing with the problem since July and…
Francis Halzen awarded for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory” (Image credit: Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 has been awarded to Francis Halzen for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences…
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc on Tuesday stepped up its protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with opposition parties demanding his resignation, scrapping of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and restoration of deleted names from electoral rolls.The demands were raised as INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission of…
Sourav Ganguly (Image credit: Delhi Capitals) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has returned to Delhi Capitals as the team’s head coach for the 2027 Indian Premier League season.Ganguly takes over from Hemang Badani, under whom Delhi Capitals missed out on the IPL playoffs in the last two seasons. Ganguly’s long association with DC Ganguly first…
The attacks came after the Houthis claimed to have launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes. (Photo: X/MarioNawfal) Airports in Saudi Arabia‘s Jazan and Najran were targeted in two attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, according to the kingdom’s aviation authority, as tensions with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels…