New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Thursday accorded its approval to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator drones from the US to crank up the surveillance apparatus of the armed forces, especially along the frontier with China, people familiar with the development said. The decision came days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington. It…
New Delhi: Cyclone Biparjoy, packing maximum sustained winds with speeds of up to 145 kmph, is swirling towards the Gujarat coast and is made landfall near Jakhau port in Kutch district. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a warning about the “extensive damaging potential” of the cyclone, authorities have already evacuated around 74,000 people…
London: The city of Nottingham in central England is in mourning on Thursday as it prepares for a second vigil in memory of three people killed in a brutal stabbing spree, including British Indian teenage hockey star Grace O’Malley Kumar. The 19-year-old has since been formally identified by Nottinghamshire Police as one of the victims of…
London: Five inspirational Indian schools in Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra were on Thursday named in the top 10 shortlists across different categories for the second annual USD 250,000 World’s Best School Prizes, organised in the UK to celebrate schools worldwide for their enormous contribution to society’s progress. The five World’s Best School Prizes – for…
London: Avtar Singh Purba alias Khanda, a prominent pro-Khalistani activist who was involved in the attack on the Indian High Commission in London, died at a hospital in the city of Birmingham on Thursday morning, a UK-based Sikh organisation said in a statement. Sikh Federation UK, which has styled itself as one of the largest Sikh…
Bhubaneswar: Winner of five successive gold from 2002 to 2018 in women’s 4x400m relay, India is struggling to string together a six-member team for the upcoming Asian Games, and chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair attributed it to the lack of back-up from junior athletes. The reason for the lack of back-up is “burnout” due to “overtraining at…
New Delhi: Ending months of speculation around the Asia Cup, the the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday announced that the tournament will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and nine in Sri Lanka from August 31 to September 17. The deadlock over the staging of the 50-over tournament was…
New Delhi: Indian cyclist Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam on Thursday created a national record in men’s spring qualification after clocking 9.877 seconds at the Asian Track Cycling Championship in Niali, Malaysia. Ronaldo, who is a part of TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) finished 10th and qualified for R16 in men’s sprint. “Ace Indian cyclist Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday stepped up the attack against the BJP over the arrest of his cabinet colleague V Senthil Balaji, while the state human rights commission said it will look into Balaji’s allegations of alleged ill-treatment at the hands of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during his arrest. Earlier, a…
Hyderabad: The city-based National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday signed an MOA(Memorandum of Agreement) with the Hospital Development Society, Osmania General Hospital under CSR to support procurement of Medical Equipment” for Osmania General Hospital. The initial installation and commissioning of the project will be six months while the annual monitoring of the project including…
