New York: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella lauded Seattle’s burgeoning technology community and its strengthening relationship with India as he addressed leading Indian-origin tech CEOs from across sectors including AI, quantum computing and enterprise software. Nadella was the guest of honour at a special event organised by the Consulate General of India in Seattle…
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress, led by its founder and chairperson Mamata Banerjee, submitted its response to the Election Commission’s interim order that temporarily removed the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) name and its “flowers and grass” symbol from the ballot for the October 6 bypolls in West Bengal. The party emailed its choices of…
Washington: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was the only Indian-American lawmaker to have voted in favour of the Russia sanctions act in the US House of Representatives, breaking ranks with his Democratic party. Fifty-eight Democrats voted in favour of the bill that also targets the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas with 100 per cent…
New Delhi: Between September 22 and October 17, the BCCI will operate five separate men’s squads across 15 venues, involving 69 players. These include the senior ODI and T20I teams for the West Indies series, the Asian Games squad, India A sides for multi-day and one-day matches against Australia A, and the Rest of India…
New Delhi: Abhishek Sharma set the Arun Jaitley Stadium on fire with a stunning display of power hitting against Afghanistan in the third T20I on Thursday. The left-handed opener came out attacking from the start and hit the Afghanistan bowlers for sixes and fours all over the ground. Abhishek smashed a blistering century off just…
New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer showed that the spirit of the Friendship Cup was about more than just winning as the India captain invited Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran to join India’s trophy celebrations after their 3-0 series sweep in Delhi on Thursday. During the trophy presentation, Iyer called Zadran to the podium and invited him to…
New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said Hardik Pandya is not yet ready to bowl the full quota of 10 overs of the 50-over format and stressed that the star all-rounder will not be rushed back into international cricket. Pandya, a key component of India’s limited-overs setup, has often been managed carefully…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol during the West Bengal bypolls, and asked them to submit their preferred names and symbols by Friday morning. In its interim order issued on Thursday night, the Commission,…
Hyderabad: Slamming the previous BRS government in Telangana for not implementing the PM Awas Yojana, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the Centre would hand over approval for the construction of 2 lakh houses under the scheme to the state government on September 18. The approval for 2 lakh houses would be the…
New Delhi: Many world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman, wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday on Thursday. US Embassy in India extended wishes to Modi too, conveying the greetings on behalf of President Donald Trump. The embassy,…
