Paris: PV Sindhu’s hopes of winning a third Olympic medal lay in tatters as she made a shock exit from the Paris Games with a straight-game loss against China’s world number nine He Bingjiao in the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals here on Thursday. The 29-year-old from Hyderabad failed to mount a consistent attack and was outpaced…
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous class, for granting reservation for the uplift of castes that are socially and economically more backward. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y…
Paris: The Indian hockey team suffered its first loss of the Olympic Games here, going down 1-2 to defending champions Belgium after letting slip a one goal lead in a pool match here on Thursday. Abhishek gave India the lead in the 18th minute before Belgium made a strong comeback after half-time to score through…
Wayanad: The picturesque district of Wayanad has been struck by a catastrophic series of landslides, leading to a staggering death toll of over 190, with at least 225 people reported missing. The calamity has left hundreds injured and displaced thousands from their homes. As dawn broke on Wednesday, rescue operations resumed with urgency, hoping to…
New Delhi/Wayanad: Military personnel on Wednesday intensified search and rescue operations in Kerala’s Wayanad district, where landslides have claimed more than 100 lives, with the Army saying that it has recovered around 70 bodies so far and rescued nearly 1,000 people. Extremely heavy rain triggered the landslides in the hilly areas of Wayanad early Tuesday,…
Cairo: – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s Tehran, the Palestinian militant group Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday. In a statement, the Islamist faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. In a statement, the Islamist faction mourned…
Chateauroux (France): A calm and composed Manu Bhaker scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games as she combined with an equally unruffled Sarabjot Singh to clinch the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze here on Tuesday. The Indian pair…
New Delhi: Country’s first sunken museum at the site of Humayun’s Tomb complex here that displays over 500 “never-before-seen artefacts” was inaugurated on Monday evening by Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat who said it will be an “incredible addition” to Delhi’s cultural landscape. The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval ‘baolis’, or…
Tokyo: It is only Quad nations’ collaboration that can ensure that the Indo-Pacific remains free, open, stable and secure as the world grapples with the key question of upholding a rules-based order, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amidst growing concerns about China’s maritime coercion. In his opening statement at the Quad Foreign…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Khadi Gramodyog’s business has crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time and asserted that the rising sales of Khadi and handloom were creating new job opportunities in large numbers. In his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio broadcast, Modi said many people who would…
