New Delhi: Veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane has signed a deal with English county club Leicestershire to play in division two, after finishing his two-Test assignment with the Indian team against the West Indies. Ajinkya Rahane recently made his Test cricket return after over 18 months in the Indian team when he turned out for World…
New Delhi: The United Nations fund for agricultural development has lauded India for reviving focus on millets and exporting 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to 18 countries that faced an acute shortage of food last year in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Alvaro Lario, the president of the International Fund of Agricultural Development…
Bhubaneswar: Star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar produced a huge 8.41m effort in his very first attempt in the qualifying round at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships to qualify for the World Championships, here on Sunday. The 24-year-old Sreeshankar’s jump was just 1cm shy of Jeswin Aldrin’s national record of 8.42m set earlier this year. However, the…
Medellin (Colombia): Abhishek Verma added a gold medal to India’s tally by clinching the top prize in the men’s compound individual final at the World Cup Stage 3 here. The 33-year-old Abhishek, winner of the compound team gold and an individual silver at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, defeated James Lutz of USA 148-146 on…
London: A 38-year-old Indian-origin man has been stabbed to death in London, just two days after shocking incidents of knife attacks in the UK which saw the deaths of a British Indian teen and a student from Hyderabad. Aravind Sasikumar was found with knife injuries on June 16 after officers were called to a residential property…
Washington: African American singer and actress Mary Millben, known for her moving rendition of ‘Om Jai Jagadish Hare’ and ‘Jana Gana Mana’, will perform at a diaspora event to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on June 23. Millben, 41, will also attend the 9th International Day of Yoga at the UN Headquarters (UNHQ)…
New Delhi: Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi on Saturday asked banks to collaborate and create policies for mobilizing capital towards green finance. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Climate Finance and Risk’, Joshi highlighted the fact that the financial sector is well positioned to incite a behavioural change in corporates and contribute towards building a sustainable society….
New Delhi: Following insurance regulator Irdai directive, LIC on Saturday announced concessions to mitigate the hardships of the claimants of policies and also of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana affected by the Cyclone Biparjoy. LIC in a statement said it is reaching out to the affected people to provide assistance although the loss of…
Meerut: How would you like to celebrate your birthday by cutting a 12-kilogram giant samosa? or eat the deep-fried snack in 30 minutes to win Rs 71,000? Shubham Kaushal, the third generation owner of Lalkurti-based Kaushal Sweets here, says he wanted to do “something different” to bring the samosa into the spotlight. The idea struck…
Imphal: Hundreds of women in several districts of Manipur took to the streets on Saturday night to condemn the violence in the state. Meitei women holding fire torches formed human chains on the streets in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Kakching districts from 7pm to 8 pm. At Kongba, a Meira Paibi leader Thounaojam…
