Johannesburg: Expansion of the BRICS bloc is still a work in progress and members of the five-nation grouping are approaching the idea with a positive intent and an open mind, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. Speaking after a meeting of the foreign ministers of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations in…
Mumbai; The Maharashtra government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bajaj Finserv under which the non-banking finance company will invest Rs 5,000 crore in Pune that is expected to create 40,000 jobs, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. After signing the MoU, Fadnavis said Pune was gradually becoming a hub for financial services…
Portsmouth, Jun 3 (PTI) The Indian team’s training sessions over the years have had its share of innovations and it is now using multi-coloured rubber balls for catching practice in order to adjust to last-minute deviations which could cost them dear. One of the Indian team’s fielding drills at the Arundel ground here saw rising…
Kakamighara (Japan); Annu slammed a double hat-trick as India started their campaign in the women’s Junior Asia Cup on an emphatic note with a 22-0 thrashing of a lowly Uzbekistan, here on Saturday. Annu (13th, 29th, 30th, 38th, 43th, 51st) was the star performer for India, while Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (3rd, 56th); Mumtaz Khan (6th,…
New Delhi: Former India captain Virat Kohli and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, among several other sportspersons, expressed their anguish over the devastating train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district, that has killed at least 238 people and injured more than 900. The train crash on Friday, involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express…
London: Australian batting stalwart Usman Khawaja believes fellow opener David Warner is probably at his best as he prepares for the tough English summer, which includes the World Test Championship final against India and the Ashes. Warner, 36, had endured a difficult tour of India earlier this year, and even though the Delhi Capitals skipper…
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is upset at Sri Lankan board expressing its desire to host the entire Asia Cup and has declined the latter’s offer to play an ODI bilateral series in the island nation. According to sources in the PCB, relations between the PCB and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have turned sour after…
London, Jun 3 (PTI) Leading Australian Test batter Marnus Labuschagne feels his long stint with English county side Glamorgan has helped him get fully prepared for the challenges in the run-up to the World Test Championship final against India, starting June 7. Even as leading Australian cricketers, who are a part of the squad for…
Washington: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic trip to the US on an Official State visit, Congress leader Sam Pitroda has said that the premier of the world’s most populous nation deserves respect everywhere and he is “proud” of it. Pitroda, the chairperson of the Indian Overseas Congress, is currently accompanying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi…
Tokyo/Ottawa: Leaders from across the world, including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have expressed their deepest condolences to the families and the Government of India for the triple train crash that took place in Odisha in which at least 261 people were killed. The accident, involving three trains, is one…
