London:The England men’s cricket team’s Test summer got off to a difficult start after the team bus was briefly held up on its way to Lord’s by Just Stop Oil protesters. Jonny Bairstow, one of the 11 players selected to face Ireland in a one-off Test that begins on Thursday, posted a photo on his…
London: Captain Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday said that India can bounce despite back-to-back defeats if the team converts the goal-scoring chances and maintains structure in its coming games in the men’s FIH Hockey Pro League. India, who had come to Europe as table toppers, lost 1-2 to Olympic champions Belgium in their first match and…
New Delhi: GST collection in May rose 12 per cent to Rs 1.57 lakh crore, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The gross Good & Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of May, 2023 is Rs 1,57,090 crore of which Central GST is Rs 28,411 crore, State GST is Rs 35,828 crore, Integrated GST…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog has told the satellite TV channels to boycott “hate mongers, perpetrators and their facilitators” and advised them to refrain from giving airtime to “zealots” of a political party following the May 9 mayhem, a media report said on Thursday, hitting former prime minister Imran Khan’s party. The Pakistan Electronic Media…
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s central bank on Thursday slashed the policy interest rates by 250 basis points, the first since the “historic contraction” of the island nation’s economy in 2022, saying it will reduce high inflation and provide an impetus for growth. The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka decided to cut the policy…
Capetown: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and discussed issues of bilateral and global interests. Jaishankar, who is here to participate in a conclave of five-nation grouping BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), held talks with Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. “Good to meet FM Sergey Lavrov…
Lahore: At least six persons of the same family were killed on Thursday in an explosion inside their house in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said. The incident took place in the province’s Kot Addu district. Muzaffargarh District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Hasnain Haider, said that all of the deceased individuals belonged to the same family, which…
Houston: Taral Patel, a 29-year-old Indian-American policy expert has announced his candidacy to serve as Fort Bend County Commissioner for Precinct 3 in 2024 in the US state of Texas. Patel, who worked as a former Chief of Staff for Fort Bend County Judge KP George, took to Twitter to announce his candidacy on Tuesday where…
Karachi: At least two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire when militants attacked a security post near the country’s border with Iran on Thursday, the military said. A group of terrorists targeted the security forces’ Singwan post in Balochistan’s Kech district, but they were pushed back as soldiers responded, the military’s media…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of a new building of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Adityanath said due to its large geographical area, Uttar Pradesh throws up numerous challenges. “Previously, around 40 districts in the state were considered affected by floods, but…
