Ahmedabad: Under the stewardship of the iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings embellished their already fabulous record in the IPL with a fifth title triumph, beating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in a thrilling summit showdown here on Monday. Dhoni has been the cynosure of all eyes ever since the Indian Premier League began this…
Ahmedabad: Chennai Super Kings’ triumphant captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not yet ruled out playing in the IPL next year but said for that to happen, his body will have to hold up. Under the 41-year-old Dhoni’s leadership, CSK won a record-equalling fifth IPL title with a five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans here on Monday. “Circumstantially,…
Jammu: Eight persons were killed and 20 injured when a bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a gorge in Jammu district, officials said Tuesday. The bus, which was on its way to Katra, met with the accident in Jajjar Kotli area, they said. The bus was reported to have been carrying pilgrims to…
New Delhi: Congress leaders from Delhi and Punjab met the party leadership here on Monday and suggested not supporting the Aam Aadmi Party on the Delhi services ordinance issue, sources said. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had convened separate meetings of leaders from the two states for seeking their opinion on the matter. Former Congress president Rahul…
Ranchi: Union Minister of State General (Retd.) V K Singh on Monday claimed that job opportunities have been created in many fields in the last nine years due to the all-round development of the country. Singh, who was in Ranchi to highlight development and social welfare work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said, “The government…
New Delhi: The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 6.8 per cent during January-March 2023 from 8.2 per cent a year ago, the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO) showed. Joblessness or unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons in the labour force. Joblessness was high…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 800 crore with Japanese firms during Chief Minister M K Stalin’s ongoing visit of that country. A total of six MoUs envisaging Rs 818.90 crore investments in the fields of automotive spares, metals used in space, defence and construction, as well as…
Panjim/Hyderabad: Little wonder we are the darlings of the world’s largest whisky consumers. Indians love their whisky and we are the largest whisky-consuming nation in the world with 242 million cases consumption annually. Maltage aged malt whisky is an exclusive offering from India’s luxury spirits conglomerate, Cheers Group having a wide range of award-winning…
New Delhi: Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost clip that uses a smartphone’s camera and flash to monitor blood pressure at the user’s fingertip. The clip developed by researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego, US, works with a custom smartphone app and currently costs about 80 cents (5.6 rupees) to make. The…
Singapore: Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday met Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and held fruitful discussions on the existing cooperation between the two nations, including deepening engagements in the sectors of technical and vocational education, the Indian Embassy here said. Pradhan, who is on a three-day visit to Singapore,…
