Shreyas Iyer hit an unbeaten half-century as India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second T20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Saturday. Chasing 184, India rode on Iyer’s unbeaten 74 off 44 balls to chase down the target with 17 balls to spare. He was ably […]
Cezary Kulesza, the President of the Polish Football Association, announced on Saturday that the Poland side will not play their FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Russia, scheduled for March 24, due to its invasion of Ukraine. Kulesza, through the announcement on Twitter, also indicated that Poland is in talks with Sweden and the Czech […]
The Union Cabinet on Saturday permitted up to 20 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under automatic route in IPO-bound LIC with an aim to facilitate disinvestment of the country’s largest insurer, sources said. The decision in this regard was taken by the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The government has approved listing […]
Air India flight from Romania, carrying 219 Indians evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, landed in Mumbai on Saturday evening. The flight from Bucharest reached the Mumbai Airport. Union minister Piyush Goyal, who received them inside the flight, said, “Since the beginning of this crisis, our main objective was to bring back each and every Indian stranded […]
The BCCI won’t be allowing any spectators for the upcoming first Test between India and Sri Lanka starting here March 4, which is incidentally legendary Virat Kohli’s landmark 100th Test, a Punjab Cricket Association official stated. The decision has been taken in the wake of the COVID-19 cases in and around Mohali while also taking […]
The UT Administration has decided to use the Helpline number 112 to collect information of students and other persons of Chandigarh stranded in Ukraine, so that the information of such persons can be forwarded to the concerned authorities. Deputy Commissioner Sh. Vinay Partap Singh said that the family members of persons of U.T. Chandigarh who […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a tweet, Zelenskyy said: “Spoke with Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi. Informed of the course of repulsing Russian aggression. More than 100,000 invaders are on our land. They insidiously fire on residential buildings. Urged India to give us political support in the UN […]
Russian forces have continued their march towards Kyiv. The bulk of troops are now 30km from the city’s centre. Russia is yet to establish control of Ukraine’s airspace, which Kyiv ordered shut following Putin’s orders to invade. This has led to a ‘great reduction’ in the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force. As the Ukrainian […]
India’s relationship with Russia is distinct from that the US shares with the latter and that is okay, the Biden administration said, underlining that Washington has asked every country that has leverage with Moscow to use it to protect rules-based international order. State Department spokesperson Ned Price noted that the US shares important interests and […]
A special Air India flight landed in Romania on Saturday morning amid India’s efforts to bring back citizens stuck in Ukraine via alternative routes. The flight – AI-1943 – left from Mumbai at 3:25 am. The flight is expected to return to Mumbai at 4 pm on Saturday. Union Minister Piyush Goyal will be at […]