Bengaluru-based edu-tech firm Unacademy on Saturday was roped in as official partner for the Indian Premier League for three seasons, announced Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The 13th India Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to be held in UAE from September 19 to November 10. “We are pleased to have Unacademy on […]
Panjab University (PU) was awarded the prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy at the National Sports Awards 2020. PU bagged the trophy second year in a row, a feat achieved after 25 years. The varsity had lifted the trophy twice consecutively last during 1994-1996. In the first virtual National Sports Awards ceremony due to […]
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cricketer Suresh Raina on Saturday pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 and has decided to return home, citing personal reasons. CSK informed about Raina’s decision through a post on Twitter. “Suresh Raina has returned to India for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL […]
Nepal’s only billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for Covid-19 Nepal’s only billionaire and member of Lower House representing Nepali Congress Binod Chaudhary tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. The industrialist confirmed this on social media and urged people who were in his contact to take precautions. In his tweet, Chaudhary also mentioned that he is […]
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther star in the Marvel cinematic universe, died of cancer on Friday, said his representative. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in Los Angeles with his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, and family by his side. He was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family revealed in a statement. […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resign on Friday citing health reasons. Abe said he is suffering a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis (an inflammatory bowel disease) and his condition had worsened recently. “Now that I am not able to fulfil the mandate from the people with confidence, I have decided that I should […]
Sony has decided to open invite-only online registration for customers in order to let them pre-order the upcoming PlayStation 5 (PS5) console directly from the company. According to the company, there will be a “limited quantity of PS5 consoles available for pre-order” this holiday season. “There will be a limited quantity of PS5 consoles available […]
The much-awaited Rafale fighter aircrafts that arrived in India last month, will be officially inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Ambala airbase in Haryana in a ceremony on September 10. French Defence Minister Florence Parly is also likely to attend the event as an invitation is being […]
Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian-origin British secret agent executed by the Nazis, will be honoured with a “blue plaque” in the United Kingdom on Friday. She worked as an undercover radio operator in Nazi-occupied France in 1943 and was captured and killed in the Dachau concentration camp in 1944 at the age of 30. The […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday flagged off Corona Testing Mobile Clinic and Ambulance, which has been donated by Vikramjit Sahney, chairman of Sun Foundation & International. Explaining the salient features of the mobile clinic, Sahney said that it has contact-less thermal testing with nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab tests. “The fully air […]