Chennai Man Who Never Rested is Now Resting. This is the message on the casket in which Karunanidhi will be laid to rest. These words were picked out by the Kalaignar for his ‘tombstone’ 30 years ago. Known for his love affairs with poetry and literature, the message sums up the Kalaignar’s life as seen […]
Mumbai India’s best sportspeople are gearing up for the Asian Games 2018 and fans are quietly confident of a good showing from the leading athletes in the mega-event that commences from August 18 in Indonesia. One sport that fans believe will bring in a rich haul of medals is badminton. The fact that India’s only […]
New Delhi With the swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court will for the first time in its history have three sitting women judges. Justice Banerjee is the eighth woman judge in the Supreme Court since Independence. She became a high court judge on February 5, 2002 and was made a chief justice of […]
New Delhi Having earned $11 million last year from reviewing toys on YouTube, six-year-old Ryan will now debut his own brand of toys on Walmart’s 2,500 US stores and on the Walmart.com website from Monday. The brand ‘Ryan’s World’ is set to expand to other retailers as well in the month of October. Ryan became […]
Nanjing Indian women’s singles star shuttler P.V. Sindhu suffered yet another heartbreak in a major final as she lost to Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin in straight games in her second consecutive final of the Badminton World Championships here Aug. 5. Third seed Sindhu, who was a three-time World Championships medalist before this edition, fell […]
New Delhi The nationwide transport strike announced by the All India Motor Transport Organisation is likely to cripple normal life in several states on Tuesday. The strike has been called to demand the withdrawal of the proposed Motor Vehicle (MV) Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha and is now awaiting the Rajya […]
New Delhi The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is yet to take a decision on removing a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the office of its students’ union, an issue that had triggered a controversy in May, Parliament was informed today. The information was shared by Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for HRD, in […]
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In the months leading up to August 6, 1945, rumors spread through the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Although the city was home to a number of military headquarters, arms manufacturers and strategic shipping routes, it had been largely undamaged by the ferocious Allied bombing campaigns that hit other cities. People wondered why, and there was […]
Chandigarh Kento Momota became the first Japanese man to win the badminton World Championships on Sunday, putting behind him a gambling scandal that threatened to ruin his career. The explosive 23-year-old convincingly defeated China’s highly promising Shi Yuqi 21-11, 21-13 in Nanjing. Momota’s nascent career descended into controversy in 2016 when Japanese badminton chiefs suspended […]