New York India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million. Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an all-male affair with no […]
Petaling Jaya Lee Chong Wei has a mountain to climb in his bid to reclaim the Malaysian Open victory for his 12th crown. In the draw released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday, the seventh seeded Chong Wei has been drawn alongside world No.1 Viktor Axelsen and Chinese arch-rivals Lin Dan, the defending […]
New Delhi Maharashtra’s Latur is eagerly waiting for The Lifeline Express to roll into town. The train, touted to be the world’s first hospital-train that provides medical aid and relief to patients living in far-flung and inaccessible areas, is arriving in Maharashtra next week. It will be stationed in the Latur district from June 15 […]
New Delhi India’s monetary policy committee voted unanimously to increase the benchmark repo rate for the first time in more than four years, as it tries to fend off rising inflation pressures. The repo rate was raised by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent. The last time this benchmark rate was raised was in January […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with thousands of youngsters who have made it big in the start-up sector and said it is the youth who have turned out to be the “job creators” of the nation. Describing India as a “youthful nation”, Modi said the government is committed to “harnessing of […]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licenses to women weeks ahead of kingdom official lifting a ban on women drivers. On Monday, the kingdom’s general traffic directorate starting replacing internationally driving licenses held by women with Saudi ones throughout the country. According to the SPA, ten women were given national licenses after handing in their […]
New Delhi While Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is leaving no stone unturned to provide quality services to passengers on train, not all efforts are going down well with the company in terms of revenue. For IRCTC to up the food quality in trains, it says it has to bring down the quantity. […]
Hyderabad As they say, There can’t be two swords in one sheath. That’s quite the issue confronting National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand as he grapples with the task of training Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu at different venues. The coach has been training Sindhu and Saina at separate academies over the last few days as they are no longer comfortable training […]
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will now offer voice calling benefits to its broadband customers. The company has rolled out new unlimited voice calling for all of its fibre broadband (FTTH) users in addition to existing broadband tariff plans on its network. Some of the revamped plans offer the voice calling benefit only on […]