Ahead of the India-Pakistan match during the ICC Cricket World Cup at Ahmedabad, a fan from Bengaluru arrived in the city with a humorous banner about the ‘mosquito’ that kept India’s star batter Shubman Gill out of action due to dengue for the first two matches of the tournament against Australia and Afghanistan.India and Pakistan […]
A Lebanese photographer was killed, and six other reporters were injured from Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s southern village of Alma al-Shaab, media reported.Israeli forces attacked a vehicle carrying journalists, killing Issam Abdallah, a Lebanese photographer working for Reuters, and injuring six other reporters working for international agencies that include Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Al-Jazeera TV […]
A surprise attack by Iran-backed Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, killing over 1,000 in Israel this past weekend, has re-ignited geopolitical tensions and sent oil prices surging, weighing on stock markets globally and boosting gold’s safe haven appeal. With this, oil prices have reversed recent fall, stoking inflationary concerns. If the Middle East tensions extend, […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal today challenged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for a debate on the SYL canal issue on October 10. Addressing a gathering of the youth at a Youth Milni programme organised by Youth Akali Dal (YAD) president Sarabjit Singh Jhinjher in Barnala, the SAD president said, “The party is going […]
The Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized gold worth Rs 20 lakh that was being smuggled in kheer mix packets from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.The confiscated gold weighs 347 gm and is of 24 carat purity, valued at Rs 20 lakh, a Customs release said here on Monday. The […]
The Bank of Israel on Monday said it would sell up to $30 billion of foreign currency in the open market, in the central bank’s first ever sale of foreign exchange, to maintain stability during Israel’s war with Palestinian militants in Gaza.The Israeli shekel fell to an almost eight-year low against the US dollar on […]
Rohit Sharma admitted that the biggest challenge in front of his side would be to play in different conditions over the course of the World Cup, and the Indian captain did not rule out making changes in team combinations to suit the demands of a particular venue.However, Rohit heaved a sigh of relief after India […]
Armed by the knowledge stemming from his over-decade long association with Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja said he stuck to a stump-to-stump line against Australia on the Chepauk pitch that was a typical “Test match strip” during their World Cup opener here on Sunday.Jadeja took 3 for 28 in 10 overs and his dismissals of […]
American Simone Biles won the balance beam and floor events on the final day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday as she wrapped up her first international competition in two years with a haul of five medals – four golds and a silver.The 26-year-old increased her record world and Olympics medals tally to […]
White-collar hiring witnessed an 8.6 per cent annual decline in September, following a negative trend in sectors including IT, BPO or ITES and FMCG, a report said on Monday.On a month-on-month basis, however, there has been a growth of almost 6 per cent in job postings. In September, there were 2,835 white-collar job postings, down […]