Michelle Li is well on her way to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Her preparations will include not just those punishing hours on court, but also intense brainstorming sessions off it—to arrange over $150,000 she would need to fund herself along with a travelling coach and phsyio for the crucial […]
Mahatma fought for India’s unity: Pranab Mukherjee
Mahatma Gandhi fought for the unity of India for every moment of his public life and never accepted that the country could be divided on religious lines, former President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Sunday. “Gandhiji’s whole life was dedicated to Hindu-Muslim unity… Gandhiji is not just the father of […]
Barca beat Betis to keep pace with Real Madrid
Lionel Messi gave a hat-trick of assists as Barcelona ended their turbulent week with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Real Betis to stay in touch with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Madrid’s 4-1 win at Osasuna earlier on Sunday put pressure on Barca to respond, only […]
Hearing in Supreme Court on children’s participation in protests after infant’s death at Shaheen Bagh
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a case to stop involvement of children and infants in demonstrations. The court had taken suo moto cognizance of the issue after the death of an infant in Shaheen Bagh, where protests are being held for almost two months over Citizenship Amendment Act […]
Aces seal the deal for Vesely in Tata Open final
After the semi-finals on Saturday, Jiri Vesely had said, “I will keep focus on my serves.” He stayed true to his word and produced 26 aces to take home the Tata Open Maharashtra title defeating Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-3 in two hours and 11 minutes. Enjoying […]
Bishnoi’s heroics in vain as Bangladesh win maiden U19 World Cup
Shesh kore asho! (Finish it boys!), Richard Stoinier’s heavily accented Bengali could have been forgiven for all the nerve-racking emotions that his team was going through against India in the U-19 World Cup final here. In a tense dugout, Bangladesh’s strength and conditioning coach from England seemed to be the […]
Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on what helps to make a comeback
Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that with the help of people’s blessings one can make a comeback. “Nobody can stop you if you have the blessings of the people. We definitely make a comeback if we have their blessings,” the Leader of Opposition […]
Coronavirus death toll goes up to 908 in China
Death toll in China due to novel coronavirus epidemic has gone up to 908 and the number of confirmed cases rose over 40,000, Chinese health officials said on Monday. There were 97 deaths and 3,062 new confirmed cases of the lethal infection on Sunday, China’s National Health Commission said. Ninety-one […]
Coronavirus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS fatalities in 2003
The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 900 in mainland China on Monday, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilising. With 91 more people dying in Hubei, the province at the centre of the […]
Here is your horoscope for 10 Feb, 2020
Aries A Sun-Juno transit today puts you in a fine position to connect with others in empowering ways, dear Aries. There can be connections made that are truly useful and beneficial to you. Even so, there is also a practical theme to the day, and taking care of business is […]
Iran says satellite ‘successfully’ launched without reaching orbit
Iran “successfully” launched a satellite into space on Sunday but it fell short of reaching orbit, state television quoted a defence ministry spokesman as saying. “The Simorgh (rocket) successfully propelled the Zafar satellite into space but the carrier did not reach the required speed to put the satellite into the […]
Amid outbreak, PM Modi offers assistance to President Xi Jinping
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday conveyed to Chinese President Xi Jinping India’s readiness to provide assistance to the country in dealing with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). In a letter to Xi, Modi expressed solidarity with the President and people of China, while also expressing his appreciation […]
EC assures accuracy after AAP raises turnout ‘delay’
The Election Commission said on Sunday that 62.59% of electors turned up to vote for the assembly elections, releasing the final turnout figures amid criticism from chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for “a delay” in compiling the final numbers. The new tally was slightly higher than the 61.7% estimate released immediately […]
Coronavirus death toll rises to 813, exceeds SARS fatalities in 2003
The number of people who have died after being infected by the novel coronavirus rose to 813 on Sunday, surpassing in less than two months the death toll during the eight-month-long outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus in 2003. Total infections from the coronavirus, which is similar […]
Taking steps to fix GST loopholes, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that the government was taking several steps such as using data analytics to plug loopholes in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection and prevent particular areas of misuse and gaming of the system. During the last three months, the GST collection crossed […]