New Delhi: Rishabh Pant is all set to make his long-awaited return to competitive cricket as he has been granted a fitness clearance for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued a medical and fitness update. "After undergoing an extensive 14-month rehab and recovery process, following...
New Delhi: As the countdown to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games accelerates, anticipation mounts to witness India's athletes shine on the global stage. While the players are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for the Games, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur exuded confidence saying that the athletes will "reflect new India" in Paris 2024...
Kabul: US special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, emphasized that the Taliban's restrictive decrees on women and girls in Afghanistan are costing the nation more than USD 1 billion annually, reported Khaama Press. She further said that the detrimental impact of the Taliban's edicts is not only curtailing women's access to education and...
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a “deep surgery” is required to pull the cash-strapped country out of the economic crisis and urged his Cabinet members to either “perform or perish”. The prime minister inducted 19 members into his Cabinet earlier in the day, ending the tenuous wait for the completion of government...
Washington: US intelligence agencies say it's facing an “increasingly fragile world order”, strained by great power competition, transnational challenges, and regional conflicts, in a report released by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). According to the 2024 Annual Threat Assessment, Beijing is described as “expanding its global covert influence posture” in alignment with the objectives...
London: The UK Home Office has implemented new visa rules that restrict overseas care workers, including Indians, from bringing dependant family members to the UK. This decision, effective this week, aims to address what the Home Office has described as a "disproportionate" situation where 120,000 dependants accompanied 100,000 workers on the care visa route...
New York: The Red Sea crisis has become a major threat to global trade and its impact on trade volumes will become visible in FY25, according to a report released by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), an economic think tank. The crisis began when Houthi militants attacked civilian-operated cargo ships near the Yemeni coast...
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that the Israeli army was responsible for the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the political bureau of Hamas, in a controversial cross-border airstrike in Lebanon in January. Arouri’s death prompted wide criticism from Lebanon and regional countries but Israel has never officially acknowledged the assassination,...
Did you hear about the Winnipeg man who recently lost his retirement savings of $600,000 to a fraudster pretending to be a senior portfolio manager for BMO, a major Canadian bank? The fraudster got the 68-year-old victim to wire his money from Access Credit Union to another financial institution, RBC, and it was quickly moved...
