Cape Town (South Africa) Fantastic unbeaten knocks by Jemimah Rodrigues (53 not out off 38) and Richa Ghosh (31 not out off 20) led India to an impressive seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Newlands Cricket Ground, here on Sunday. Riding on brilliant performances by Bismah […]
Karachi, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistans foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank decreased by 5.5 per cent or $170 million to $2.91 billion in the week ending February 3, the State Bank of Pakistan said on Thursday, deepening the economic woes of the crisis-stricken country, media reports said. The country has $8.54 billion in reserves […]
Washington: The Chinese government has “penetrated” the United Nations, undercutting its oversight functions by stacking bodies like the UN Human Rights Council with its own people, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told a Senate hearing, according to a media report. Asked by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez about State Department’s efforts to […]
New Delhi The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended to the Centre the appointment of Chief Justices of the High Courts of Allahabad, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and Manipur. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, in a statement, said it, on January 31, recommended the elevation of Allahabad High Court’s Chief Justice […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Indian Navy carried out initial recovery trials of the crew module as a part of the former’s human space mission tests. According to ISRO, the crew module initial recovery trials were done at the Water Survival Test Facility of the Indian Navy in Kochi […]
Ankara, Feb 8 Amid the steadily rising toll in Monday’s devastating earthquake and grown dismay over the government’s response, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that it was “not possible to be prepared for a disaster this big”, but now the situation was under control, media reports said. Visiting Hatay, one of the […]
Jaisalmer, Feb 7 (IANS) Bollywood stars Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani tied the knot at a private ceremony in Jaisalmer on Tuesday. Sharing their first photos on social media after the marriage, Kiara wrote as caption, “Ab humari permanent booking hogayi hai. We seek your blessings and love on our journey ahead.” The star wedding took […]
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) Apple has drastically cut prices of iPhone 14 models by up to $125 (850 yuan) in China to boost sales after it reported revenue decline in the holiday quarter, the media reported on Tuesday. According to South China Morning Post, Apple’s online stores on e-commerce platform JD.com showed a markdown of 800 […]
Jaipur More than 100 dishes from 10 countries will be served to the guests at the wedding of Bollywood stars Kiara Advani and Siddharth Malhotra, which will be held on February 7 in Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh palace. The menu includes Italian, Chinese, American, South Indian, Mexican, Rajasthani, Punjabi, and Gujarati cuisines. Jaisalmer’s Ghotwan Ladoo will be […]
Istanbul/Damascus The death toll in Monday morning’s devastating earthquake in the Turkey-Syria border area has crossed over 2,300, reports said. The death toll in Turkey has risen again to 1,498, according to the country’s disaster management agency, and 810 in Syria, the BBC reported. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Turkey’s Gaziantep early on Monday (local […]