Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping on Saturday pledged to keep the India-China border quiet and personally guide their respective armies to avert Doklam-like military stand-off in future as the two wrapped up their two-day informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan. India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the icebreaking meetings between […]
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma smacked 56 not out as the under-pressure defending champions registered a morale-boosting eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) who saw their three-match winning streak end in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday. In pursuit of Chennai’s 169/5 — powered by Suresh Raina’s plundering 47-ball unbeaten 75 — […]
Real Madrid World of Football Experience launch event featured two Real Madrid legends Ronaldo Nazario and Emilio Butragueño and will make its exciting world premiere in Melbourne starting 9 June, bringing football fever to the city ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The exhibition will be held at the Melbourne Museum Plaza, Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton, Victoria. For […]
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday discussed terrorism with her Mongolian counterpart Damdin Tsogtbaatar and the two agreed to collaborate to confront those who design and support terror outfits. Sushma Swaraj, who arrived in the Mongolian capital here on Tuesday after wrapping up her China visit, also called upon the country’s business community […]
The Australian government has announced additional financial aid to a project working for women and girls in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) project “Reaching the Unreached” (RtU) is aimed at providing education and training to 40,000 women and girls who cannot attend school in remote and disadvantaged communities due to early […]
India will take on hosts England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on June 30 in the ICC World Cup 2019, it was proposed at the ICC Chief Executives Meeting. The Virat Kohli-led side, which will open its campaign against South Africa on June 5, will take place at Rose Bowl in Southampton while Australia will lock […]
A Special Court in Jodhpur on Wednesday convicted self-styled godman Asaram for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013 and sentenced him to a prison term for life till his natural death. The judgment was pronounced by Special Judge for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe cases, Madhu Sudan Sharma, inside the […]
Race discrimination in Australia is at its worst levels in years, a top official said on Monday. Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane said that panic over African gangs in Melbourne had prompted the worst ever prejudice and racism he has witnessed during his tenure, reports Xinhua news agency. “The panic about African youth crime has […]
Ten-year-old violinist Christian Li from Melbourne, Australia, has become the youngest ever to win the junior category at the 2018 Menuhin Competition that took place here in Switzerland. Li, who has been playing the violin since he was five, shared his win with 11-year-old Chloe Chua from Singapore, who was the second-youngest to compete in […]
IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday emerged as the first Indian listed company to cross the $100-billion mark in terms of market capitalisation (m-cap). Around 11 a.m., the m-cap of the company stood at Rs 675,934.95 crore or $101.60 billion on the BSE. Shares of the company rose over four per cent to […]