New Delhi : Two-time champion Ratchanok Inthanon doesn’t want to exert herself too much for a third title at the ongoing India Open badminton tournament as she is wary of getting injured in an Olympic qualification year due to the hectic international schedule. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) […]
Mumbai : The rupee weakened marginally by 2 paise to close at 68.88 against the US dollar Wednesday amid strengthening of the American currency and robust selling in domestic equities. Forex traders said increased demand for the US currency from importers weighed on the rupee. However, sustained foreign fund […]
New York ; A New York county hit by a measles outbreak declared a state of emergency Tuesday and banned non-vaccinated minors from public places in a bid to prevent the once-eliminated disease from spreading. The measure, which defines a public place as anywhere “more than 10 persons are […]
London ; British MPs will on Wednesday hold votes on various Brexit options even as Prime Minister Theresa May comes under pressure to announce a departure plan to get support for her unpopular divorce deal. Three years after a referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union, […]
Washington : The US Supreme Court overturned Tuesday a ruling ordering Sudan to pay damages to the families of 17 servicemen killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. The high court ruled on procedural grounds: under regulations related to the prosecution of foreign states, it […]
Pretoria ; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s son Andile admitted on Wednesday he was paid USD 140,000 by a company facing extensive corruption allegations, an admission that could embarrass his father ahead of polls. President Ramaphosa has sought, ahead of elections on May 8, to de-toxify the ruling African […]
Moscow : Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has fired three officials including a governor for keeping cows in poor conditions at a local farm. Video aired by state television showed Lukashenko, an avid farmer himself, scolding the farm managers and the governor on a visit to the farm in the […]
Hyderabad : AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to appropriate DRDO’s success in demonstration of anti-satellite missile capability. Owaisi said he was expecting more, like tangible action against Pakistan. “DRDO’s success today is testimony to what this nation’s scientists achieve against immense odds. […]
Amaravati : The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday Wednesday filed a petition in the High Court against the Election Commissions directive ordering the transfer of state Director General of Intelligence and two district Superintendents of Police. Though the government immediately complied with the ECI directive on Tuesday night, it filed […]
New Delhi: A group of Muslim women from over 10 states Wednesday said the new dispensation at the Centre should bring a law against mob lynching. Ahead of the April-May parliamentary election, the women, including Khalida, the wife of alleged lynching victim Umar Khan, published a manifesto listing their […]
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