Eight-time World Champion is back on pole after 1,017 days delivering an incredible performance post a rain delay at Motegi. Marc Marquez demonstrated a master class in the wet as he stormed Q2 to secure pole position. It was at Motegi in 2019, when that the #93 last started from pole position for a MotoGP […]
PUNE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the rupee has “held back very well” when compared to other currencies against the US Dollar. The Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry are keeping a very close watch over the developments, the finance minister told reporters after the domestic currency sunk to a lifetime low against […]
UNITED NATIONS: China underscored its commitment Saturday to its claim to Taiwan, telling world leaders that anyone who gets in the way of its determination to reunify with the self-governing island would be “crushed by the wheels of history”. “Only when China is fully reunified can there be true peace across the Taiwan Strait,” Wang […]
LONDON: A fairy-tale ending befitting her glorious career marked Jhulan Goswami‘s last waltz as India Women beat England by 16 runs in the third and final ODI to record their first clean sweep in this country. That the feat was achieved at the Mecca of Cricket — Lord’s — made it doubly satisfying. Sent into […]
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Saturday rejected reports regarding the university facing a “financial crunch”, saying the University Grants Commission has recently released a substantial grant to it. The varsity issued a statement after Jamia Teachers Association President Majid Jamil told the media that the university is facing a financial crisis. In the […]
KHARKIV: A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that they were beaten and abused for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region this month. Recounting their ordeal to reporters in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, one of […]
NEW YORK: India today envisions itself as a developed country by 2047, the 100th year of its independence, and dreams of digitising its most remote villages and landing on the moon, perhaps even digitising it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Speaking at a special ‘India@75′ Showcasing India-UN Partnership in Action’ event here, […]
These pretty looking peppers have a vibrant appearance and taste absolutely delish with anything. But, it is best to avoid munching on these during the monsoon season. The main reason behind this avoidance is that bell peppers when chewed convert glucosinolates in them into isothiocyanates. In layman terms, bell peppers may cause diarrhea, vomiting, nausea […]
WASHINGTON: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has deployed his satellite-based ‘Starlink’ service in Iran amid widespread protests in the country following which authorities had restricted internet access. Iranian authorities had cut off internet access for many of its citizens on Wednesday amid widespread protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody, […]
SANTIAGO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck in the Pacific off southern Chile on Friday, but there were no early reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the surface, about 142 kilometers (88 miles) west of Ancud, a town 1,120 kilometers (696 miles) […]
