Category: Events

Photo/Agencies Virat Kohli paid tribute to West Indies great Sir Garfield Sobers after his death, calling him one of the greatest cricketers the game has ever seen.Sobers leaves behind a career that shaped cricket over two decades. He excelled with both bat and ball and set a benchmark for all-rounders that few have matched.Kohli took...

Dipke is seen requesting the doctors not to “get into political things”, saying he understood there may be pressure on them but asking them not to become part of a political issue. NEW DELHI: A video shared by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday showed activist Sonam Wangchuk opposing efforts to shift him to...

NEW DELHI: The Army engaged in cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after troops detected suspicious movement near the border, officials said on Saturday.According to the officials, Army personnel opened fire after spotting suspected terrorists near the LoC.The exchange of small arms fire was reported from the...

Dipke announces hunger strike (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday announced that he has begun an indefinite hunger strike, saying the fast starts “right now” after activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from the protest site at Jantar Mantar earlier in the day.Announcing the decision on X, Dipke wrote, “I...

Anita Verma-Lallian and Chamath Palihapitiya Tech billionaire and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has spoken on AI intellectual property debate following allegations from top US labs OpenAI and Anthropic that accuse Chinese AI firms of “distillation” – the practice of copying the capabilities of a rival’s expensive AI model at a fraction of the cost. Pushing...

US President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino speak at a reception at Trump Tower in New York, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo) US President Donald Trump has said FIFA president Gianni Infantino made the right decision by suspending the red card shown to US striker Folarin Balogun ahead of the United States’...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the planned maiden launch of Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital launch vehicle, as “a historic new frontier” for the country’s space programme as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace prepared for Mission Aagaman from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.The mission, scheduled for lift-off at 11.30am, marks the first...

20-year-old Lionel Messi cradles Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time during a photo session in September 2007 in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (AP/PTI) Almost two decades after a charity photo shoot brought them together, Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are set to meet...

India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) Amid growing speculation over the ODI futures of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, former India batter Mohammed Kaif has thrown his weight behind the veteran duo, insisting their experience will be crucial if India are to challenge for the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe...

Zohran Mamdani New York City’s business climate under Mayor Zohran Mamdani remains under scrutiny amid scrutiny of several billionaires. Yet, Airbnb has reportedly reaffirmed its commitment to the city by purchasing a six-storey building at 281 Park Avenue South in Manhattan’s Gramercy neighbourhood for $81.5 million. A New York Post report claims that the 42,500-square-foot...