Spread the love Beijing increasingly controls the marginal barrel of demand – whether it is purchased, stored, released or withheld. For half a century, the global oil market has revolved around two centres of power. The Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia, controlled spare production capacity. The US supplied military protection and financial muscle to Gulf oil. Together, Washington and the...
Rs 20cr revamp for Delhi World C’ships: Double-door entries and monkey whisperers
Spread the love The Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium will host the BWF World Championships from August 17 in New Delhi. (Image: TimesofIndia.com) New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi has received a fresh coat of paint, new infrastructure, and swanky lights ahead of the BWF World Championships, which return to India after a 17-year gap. The objective...
Pakistan hockey elevates goalkeeping coach to head coach days before World Cup
Spread the love Pakistan hockey team player (File photo) Pakistan will enter the FIH World Cup with goalkeeping coach Bob Johan Veldhof as their head coach after Herman Kruis returned to the Netherlands to continue with his existing assignment.The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced the change just hours before the Pakistan squad left for the World Cup. Kruis, who had...
From Wendy’s to Yale: Student wins full scholarship worth over $194,500
Spread the love Thalles Winner DeSouza with Terry Smily and Usama El-Sehrawey celebrating his acceptance into Yale A Wendy’s worker who survived a shooting in Brazil is heading to Yale University after his bosses helped him pay for college.Thalles Winner DeSouza, 23, had started working at a Wendy’s restaurant in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while he was still in high school....
7.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Colombia, causes injuries and significant damage
Spread the love People stand outside their homes after a quake was felt in Bogota, Colombia A powerful earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, causing injuries and significant damage in the Pacific province of Choco and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings. The tremor was also felt in the capital Bogota and as far away as neighbouring Venezuela and...
Trial by spin with a hint of reverse: Inside India’s final net session in Colombo
Spread the love Sarfaraz Khan joined the India Test squad as a replacement for Sai Sudharsan in Sri Lanka. (Image: TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Sarfaraz Khan beamed when he got off the team bus on Monday. There were greetings exchanged with members of the support staff on the bus before the 28-year-old, who joined the squad as a replacement for...
‘PM Modi or Amit Shah don’t have guts’: Rahul turns up heat amid Parliament showdown
Spread the love Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi has set three non-negotiable demands. NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday restated his three demands, which he termed as“non-negotaibles”, to break the Parliament deadlock.In his “unnegotiable list of demands”, the Congress leader reiterated that the Union home minister Amit Shah must tell Parliament who ordered...
‘Disrupts planning’: Associate nations blast ICC over ODI World Cup format changes
Spread the love ICC chairperson Jay Shah (left), and Men’s ODI World Cup trophy Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) on Monday criticised the International Cricket Council’s recent changes to the qualification pathway and format for the Men’s 50-over World Cup.The two European Associate Member boards said they were disappointed that the ICC had made what they...
Dushara Vijayan cries recalling sister’s death: ‘She was paralysed, but inspired me to dance’
Spread the love 3 min readKochiAug 10, 2026 06:06 PM IST Although Dushara Vijayan has appeared in only a handful of films since her debut in Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari (2019), almost all her roles have boosted her fame and solidified her status in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning just seven years, she has worked with some of the...
For India, the Mecca pact is a setback. For China, it’s a warning
Spread the love Mecca pact: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & Turkey’s defence deal might end up being a big headache for China. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a Nato-style mutual defence agreement in Mecca on August 7, declaring that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all”.There is no...
