Paris, 10/6: World number one Iga Swiatek of Poland fought off a comeback from unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova to win 6-2 5-7 6-4 and clinch her third French Open women’s title in the last four years on Saturday. The Pole, who had not dropped a set in the tournament, was 4-1 up in the second…
Finland, 10/6: Recovering from a muscle strain he had sustained last month, superstar Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of the prestigious Paavo Nurmi Games to be held on June 13 at Turku in Finland. Event organisers said that the Olympic champion Indian has informed them about the “cancellation” of his participation in…
Beijing, 10/6: Argentine superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a friendly match before leaving a storied European career to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agentHis arrival was announced in a post on the organising International Football Invitation’s official Weibo social media site with a video of players…
Mumbai, 10/6: Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, who was made a working president of the NCP, has also become the chairperson of the party’s central election authority. As the party celebrated 24 years of formation on Saturday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar declared Praful Patel and Sule working presidents, marking a generational shift…
Kyiv, 10/6: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv on Saturday in a gesture of support as Ukraine braces for a major counter-offensive against Russian forces and grapples with regular air strikes. Trudeau paid his respects at a memorial site in central Kyiv to Ukrainian soldiers who have been killed fighting pro-Russian forces since 2014….
Balasore, 10/6:A wagon of a stationary goods train caught fire at Rupsa railway station in Odisha’s Balasore earlier today, reported PTI. This comes only a few days after the tragic Odisha train tragedy that claimed over 270 lives near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district.
Iran,10/6: Iran has denied a media claim of it “nearing an interim nuclear deal” with the US, saying such a deal neither exists nor is on the agenda. Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations on Thursday responded in a statement to a report by the London-based online news outlet Middle East Eye…
New Delhi, 9/6: Air India has put together a “huge financing deal” related to its new fleet in a remarkably quick time, according to its chief Campbell Wilson. On February 14, Air India announced a historic order for buying 470 aircraft, including 250 from Airbus and 220 from Boeing. Besides, there is an option…
New Delhi, 9/6: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a review of the judgement which set aside the direction of the Chief Information Commission (CIC) to provide the degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on him for seeking the degree “persistently”. A…
New Delhi, 9/6: BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing public meetings in four states on June 10 and 11 as part of the party’s programmes to mark the Narendra Modi government’s nine years. One of the venues for his meetings is Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, where the political atmosphere is abuzz…
