Washington DC, 20/12: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday announced that he will convene a “no-nonsense” climate ambition summit in September next year where countries will have to come with credible and new action plans, with no room for “back-sliders”, “blame-shifters” or repackaging of announcements of previous years. Addressing journalists at his…
Bangalore, 19/12: Seven life-size portraits, including that of Hindu nationalist V D Savarkar, were unveiled in the Assembly hall of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on Monday. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, unveiled the portraits even as the Congress staged a protest demanding the installation of photos of…
Qatar, 18/12: Angel Di Maria is starting for Argentina in their World Cup final clash against France as coach Lionel Scaloni opted for a 4-3-3 formation on Sunday. Di Maria, who has not started since the group phase and played only eight minutes in the quarter-final victory against the Netherlands, is on the right flank…
Dhaka, 18/12: India took a 1-0 lead in their two-Test series against Bangladesh after winning the first Test in Chittagong by 188 runs as the hosts were bowled out for 324 on the final day of play on Sunday. Axar Patel picked four wickets and Kuldeep Yadav took three in the second innings, while…
Washington DC, 17/12: The managing director of Elon Musk’s family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter, news platform Semafor reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the fundraising effort. Musk’s money manager, Jared Birchall, reached out to potential investors this week, offering shares of Twitter at the same price, $54.20,…
Dhaka, 16/12: India set Bangladesh a massive victory target of 512 after declaring their second innings at 258 for 2, riding on maiden Test hundred from young Shubman Gill and the 19th ton from veteran Cheteshwar Pujara on third day of the opening match of the series. In the morning, Bangladesh were dismissed…
Balasore, 16/12: Amidst heightened military tension along the India-China boundary in Arunachal Pradesh, India on Thursday successfully conducted a full-range trial of the inter-continental range ballistic missile Agni-5 besides launching a major air combat exercise in the North East involving multiple critical air-bases. Though the Defence Ministry is silent on the Agni-5 test,…
Patna, 15/12: As the Opposition continued to target CM Nitish Kumar over hooch tragedy deaths in dry Bihar, the chief minister on Thursday reiterated that the liquor ban has benefitted several people. “The liquor ban has benefitted several people. A large number of people have given up alcohol…This is good. Several people have…
Qatar,15/12: France ended Morocco’s World Cup dream as goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani gave the holders a 2-0 win in their semi-final clash and set up a showdown on Sunday with Lionel Messi’s Argentina. It looked like France might make short work of their opponents when Hernandez scored inside five…
Madras, 14/12: The property transferred by the elderly cannot be taken back under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, if the transfer documents do not contain the clause imposing the condition that the recipient(s) should look after the giver, the Madras High Court has ruled. There are two essential pre-conditions for…
