WV Raman, who was replaced by Ramesh Powar as the head coach of Indian women’s cricket team on Thursday, has written to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Rahul Dravid, alleging that there is a “prima donna culture” in the national team and it needs to change. According to PTI, the…

Israelis and Palestinians are firing at each other in Jerusalem’s Old City near Al-Aqsa. The violence that began as clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians a month ago has now turned into rocket and airstrikes from the two sides. Al-Aqsa – a mosque – is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam….

The Sri Lankan Cricket Board on Wednesday named the 18-member national squad for the upcoming one-day international series in Bangladesh, surprising everyone by naming Kusal Perera as the captain with Kusal Mendis as his deputy. Former captains Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal have been dropped as the Lankan selectors decided to go for…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday laid out the next stage in his Covid-19 pandemic lockdown easing roadmap, with indoor gatherings and hugging to be allowed again within a “cautious and common sense” approach. Addressing a Downing Street press conference, Johnson declared that the tests he had set for the country to move to…

India fielding coach R Sridhar and bowling coach Bharat Arun are banking on players’ experience as Covid-19 quarantine restrictions might hamper their preparations for World Test Championship final against New Zealand, starting June 18 in Southampton. The BCCI announced a 20-man squad for the World Test Championship final and the subsequent 5-Test series in England…

As the winter snow melts in the mountains, the Chinese ground forces seem to have recalibrated some of their positions near the Hot Springs and Gogra areas in Ladakh. Analysis of new high-resolution Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imagery provided to India Today by space firm Capella Space confirms minor adjustments being made by the People’s…

Reliance Jio plans The Rs 749 plan is there for the old users and it gives 12 months of unlimited voice calls, unlimited data (2GB high-speed data per month). In addition to that, the company also introduced a plan worth Rs 1,999 and Rs 1,499 for the new users. Source link

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is training hard for his maiden Olympics but the 23-year-old athlete from Panipat said he still needs to participate in international competitions to better prepare for the Summer Games in Tokyo. Neeraj Chopra is aware he will face tough competition in Tokyo but is prepared well for that (Reuters Photo)…

An alarming number of people in Japan are losing their life to Covid as more infectious variants of the disease trigger a fourth wave of infections in the country and hospital resources are stretched to capacity. With the rising cases, there lies a cloud of uncertainty over the viability of holding the Olympic Games, which…

Bitcoin was pinned near its lowest in more than two months on Friday and headed for its worst week since February, while dogecoin leapt by a fifth as tweets from Tesla boss Elon Musk sent the two cryptocurrencies on a wild ride. Markets have gyrated to Musk tweets for months since his interest in dogecoin…