Australia Test team captain Tim Paine has clarified his comment in which he stated that Indians are good at niggling and distracting their opponents. Paine’s statement came almost 4 months after their 1-2 Test series loss against the visitors India. There were reports that India were reluctant to travel to Brisbane for the 4th Test…

Israel fired artillery and mounted extensive air strikes on Friday against a network of Palestinian militant tunnels under Gaza that it dubbed “the Metro”, amid persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns. An Israeli military spokesman said that while ground forces had taken part in the 40-minute, pre-dawn offensive, none had crossed into the Gaza Strip,…

Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin is a man in a hurry. After assuming office, on May 7 he assessed the precarious Covid-19 situation in the state and opted for a bold but unpopular decision. Putting lives over livelihoods, he imposed a fortnight-long lockdown from May 10 in an attempt to break the chain in…

On the night of March 19, in a government guest house in Sadiya, a town in Assam’s Tinsukia district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of Assam, Jitendra Singh, were engaged in a strategic discussion over the party’s campaign for the ongoing assembly election…

When will you call your business to be successful or what makes your business successful? Well, the answer is the loyal customer, a loyal customer is the indirect brand ambassador of the business. What happens if the loyal customer is a charismatic personality in the public eyes, like celebrities or politicians? It will surely make…

New Delhi: A painting named ‘Woman sitting by a window (Marie-Therese)’ by prominent artist Pablo Picasso was sold at a whopping price of $103.4 million at the British auction house Christie’s in New York, as per an AFP report.  The British auction house stated the 1932 painting was sold for $90 million in 19 minutes of bidding,…

Sushil Kumar is named in an FIR in connection with a brawl that led to the death of a 23-year-old wrestler on May 4, inside the Chhatrasal Stadium complex in north Delhi. Delhi Police has been trying to locate the absconding Sushil Kumar since May 4 (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Sushil Kumar was allegedly involved in…

Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence — a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta’s security forces has described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars. Ma Chaw, 17, and her mother were arrested on April 14 in Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital, which has been blanketed with heavy…

A man just got lucky, thanks to a mistake by ecommerce major Amazon. Lokesh Daga, a Mumbai resident, had ordered Colgate mouthwash from Amazon. However, much to his surprise, he reportedly ended up receiving a Redmi Note 10.  Daga took to the microblogging platform Twitter to share the bizarre incident. In a series of tweets,…

New Delhi: Gold appears to be losing its sheen after its impressive rally last week. So far, gold futures have dropped by Rs 600 per 10 gram in the ongoing week on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX). The prices have also dipped in the bullion market. On MCX, gold futures were trading…