Reigning world champion P V Sindhu kept alive India’s hopes of a first-ever Olympic gold in badminton by reaching the semifinals of the women’s singles with a straight-game win over world No.5 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in Tokyo on Friday.   The 26-year-old Indian, who won a silver in the 2016Read More

Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): The first group of 200 Afghans who helped US soldiers and diplomats in Afghanistan arrived in the US under Operation Allies Refuge on Friday, even as thousands more await in Afghanistan in increasing fear of Taliban reprisals. The first flight evacuating Afghan interpreters and othersRead More

Timex India today launched its first made-in-India smartwatch under the brand Helix on Amazon.in. This new smartwatch, Helix 2.0 has been assembled in Timex India manufacturing facility at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. “The facility is equipped with the latest tools, technology, and skilled manpower to make smart watches in India”, saysRead More

Punjab Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday urged the Union Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandviya for immediate allocation of 2.5 Lac MTs of DAP for the month of August. Randhawa called on the Union Fertilizers Minister in his office at Nirmaan Bhawan, New Delhi this morning in this regard soRead More

In order to increase average revenue per user, Airtel has removed its Rs. 49 plan from its prepaid plan list. Now, the telecom operator is providing an Rs. 79 prepaid plan, where users will get talk time and data for 28 days. However, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea plan are stillRead More

Former Indian speedster Ashish Nehra has given an important piece of advice to chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav following India’s 4-wicket defeat in the 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The former left-arm pacer suggested that Kuldeep needs to judge the lbws better to convince his captain for DRS asRead More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation on the completion of one year of the new National Education Policy (NEP) via video conferencing. He will be launching multiple initiatives in the education sector. PM Modi launched an array of initiatives including Nishtha 2.0 – a teacher training programme, IndianRead More

Beijing on Thursday lashed out at the US secretary of state Antony Blinken for meeting Tibetan leader Dalai Lama’s representative in New Delhi, saying it violated Washington’s commitment to recognise Tibet as part of China. Blinken on Wednesday met with Ngodup Dongchung, a representative of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),Read More

The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) has issued a warning for the tourists visiting the state to stay away from the rivers, streams and water bodies due to the continuing rain. The advisory from the tourism board comes after India Meteorological Department’s forecast of moderate to heavy rain in theRead More

Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his Heat but that was not enough to advance the semifinals of the men’s 100m butterfly event as India’s underwhelming campaign at the Tokyo Olympics ended here on Thursday. Prakash, who also competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, finished second in the second-slowest heatRead More