Forty-seven migrants were found dead off the coast of Nouadhibou, northwest Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced in a joint statement. According to the statement received on Thursday by Xinhua news agency, a boat carrying the migrants left on August 3 from North Africa’s Atlantic coast for […]
A Taliban commander at the Kabul airport said that at least 40 people were killed in shooting by the foreign forces and due to a stampede since Monday. He said the people should not be deceived by fake rumours about travelling abroad and asked them to avoid coming to the airport, Afghan media reported. The […]
Pawandeep Rajan from Champawat, Uttarakhand, lifted the ‘Indian Idol Season 12’ trophy and took home a cheque of Rs 25 lakh and a Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire after being declared winner at the ‘The Greatest Finale Ever’ of the Sony Entertainment Television reality show late on Sunday night. An artiste, said a beaming Pawandeep after […]
Foreign investors can register investment companies in Nepal but under certain strict conditions as per the new rules introduced by the Himalayan nation’s government. Foreigners who want to register an investment company in Nepal can bring foreign investments only in the form of share capital, according to the notice published by the Ministry of Industry, […]
The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), one of the largest community organisations in the US, has announced its plans to unfurl the biggest tricolour at the iconic Times Square in New York City on August 15 to commemorate India’s 75th Independence Day. The FIA announced that the 6 ft by 10 ft tricolour hoisted on […]
US President Joe Biden said that he “strongly” supports the effort by the Department of Defense (DOD) to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all members of the the country’s military by September 15. “I strongly support (Defense) Secretary (Lloyd) Austin’s message to the Force today on the Department of Defense’s plan to add the COVID-19 […]
Neeraj Chopra on Saturday made history by becoming the first Indian to win gold medal in athletics at Olympic Games when he clinched first position at Tokyo 2020 with a throw of 87.58 metres in the javelin competition. Chopra has also become only the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual gold medal […]
India’s Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal in men’s freestyle 65kg, beating Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0 on points for his first medal at the Olympics. Bajrang, who had lost to Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the semifinals on Friday, came up with a tactical bout as he took early lead in the first period and […]
India’s Vinesh Phogat started her campaign in the Tokyo Olympics women’s 53kg wrestling with a comfortable win against Sweden’s Sofia Mattsson in a Round of 16 bout on Thursday. Vinesh, who had to withdraw from the Rio Olympics five years ago with a serious injury, overcame Sofia Mattsson, bronze medallist in the Rio Olympics,7-1 on […]
India defeated Germany 5-4 in a high-intensity goal fest to win the bronze medal in men’s hockey, their first medal in Olympics after a gap of 41 years. India fought back brilliantly from a two-goal deficit to score an impressive 5-4 win that reminded its fans of the glory days when the Indians were a […]