Sourav Ganguly trolled himself on Neha Dhupia’s show after the actor suggested Hrithik Roshan’s name to play the former India captain in a sports biopic. Ganguly was at his wittiest best on Neha Dhupia’s show and had no qualms in accepting that he didn’t have a physique, during his playing days, as good as Hrithik … Read more
For a country where people often get reduced to statistics given the humongous population, India hardly has any effective data measurement tools that can be relied upon and swung into action amidst a pandemic, as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis has exposed. The Indian administration doesn’t have data on how many migrant workers lost their lives … Read more
image copyrightEPA image captionAlexei Navalny posted a photo from his hospital bed in Germany on Wednesday Traces of the nerve agent allegedly used to poison Russian politician Alexei Navalny were found on a bottle in the hotel room where he stayed before falling ill, his team has said. Mr Navalny collapsed on a flight in … Read more
WASHINGTON—President Trump has told advisers he is uncomfortable with a pending deal for Oracle Corp. to become TikTok’s U.S. technology partner, according to people familiar with conversations, in another sign that the proposed tie-up isn’t yet a done deal. Mr. Trump’s private concerns were echoed publicly on Thursday by White House chief of staff Mark … Read more
MUMBAI: The IPO market is buzzing once again with three initial public offers (IPO) – Computer Age Management Services (CAMS), Chemcon Specialty Chemicals and Angel Broking – opening for subscription next week. All three IPOs are likely to get a good response from the investors following the huge successes of the last three – Rossari … Read more
image copyrightGetty Images image captionRipdorf fielded the minimum number of players needed to avoid paying a fine A German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match. Ripdorf fielded the minimum number of players on Sunday because their opponents SV Holdenstedt II came into … Read more
Michal Kwiatkowski (right) had never won an individual Grand Tour stage before Michal Kwiatkowski led a superb Ineos Grenadiers one-two on stage 18 to help salvage their Tour de France as Primoz Roglic took a step closer to the title. Poland’s Kwiatkowski and team-mate Richard Carapaz crossed the line arm-in-arm after riding away from the … Read more
New Delhi: Ratings agency ICRA on Thursday said that the high frequency lead indicators for August suggest a fragmented recovery of the Indian economy is underway. “The year-on-year performance of 11 of the 16 available indicators staged a pickup in August relative to July,” said Aditi Nayar, principal economist, ICRA in a report on the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for birthday wishes on Twitter. PM Modi thanks Kangana Ranaut for birthday wishes (File photos) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for wishing him on his birthday. The prime minister turned 70 on Thursday. Acknowledging Kangana Ranaut’s birthday message on Twitter, … Read more
A group of developing countries, backed by United Nations agencies and activist groups, is pushing to limit patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines being tested by some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies so that inexpensive copies can be produced for poorer nations. South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Pakistan and others argue they won’t be able to … Read more