Rishabh Pant Will Fly In As Shikhar Dhawan's Cover In World Cup
NOTTINGHAM — Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was Wednesday brought in as cover for the injured Shikhar Dhawan in India’s World Cup squad.Pant, whose omission from the original squad became a...
View ArticleMassive Protests In Hong Kong Halt Debate Of Controversial Extradition Bill
HONG KONG — Thousands of protesters blocked entry to Hong Kong’s government headquarters Wednesday, delaying a legislative session on a proposed extradition bill that has heightened fears over greater...
View ArticleTamil Director Pa Ranjith Booked For Remarks On Raja Raja Chola
Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday filed a case against director Pa Ranjith for his remarks on Raja Raja Chola based on a complaint from Hindu Makkal Katchi member Ka Bala, The Hindu reported.The director...
View ArticleBhima Koregaon Case: Pune Police Raid Stan Swami's House A Second Time
PUNE — Pune police raided social activist Father Stan Swami’s residence at Ranchi in Jharkhand on Wednesday and claimed to have seized some “electronic devices and other material”.According to the...
View ArticleDoctors' Protests Halt Medical Services In Bengal, BJP Blames 'Particular...
As West Bengal saw protests by junior doctors of state-run medical institutions after an assault on doctors at the NRS Medical College and Hospital over the death of a patient, BJP leaders tried to...
View ArticleMassive Protests In Hong Kong Halt Debate Of Controversial Extradition Bill
HONG KONG — Thousands of protesters blocked entry to Hong Kong’s government headquarters Wednesday, delaying a legislative session on a proposed extradition bill that has heightened fears over greater...
View ArticleKolkata Cops Use Tear Gas, Water Canons On BJP Protesters, Governor To Meet...
BJP workers, marching towards the Kolkata Police Headquarters in Lalbazaar, clashed with the police on Wednesday. Reports say that police used tear gas shells, water canons and batons to disperse...
View ArticleTaylor Swift And Katy Perry's Cryptic Cookie Exchange Sends Fans Into Meltdown
It looks like pop stars Taylor Swift and Katy Perry have put their yearslong feud to bed once and for all.On Tuesday, Perry posted this snap on Instagram: View this post on InstagramA post shared by...
View ArticleLouis CK 'Is A Joke Now', Says Comedian Hannah Gadsby
Louis C.K. — who is forging ahead with a comedic comeback attempt despite showing little evidence of reflecting on his years of sexually harassing female comedians — deserves to be a punchline,...
View ArticleAmitabh Bachchan Says He Paid Off Loans Of 2,100 Farmers From Bihar
MUMBAI — Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said he helped in clearing the outstanding loans of over two thousand farmers from Bihar.The 76-year-old actor took to his personal blog to share the...
View ArticleIndia's Moon Mission Chandrayaan-2 To Be Launched On 15 July: ISRO
BENGALURU — India’s second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, would be launched on 15 July, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan announced on Wednesday. The landing on the moon...
View ArticleCentre Will Issue ‘Point-To-Point’ Rebuttal To Arvind Subramanian’s GDP Claims
India’s top ranking economic advisory council will examine former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian’s research findings that the country’s economic growth has been overstated, the government...
View ArticleDonald Trump And Emmanuel Macron's Friendship Tree Is Dead, So Macron Is...
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will send a new sapling to US President Donald Trump after the death of the one they symbolically planted together outside the White House last year.Macron...
View ArticleFirst Woman President Of UP Bar Council Shot Dead In Agra
The first woman president of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darvesh Yadav, was shot dead inside a court premises in Agra. Reports suggest that it was a colleague who shot her and then he shot himself....
View ArticleKristen Bell Cracked A Joke About 'Frozen 2' And Now People Want It Renamed
There was much excitement when the trailer for “Frozen 2” dropped this week. But some people couldn’t help feeling that the title could have been a bit more adventurous. “The Late Show” host Stephen...
View ArticleAs Cylone Vayu Inches Closer To Gujarat, Army And IAF Teams Put On Standby
AHMEDABAD — As the “very severe” cyclonic storm ‘Vayu’ is inching closer to Gujarat coast and expected to make a landfall on Thursday, the Army, the Air Force, and the NDRF teams are deployed and put...
View ArticleCourteney Cox's Daughter Wears Mom's Red Carpet Dress Decades Later
The children of NBC’s “must-see-TV” generation are growing up.Jerry Seinfeld’s daughter Sascha just went to the prom. And now the teen daughter of “Friends” star Courteney Cox is giving new life to her...
View ArticleJournalist Prashant Kanojia Released From Lucknow Jail
LUCKNOW — Journalist Prashant Kanojia was released from Lucknow jail on Wednesday, a day after a Supreme Court’s directive to set him free immediately on bail.Kanojia, who spent four nights behind the...
View ArticleFacebook Profits From Hate Speech Aimed At The Marginalised, Activists Say
HYDERABAD, Telangana — Social media giant Facebook has failed users who hail from oppressed communities, said Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the executive director of Equality Labs, a South Asian-American...
View ArticleArvind Subramanian Vs The Govt: Who Is Right About India's GDP?
NEW DELHI—Former Chief Economic Adviser Dr. Arvind Subramanian’s working paper claiming an overestimation of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by India’s statistics system between financial...
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