During the Great Game (the struggle between Britain and Russia for control over parts of Central Asia), British officers extensively mapped trade routes and corridors across Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Iranian Plateau. British author Peter Hopkirk’s works, such as The Great Game and Trespassers on the Roof of the World, describe the adventures of…
Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka, and Rishabh Pant Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka spoke about patience and belief after his team beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in a last-over finish in their IPL match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday.Lucknow won by five wickets, chasing 157 with one ball to spare. Captain Rishabh…
More than 30 years ago, I set out to build my dream house in a small rural town. It was a stressful process exacerbated by a demanding career that required me to travel across Asia and the Pacific for weeks at a time. The challenges of juggling parenting, marriage, my work and the house felt…
OPEC+ on Sunday agreed to increase oil production quotas for the second consecutive month, while cautioning that damage to energy infrastructure amid ongoing conflicts could disrupt global supplies for an extended period, AFP reported.The oil cartel decided to raise output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day (bpd) from May, with key producers including Russia, Saudi…
Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in India, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, on Sunday dismissed any role of Pakistan in mediating in the ongoing West Asia conflict, stating that claims of Islamabad facilitating talks between Iran and the United States, in order to end the war, were “not true”. In an interview with ANI,…
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin of politicising the language debate, clarifying that the National Education Policy (NEP) does not impose Hindi, emphasising that students will continue to learn their mother tongue while also having the option to choose an additional Indian language. “MK Stalin is doing…
As the show interrupted its broadcast from the studio to air live updates from Windsor, presenter Charlie Peters spoke to royal commentator Rafe Heydel-Mankoo about the event. He said: “It’s a smaller gathering than we had last year. There are six people who aren’t there. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Sarah Ferguson, their two daughters, Princess Beatrice…
Two men are under arrest in hospital after they were injured in a two-car collision in which a woman was killed. The Met Police said the woman, who was in her 30s, was a passenger in one of the vehicles that crashed in east London and she died at the scene. The collision happened at…
Mumbai: There’s no stopping ‘Dhurandhar 2’ in its march towards immortality. Already the highest-grossing Hindi film in India, the Ranveer Singh-spearheaded spy thriller on Sunday became the first Bollywood movie to cross the Rs 1000-crore net mark domestically. Having hit theatres on March 19, ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ achieved the remarkable milestone on its 18th day….
Virat Kohli played a short but impactful knock during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match against Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on Sunday, with one six standing out during his stay at the crease.At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Kohli hit a no-look six off Matt Henry, sending the ball into the stands. Watching from the stands, Anushka…
