Bhupendra Singh ChundawatSaina, who had clinched her second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games earlier this month, played out of her skin but could not get past world number two and defending champion Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, losing 25-27 19-21 in an edge-of-the seat thriller. World number 10 Prannoy paid the price for being too … Read more
Days after announcing increasing the frequency of flights from Delhi to Copenhagen and San Francisco, the airline said the flight from Amritsar to Bangkok would operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. However, the service will remain in effect till May 30 and a decision on its extension will be taken based on the response … Read more
Many of them have come from small towns and overcome to several hurdles to reach where they are today, he said. The programme also shared recorded messages of some of the athletes. Prime Minister Modi also asked the youngsters to join the ‘Swachh Bharat Summer Internship 2008’ launched by his government and announced incentives, including … Read more
Police said the accident took place around 6 am on the National Highway 24 in Uchauliya village, nearly 80 km from the district headquarters. According to police, the driver of the van and the helper are among the nine people killed. Meanwhile, the injured have been rushed to a nearby hospital in Shahjahanpur. Police have attributed … Read more
Spanish media reported Iniesta will sign for Chinese club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan next season but he didn’t confirm it at the news conference. France Football sent an apology to Iniesta for never awarding him the Ballon d’Or but Iniesta said on Friday that his career wouldn’t be defined by never receiving that accolade. Iniesta was … Read more
This is the first time an important artwork of modern art is bought by a digital community. The painting was sold in 48 hours by the online seller QoQa.ch in 40,000 parts of 50 Swiss francs each, bought by 25,000 people living in Switzerland, for a total of 2 million Swiss francs. According to the … Read more
Defence Ministry officials said the test firing of the missile from a Tejas jet was carried out yesterday off the Goa coast and it met all operational requirements. Earlier, Tejas was given clearance for deployment of armaments and other missiles. The Indian Air Force (IAF) had ordered 40 Tejas Mark-1 version and a request for … Read more
