The Olympics of 1948 held in England were monumental for two reasons. First it were held after a hiatus of 12 years, courtesy the gruesome World War II. Second, post World War II, many new countries were born and some including India were the newly independent ones. India had been sending it’s teams into Olympics … Read more
Lords, London : England batsmen have taken the match way out of India’s reach. The all-rounder Chris Woakes who troubled Virat Kohli yesterday and finally got him out scored his maiden century (120*) and Johnny Bairstow (93) added 189 for the sixth wicket. In the meantime, Bairstow also toppled Virat Kohli to become the lead … Read more
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has gotten it’s first ever woman Chief Justice today. Justice Gita Mittal was sworn in today as the Chief Justice of the state by Governor NN Vohra at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan. After administering the oath, the Governor congratulated Justice Mittal and wished her a highly successful tenure … Read more
On the last day of the monsoon session, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and the party president Rahul Gandhi protested over NDA’s Rafale deal. The duo continue to blame the Modi Government for the unprecedented deal with France and demand to open the pricing policy of the complete transaction through a Joint Parliamentary Commission (JPC). Rahul … Read more
Lords, London : Day 1 of the 2nd test match between India and England at the Home of Cricket was wiped of due to rain. England won the toss on the 2nd day and asked India to bat. Team India made 2 changes in the playing XI, Cheteshwar Pujara replaced Shikhar Dhawan and chinaman Kuldeep … Read more
The trailer of Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ has just dropped and the actor promises to bring kranti (revolution) by fighting corrupt officials and bring justice to the small town people of Uttarakhand, dealing with the issue of outrageously high electricity bills despite constant power cuts. The film’s director Shree Narayan Singh who brought forth … Read more
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore has revealed that the Modi government has spent a whopping Rs 4,880 crore on advertisements through electronic, print and other media in 52 months between April 2014 and July 2018. He informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Further elaborating the details, the minister said Rs 979.78 crore was spent in … Read more
The 23-year-old Athletic Bilbao’s Kepa Arrizabalaga has signed a seven-year contract with Chelsea making him the most expensive goalkeeper in history at 71 million euros beating Alisson Becker’s Roma to Liverpool transfer of 66 million euros. “It’s a very important decision for me, for my career, and also for my personal life,” Kepa told Chelsea’s website. “So … Read more
BBC History magazine has compiled a list of “100 women who changed the world”. The list features 100 inspirational women from history.10 experts from different fields were chosen to nominate 10 women they believe had the biggest impact on world history. Then, it was upto the readers to vote for their favourite figures from the list. Poland-born Marie … Read more
New Delhi : The BJP led NDA’s candidate and JD(U) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh has been elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha today, defeating UPA’s candidate BK Hariprasad by a margin of 20 votes. Harivansh Narayan Singh got 125 votes against opposition’s BK Hariprasad who polled 105 in the Rajya Sabha. The majority … Read more