NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill, one of India’s brightest young batting stars, is set to embark on a new chapter as captain of the Indian Test team. The 25-year-old will lead the side in the upcoming England series, starting June 20 in Leeds, a responsibility he admits he hadn’t even imagined growing up. In a candid…
File photo: PM Modi (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will travel to Cyprus on Sunday for the first leg of his three-nation tour that will see him participating in the G7 Summit in Canada and also visiting Croatia on his way back. Modi is also expected to have several bilateral meetings on the…
Representative image (Photo: ANI) India refused to associate itself with a statement by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) condemning Israel’s military strikes on Iran in another show of solidarity with Israel this week, after it abstained from voting on a UN resolution seeking a ceasefire in Gaza. Like India, Iran is also a member of…
Union civil aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu announced on Saturday that the central government is establishing a high-level committee to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171, which occurred on June 12 in Gujarat. The accident resulted in…
A dramatic and dangerous escalation unfolded across the Middle East overnight, as Iran launched a barrage of retaliatory missile strikes at Israel late Friday and early Saturday, in response to what it called Israel’s “criminal aggression” on Iranian soil a day earlier.The confrontation began with Israel’s “greatest military operations in history,” against Iran. In a…
Iran launches ‘dozens’ of ballistic missiles at Israel (Picture credit: AP) Iran launched a large-scale missile barrage on Israel late Friday, triggering air raid sirens across the country and marking a dramatic escalation in a conflict that now threatens to spiral into a full-scale regional war. The assault was in retaliation for deadly Israeli airstrikes…
A high-level team will commence a thorough investigation into the Air India crash. (PTI photo) Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India AI 171 flight crash is a tragedy which will go down as one of the worst aviation disasters in the world. The crash killed all but one of the 245 people on board the ill-fated…
Market analysts anticipate continued consolidation, whilst monitoring global market indicators. (AI image) Stock market crash today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, tanked in trade on Friday on global cues. While Nifty50 crashed below 24,550, BSE Sensex tumbles over 1,100 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 24,547.30, down 341 points…
3 resident docs & a pregnant woman among victims on campus, 1 missing AHMEDABAD: Three resident doctors and the pregnant wife of another doctor were killed Thursday in the trail of destruction left by Air India flight AI 171 crashing into the Atulyam-4-4 residential quarters and a hostel mess on the campus of Ahmedabad’s B…
Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad: After the tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171 Dreamliner 787-8 in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, the airline said it is organizing relief flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Ahmedabad. “Air India is organizing two relief flights, one each from Delhi and Mumbai, to Ahmedabad for the next…