Amstelveen, Aug 22 (IANS) Indian women’s team’s hopes of progressing to the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 suffered a setback as defending champions Netherlands secured a 2-0 victory in their opening second-stage match at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) FIFA has handed Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes a 10-match suspension for his role in the post-match clashes with Spain following their defeat in the World Cup final, with the sanction effectively ruling him out of the national team for the next year.
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) An estimated 20,492 US military personnel experienced unwanted sexual contact during fiscal 2025, a decline of about 8,500 from two years earlier, the Pentagon said Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, on Friday attended the Jamaican National Day reception hosted by the High Commission of Jamaica in New Delhi.
Gandhinagar/Rajkot, Aug 21 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Friday ordered the transfer of senior doctor Dr Ashwin Ramani from Rajkot Civil Hospital to a primary health centre in Panchmahal district after he was accused of slapping and verbally abusing a woman resident doctor during an altercation at the hospital's emergency ward.
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu sent a congratulatory message on Friday to newly elected Bangladeshi President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the High Commission of India said.
Ahmedabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Ahmedabad’s Science City has added two new African penguin chicks to its Aquatic Gallery, taking the total number of penguins at the facility to 10. The chicks, named ‘Shaurya’ and ‘Veer’, were formally named and introduced to visitors on Friday in the presence of Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia.
Zandvoort, Aug 21 (IANS) George Russell returned from the Formula One summer break in style, securing pole position for the Zandvoort Sprint after edging McLaren's Lando Norris by just 0.041 seconds in a closely fought Sprint Qualifying session on Friday.
Beirut, Aug 21 (IANS) Secretary (CPV and OIA) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sripriya Ranganathan, on Friday called on Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, and discussed building on the strong platform of bilateral cooperation.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chaired the 25th India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) Meeting with the Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) for Defence of the UK, Jeremy Pocklington, at New Delhi on Friday, where both countries reviewed the ongoing defence industrial cooperation with emphasis on Research and Development through the India-UK vision 2035 and the Ten-year Defence Industrial Roadmap.
