Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) Veer Chotrani stunned the French world No. 19 Baptiste Masotti in a five-game thriller in the round of 16 at the Squash on Fire Open in Washington, while compatriot Velavan Senthilkumar went down to Mexican world No. 11 and second seed Leonel Cardenas in five games.
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji has opened up about parenting and raising a strong, independent child, saying that she wants her daughter Adira to always be happy, no matter what she chooses to do in her career.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Senior BJP leaders on Friday welcomed the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet’s decision to approve the permanent rehabilitation of 99 Hindu Bengali families displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan, calling the move humanitarian, nationalistic, and long overdue.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Foreign Ministers from several countries have arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the second India–Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting(IAFMM), scheduled for Saturday.
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher visited the holy city of Varanasi, seeking blessings at the iconic Sankat Mochan Temple and the revered Kashi Vishwanath Temple. The actor offered prayers for himself and the well-being of all.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Free diagnosis and multi-drug treatment at public health hospitals is ensuring that India remains leprosy-free, said the government on Friday.
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) As the death toll in the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata reached 25 on Friday morning, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of the matter and directed the District Magistrate concerned to submit an action taken report at the earliest.
Melbourne, Jan 30 (IANS) Hometown wildcards Olivia Gadecki and John Peers became the first pairing in 37-year to defend their Australian Open mixed doubles crown here on Friday.
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) India can sustain “J‑curve” gains despite rupee weakness, if trade diversion becomes embedded in durable supply chains and is supported by logistics efficiencies, a report said on Friday.
Geneva, Jan 30 (IANS) The United Nations Human Rights Office, along with several other human rights and legal organisations, strongly condemned the conviction and sentencing of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chatta, citing concerns over the misuse of laws under Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) to suppress dissent across the country.
