India’s trade with Africa crossed the $100 billion mark in 2024-25, Union minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said on Wednesday, adding that New Delhi has also emerged among the top five investors in the continent.Speaking at the inaugural session of the 20th CII India-Africa Business Conclave in the capital, Singh said India has extended concessional loans…
Indian nationals in the UK saw the largest percentage increase in sexual offence convictions among foreign nationals between 2021 and 2024, according to the data shared by the UK Ministry of Justice. Convictions of Indians for sexual offences rose by 257 per cent over this period, climbing from 28 cases in 2021 to 100 in…
NEW DELHI: Goa will host the FIDE World Cup from October 30 to November 27, offering three coveted spots for next year’s Candidates Tournament and a prize pool of USD 2 million. The 206-player field features reigning world champion D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and R Praggnanandhaa. Since Gukesh is already world champion, he…
New Zealand are in the middle of a major injury crisis ahead of their long home season as Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Will O’Rourke and Finn Allen are nursing various ailments. The Blackcaps will host Australia, England and West Indies for multi-format series beginning from October 1, followed by a T20I series against South Africa…
At least five people, including an Indian national, have been killed when a tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 passengers crashed on a highway outside Buffalo, according to media reports. The deceased were identified as Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, from Bihar; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey;…
A tour bus carrying 54 people from Niagara Falls to New York City crashed and rolled over on Interstate 90 near Pembroke, about 25 miles east of Buffalo, on Friday, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. According to state police Maj. Andre Ray, the driver became distracted, lost control, and overcorrected before…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Many victims of Thursday’s flash floods in J&K’s Kishtwar district were having lunch at a pilgrim camp when a cloudburst struck the area between noon and 1pm, causing rapidly filling rivulets to swamp a swathe of the valley. The camp set up for pilgrims bore the brunt of the damage, leaving a mud-filled gorge…
**EDS: SCREENSHOT VIA VIDEO; WITH STORY** London: Cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi signs autograph for fans, in London. (PTI Photo/Bharat Sharma)(PTI07_16_2025_000234A) Former Australia cricketer Kerry O’Keeffe has named 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi alongside South Africa’s Lhuan-dre Pretorius and England’s Thomas Rew in his list of the top three most exciting teenagers in world cricket.O’Keeffe’s comments came during the…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will host this year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony after announcing a lineup of honourees he helped pick. Trump, who installed himself as chairman of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in February, tapped country singer George Strait, action movie star Sylvester Stallone, and rock…
Aarini Lahoty becomes FIDE-rated chess player at the age of 5 (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: In late 2020, Magnus Carlsen, then still a four-time World Chess Champion, was set to lock horns against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. However, the much-anticipated clash was postponed due to the COVID-19.A year later, when the Norwegian finally faced the Russian…