NAGPUR: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed RSS as ‘modern akshyavat (indestructible banyan tree)’ of India’s eternal culture and invoked the vision of its founders, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Madhav Sadashivrao Golwarkar, for completing his govt’s mission of ‘Viksit Bharat‘.Addressing a gathering at the foundation-laying ceremony of Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre, an eye hospital dedicated…
Making it to the WNBA or setting incredible NCAA records never crossed Shakyla Hill’s mind when she arrived at Grambling State in 2015. She had other aspirations. She wanted to be a lawyer. Recording a quadruple-double in a game was never part of the plan. Getting two in a career wasn’t even a thought. But…
The 2025 NFL Draft on-stage hats were released on Friday, and this year’s look features a couple of elements that could spark debate. Embroidered on each cap is the team name, logo and city or nickname. Then on the bill is an olive branch design that gives it a sea captain vibe. (There’s also a…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brian Vu has been a fan of the NBA for 14 years, but he has never experienced a game like the one he attended last week in Portland. Not only did his hometown Trail Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies, but also for the first time in his life, Vu said he felt…
Many footballers like to market themselves as one-offs; few truly are. Craig Johnston, however, is the exception. The Australian won five English league titles and a European Cup at Liverpool in the 1980s but his football achievements are perhaps the least remarkable thing about him. He is an engineer and a businessman; a chart-topping musician;…
The lyrics to both verses were finished, and the first line of the chorus — Fill my eyes — was in place. Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, the driving forces behind Foreigner, one of the best-selling rock bands in history, had worked through the melody enough to know they had another hit on their hands….
TOKYO — Twenty minutes from the Tokyo Dome sits another of Japan’s most revered ballparks, the 99-year-old Meiji Jingu Stadium, one of the few fields still in use anywhere that can claim Babe Ruth as a batter. Jingu’s home club, the Yakult Swallows, held a spring exhibition Tuesday afternoon against the Hanshin Tigers, creating a…
MINNEAPOLIS — About 35 minutes before the Minnesota Timberwolves were set to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, an eruption could be heard in the back hallways of Target Center. It came from the locker room, and the timing seemed odd for a team that was in the doldrums after two…
In October 2023, three days before Hamas fighters attacked Israel, Columbia University’s new president stood outside Low Library and posed a foundational question. “What,” she asked, “does the world need from a great university in the 21st century?” The president, Nemat Shafik, argued that the world required much. Rigorous thinkers who were grounded in the…
TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of the Tokyo Dome in disbelief. As the head of Fanatics’ East Asia operation, Kawana leads MLB’s merchandising in Japan, and the day had already set his company’s sales record in…