The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2024 are set to take place in Lucknow on February 22, 2025. The city of Nawabs will witness some of India’s top sports champions grace the occasion. The winners will be handpicked by an illustrious jury, who are icons of their respective sports. Honouring the indomitable spirit of…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian nuclear scientist Dr Rajagopala Chidambaram, who was the architect of ‘Operation Smiling Buddha’ (India’s first nuclear test in Pokhran in 1974) and ‘Operation Shakti’ (1998 nuclear tests), passed away in Mumbai at the age of 88 on Saturday. Born in erstwhile Madras Province in 1936, Chidambaram, who was an alumnus of…
More than 650 eminent personalities including former judges, bureaucrats and ambassadors have written an open letter to the people of Bangladesh, urging them to continue being on the path of peace and friendship which have sustained the two countries well for over five decades.The letter, whose signatories include former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi,…