Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that Ravichandran Ashwin’s decision to retire from the Indian Premier League (IPL) and look for opportunities in overseas leagues could mark the beginning of a new trend for Indian players. Ashwin, through a social media post, announced his IPL retirement on Wednesday, August 27, putting curtains on a…
Ravichandran Ashwin has called time on his career (Image via X/@MSDian067) Chennai: It was the summer of 2023 and Ravichandran Ashwin had just completed 100 Tests and 500 Test wickets. He was still a Rajasthan Royals player and during a felicitation at the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season,…
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…
The US Department of Education, in coordination with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and multiple federal partners, on Monday issued new guidance warning American colleges and universities about mounting foreign threats to their research programs.The guidance, released as part of the Safeguarding Academia bulletin, outlines…
Bangladesh’s interim government chief, Muhammad Yunus, has renewed his push to revive the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), which has remained in limbo since the 2016 Pakistan-sponsored Uri terror attacks that killed 17 Indian soldiers. During his meeting with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday, Yunus once again stressed the need to…
Bangladesh’s foreign adviser on Sunday raised “unsettled” issues, including an apology for the 1971 war with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar but said he was not on the same page with the senior most leader Islamabad sent to Dhaka since 2012. Dar, who arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit aimed at rebuilding ties…
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned Friday evening, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country’s Parliament he intended to bring in new measures in response to Israel’s planned offensive in Gaza City and other heavily populated areas but was unable to secure the…
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said that Pakistan was ready for talks with India to discuss Kashmir and all other pending issues. Speaking to reporters outside the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad, Dar said, “Talks, whenever held, will be not just Kashmir but on all issues.” India, on the other…
The United States has immediately paused the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday, citing public safety concerns and the need to protect American jobs. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on US roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but all issues must be worked through first and there’s a question about Zelenskyy’s authority to sign a peace deal, Putin’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Putin and US President Donald Trump met on Friday in Alaska for the first Russia-US summit in…