India’s services sector showed continued strength in May, with businesses reporting solid growth in activity, hiring, and international demand. The HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index edged up to 58.8 from 58.7 in April, reflecting another sharp expansion. A reading above 50 indicates growth, while anything below signals contraction. The sector’s momentum was underpinned…
KALIMPONG/KOLKATA/DARJEELING: Two Army personnel and a porter died when their camp in Sikkim’s Mangan was swept away late Sunday in a landslide triggered by heavy rain. Six others – four Army personnel and two family members – are missing.The landslide hit the camp in Chaten, 3km from Lachen in Mangan’s Chungthang sub-division, around 7pm. The…
Ukraine carried out drone strikes on Russian military bases without informing the United States in advance, a Ukrainian government official stated on Sunday. Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, the SBU, has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted four different military bases inside Russia. According to the news agency Reuters, a Ukrainian security source said that…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose on Sunday sharply criticised Union home minister Amit Shah for his remarks on CM Mamata Banerjee during his two-day visit to West Bengal.Addressing a press conference, Ghose condemned Shah’s comments against Mamata, saying his language resembled that of a “BJP worker, not a home minister of India.”“At a…
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the southern Iran region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Thursday. The quake was at a depth of 27 kilometers (16.78 miles). The earthquake struck early Thursday, around 12:30 am local time, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The citizen-based RaspberryShake network also recorded the quake,…
NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who has been under scrutiny himself since the controversial run-out of Jos Buttler in IPL 2019, stood firmly in support of Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Rathi on Wednesday. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin dissected the incident involving Rathi’s attempt to dismiss Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s stand-in captain…
Mumbai Indians and Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to achieve a significant milestone by playing his 300th T20 match against Punjab Kings in Jaipur on Monday. The crucial league stage match will determine which team tops the table and gets two opportunities to reach the IPL final, with Mumbai Indians currently placed fourth…
Lahore Qalandars’ Sikandar Raza celebrates after winning the PSL final. (AP Photo) In one of the most dramatic finishes in Pakistan Super League history, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza flew in from England and arrived at the Gaddafi Stadium just 10 minutes before the toss — only to hit the winning runs and crown Lahore Qalandars as…
French police were investigating a possible arson attack as being the main cause for a power outage which hit the Alpes-Maritimes region in southern France on Saturday, including Cannes, which is hosting its world-famous annual film festival. “We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately,” said a spokesperson for the French…
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant. (AP) Rishabh Pantdidn’t take kindly to social media rumour of his future at the Lucknow Super Giants. The rumour, without mentioning a source, said Pant was was most likely to be released by the franchise.It added that the team felt Rs 27 crore was “too much” for him, referring…