Rahul Dravid named head of India’s National Cricket Academy
New Delhi: Former India captain and junior India coach Rahul Dravid was on Monday named the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, the Board of Control for…
Cricket World Cup 2019: Birthday wishes, emotions flow as Dhoni turns 38
Leeds: Iconic former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated his 38th birthday with daughter Ziva, wife Sakshi and members of the Indian team after their seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka…
UK’s US ambassador labels Trump White House ‘inept’
London: Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos.###The report…
Greece to emerge ‘proudly’ from ‘painful’ era: new PM Mitsotakis
Athens: Greece’s conservative prime minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed that the country would “proudly” enter a post-bailout period of “jobs, security and growth” after winning a landslide victory in Sunday’s general…
Do not write Rahul Gandhi off, stranger things have happened in India’s politics
###Rahul Gandhi, 49, the former Congress president has been consistent about two things in his life: his fierce devotion to his family and his consistent opposition to Narendra Modi.###Gandhi took…
Indian couple in frantic search for their lost ‘son’ Babu, the cat
Hyderabad: Love, they say, has no limits, whether it’s for another human or even a pet.###A Gujarati couple has been staying put in the temple town of Tirupati, 1,500km away…
Could India become a one-party state?
###In most democracies, a politician who has just led his or her party to a crushing defeat steps aside. In the world’s largest democracy, however, parties are often structured around…
Cricket World Cup 2019: Contrasting starts by Pakistan and Bangladesh, but the result is the same
Dubai: The group stages are over. And now, we are entering the knockout phase of the long tournament.###We will look at the turning points of some of the teams that…
Pre-orders open in UAE for Huawei’s 5G smartphone
Dubai: Huawei announced on Sunday that the 5G-enabled version of its Mate 20 X smartphone will be available for pre-order in the UAE — starting from July 11 — for…
Sudan transition deal is cause for optimism
A fragile deal has emerged giving rise to hopes that Sudan will transition to civilian rule. Just as the picture was beginning to appear gloomy, a power-sharing agreement was reached…