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New Delhi: India has become the voice of the Global South in a strategic and robust way, and the world saw that in the most-recent G20 Summit which happened in New Delhi, said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in an exclusive interview to NDTV. Prime Minister Holness, who is in India to strengthen ties between…
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New Delhi: In a major decision, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved giving the status of “classical language” to five more languages – Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese. With this cabinet decision, the number of languages that have the status will nearly double from six to 11. The languages that had the tag earlier…
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BookMyShow said it has provided details of all resellers that have come to their attention. (File) Mumbai: Online ticket aggregator BookMyShow on Thursday said it has filed an FIR over black marketing of tickets for shows of British rock band Coldplay. In a statement, the company said it is assessing potential cancellation of tickets that…
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Mohammed Shami recently had an emotional meeting with his daughter Aaira. The Indian cricket team star met her daughter after a long time, and the father-daughter duo could be seen shopping together. “Time stood still when I saw her again after long time . Love you more than words can say, Bebo,” Shami posted…
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that a Draft Sports Policy, aimed at “modernizing and updating” the current framework in line with India’s evolving sporting landscape, has been released for public consultation. Mandaviya informed that the draft has been released on the ministry’s website and added that the stakeholders, including the governments…
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that lawmakers can vote separately from their parties on major issues, allowing parliamentary horse-trading as the government tries to rally support for constitutional reform. Elections in February were marred by allegations of rigging that favoured Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who heads a shaky coalition lacking the two-thirds majority…
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Richa Ghosh has scored 240 runs in nine innings this year in Women’s T20Is.© AFP The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which got underway in Sharjah on Thursday afternoon, will see ten teams rely on their experienced and younger players to lead them to glory at the Dubai International Stadium on October 20….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court canteen, egalitarian for decades, would be serving only vegetarian food without even onion and garlic during the coming Navratris – a decision that has upset a section of lawyers. They have written to Supreme Court Bar Association which runs the canteen, saying it “would set a very wrong precedent for…
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Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), which signed a peace accord with the Bangladesh government in 1997 to end decades of insurgency, has made a set of demands in wake to recent communal clashes in three hill districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in close proximity to Tripura. The PCJSS, the apex body…
Eamonn Murphy, Director, Regional Support Teams for Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions. Photo: unaids.org Without India doing a large part of the heavy lifting, it is unlikely that the world will meet the Sustainable Development Goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, said Eamon Murphy, UNAIDS director…
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