Sugar prices ease: Retail rates fall 3.85% to Rs 62.57/kg in a week Sugar prices have begun to ease across markets after a series of government interventions aimed at containing the recent rise. The average all-India retail price fell 3.85% over the past week to Rs 62.57 per kg, while the average wholesale price dropped…
VVS Laxman to travel with India for Asian games Former India batter and Director of Cricket at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, VVS Laxman, is set to travel with the Indian men’s team to Japan and will take charge as head coach in the absence of Gautam Gambhir for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya…
21-year-old Keyaa Banerji (Image Source: X) A viral video of a young Indian woman pulling an extraordinary weight off the floor has put powerlifting in the Indian sports conversation, with 21-year-old Keyaa Kunal Banerji emerging as the unlikely face of the buzz.Banerji’s stunning 140kg deadlift at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic Powerlifting…
Piyush Goyal says India awaiting tariff edge before US trade deal (File photo) NEW DELHI: India will announce the final details of its proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the US only after Washington agrees to provide preferential tariff terms compared with the country’s competitors, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.“As soon…
Siliguri Corridor gets Rs 2,077 crore highway boost Siliguri Corridor is set for a major infrastructure upgrade, with the Centre approving a Rs 2,077.18-crore project to four-lane the 31.02-km NH-327. The stretch links Bagdogra in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district with Galgalia in Bihar’s Kishanganj.Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari announced the approval on…
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist javelin thrower Yashvir Singh has replaced injured Neeraj Chopra in India’s athletics squad for the upcoming Asian Games in Japan, while long-distance runner Abhishek Pal has been dropped after receiving a notice from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) over an alleged doping offence.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday announced…
22-year-old English cricketer runs 100km (Image: X/BBC) English club cricketer and endurance athlete Sam Bodoano has completed an extraordinary 62-mile (100km) run from Lord’s Cricket Ground in London to Valley End Cricket Club in Woking, Surrey, in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest run-up before bowling a cricket ball.Bodoano, 22,…
Being called a major engineering feat, Indian Railways is attempting to make a 280 kmph high speed train by early 2027. Bullet train project was launched in 2017, ten years later Indian Railways looks to roll out its own Rs 866.87 crore high-speed 280 kmph train by early next year – what makes it specialEven…
Babar Azam with King Charles III Pakistan’s cricket team was caught up in more controversy after players who had been dropped from the Test squad were told to attend a meeting with King Charles III at Clarence House.According to a report from The Telegraph, the Pakistan Cricket Board reportedly wanted to avoid an awkwardly small…
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka cut short a reporter’s question during her post-match press conference after being asked whether the events and brand appearances before the US Open had involved “parties and fun.“The exchange came after the defending champion Sabalenka’s 6-1, 6-1 win over Polina Iatcenko in the second round on Wednesday. It was the…
