NEW DELHI: More than 90 citizens, who identify themselves as progressive Muslim activists, intellectuals and women’s rights advocates, have strongly opposed what they cited as the “ill-conceived” nationwide ‘Save India, Save Shariat’ campaign launched by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) last week.In a statement, they have called upon all progressive forces, civil society…
The other side of America’s only grandmaster Irina Krush NEW DELHI: For most of its history, American women’s chess had a very simple relationship with the Olympiad podium. It did not have one. Not once, in over four decades of trying, had the United States women’s team finished among the medals at chess’s biennial team…
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Two Congress functionaries were injured and several vehicles damaged in Assam Monday after an alleged attack on their convoy in Samaguri where they were campaigning for the Oct 6 Nagaon assembly bypoll.AICC secretary Manoj Chouhan and Assam Mahila Congress president Mira Borthakur were injured in the incident in Nagaon district. AICC in-charge of…
Raiza Dhillon of India (AP) India’s women’s skeet team of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched the bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, finishing with a combined score of 331.Raiza and Parinaaz both shot 111 out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 as the Indian trio secured a…
PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Canada in December to seal the trade deal between New Delhi and Ottawa, Canadian PM Mark Carney said on Tuesday.Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Carney said that the relationship…
India’s players hold the national flag after winning in the women’s final T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI photo) Nagoya: On the sidelines of the cricket facility at Korogi Athletic Park, a few Sri Lankan men sat watching the India-Sri Lanka women’s final….
S Jaishankar At P4M Summit India joined EU, Canada, Australia and several other countries in co-sponsoring a declaration expressing a joint commitment to multilateralism, international law, peace and prosperity, while expressing concern over escalating conflicts, trade disruption, power politics protectionism and coercion.The declaration followed the announcement of a new initiative titled Partners for Multilateralism (P4M)…
Roshibina Devi assures third successive Asian Games medal New Delhi: She wasn’t supposed to be in Aich-Nagoya. Not at the Asian Games. Not at her third successive continental event. And certainly not one win away from a place in the women’s 60kg sanda final.Naorem Roshibina Devi had lost fairly in the selection trials for the…
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC asks UP to appoint senior prosecutor; seeks sealed-cover HC report on trial judge’s handling of case NEW DELHI: Giving a twist to the five-year-old Lakhimpur Kheri case in which Asish Mishra, the son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, is accused of mowing down four protesting farmers with his vehicle, advocate…
Educators say initiatives like Times Critical Thinking Championship can encourage inquiry-driven learning and help move schools beyond rote memorisation Can you crack these? Sample questions that tested how students think A massive meteorite crashes into the Moon, causing a huge explosion. How many seconds later will an astronaut 1,000km away hear the blast?Never, as sound…
