Gold medallist India’s players during the medal ceremony for the men’s hockey event. (PTI Photo) In late August, the Sports Ministry maintained that the qualification criteria for the Asian Games, put into place a year ago, would not change despite criticism. “The idea, from the very beginning, was to send a lean contingent. The criteria…
The debt conversion was supported by several private funders, including the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation was among the private funders that backed a deal helping Seychelles use debt financing for ocean conservation. The deal helped the island nation increase the area of its ocean under protection from just 0.04% of its Exclusive Economic…
Mukesh Khanna opens up on making a comeback with ‘Vishwaguru’ after ‘Censor’, says ‘people are waiting for me’: ‘I make very few films’ Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna is set to return to the big screen with Vishwaguru, a project he says appealed to him because of its subject and larger message. In a recent interaction,…
India contingent during the athletes parade at the closing ceremony. (Reuters Photo) The 20th Asian Games came to a glittering close on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on more than two weeks of sporting action in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as Qatar received the flag for the next edition in Doha in 2030. Olympic Council of Asia…
For Andernacht, the tournament has become an example of what can happen when people turn personal hardship into collective action. A hockey tournament born from a family cancer diagnosis has grown into a decade-long fundraising effort, turning a group of friends, a few teams and a shared love of the game into a million-dollar community…
RBI rate decision, earnings, crude oil & bond yields could be among the key triggers of stock market trends Indian stock markets are set for another potentially volatile week, with a mix of domestic and global factors likely to determine the direction of equities. The Reserve Bank of India’s interest rate decision, the start of…
Veteran filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, celebrated for his inventive storytelling and work across multiple Indian languages, passed away at the age of 94 following age-related health issues. He breathed his last at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Saturday. Following his demise, actors Rishab Shetty, Nani, Venkatesh Daggubati and Ravi Teja took to social media to…
Sandra Bullock has an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and, in 2010 and again in 2014, was ranked as the highest-paid actress in the world. Ask her where her money did the most good, and the answer is not a film deal.It is a flooded high school in New Orleans. Bullock has backed Warren Easton…
The latest price hike comes ahead of the peak festive season. NEW DELHI: Consumer durable manufacturers are expecting double-digit sales growth during the festive season despite a 5-8% increase in prices of air-conditioners and other appliances, with premiumisation, replacement demand, easy financing and improving consumer sentiment likely to support demand.The latest price hike, the third…
Kannada actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty is reportedly set to expand his upcoming slate with a two-film collaboration with director Chidambaram, known for ‘Jan.E.Man’ and ‘Manjummel Boys’. According to reports, their first project will be a Kannada sports drama, with pre-production already underway and filming expected to begin early next year. Chidambaram and Rishab Shetty reportedly set…
