The Supreme Court on Monday formed a high-powered committee to amicably resolve the problems of farmers protesting at the Punjab-Haryana border at Shambhu. The panel, led by Justice Nawab Singh, a former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, sought to address farmers' concerns without politicising the Shambhu border case, reported PTI. A bench of J
23 December,2024 09:58 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has picked former Test all-rounder Abdul Razzaq to head a country-wide scouting program to find new talent for the national T20 squad. The program titled "Strike Force" aims to unearth hidden talent from all corners of Pakistan where T20 remains a popular format. An official of the PCB said that Razzaq has been give
23 December,2024 09:49 AM IST | Lahore | PTIUS President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday in a strong-worded statement threatened Panama to give the canal back to them, and said that it was a vital asset of the US. Trump said that the Panama Canal was not China's and that it should not fall into the "wrong hands". 🚨 Statement from President Donald J. Trump: pic.twitter.com/pfuDqVjw6R &md
23 December,2024 08:57 AM IST | Washington DC | ANIIsraeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 20 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said. A strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City killed at least eight people, including three children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. A strike on a home in the central city
23 December,2024 08:18 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) | AgenciesSouth Korea successfully placed into orbit its third homegrown spy satellite launched from a US space centre. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite normally lifted off at 8.34 pm (Korean time) from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as planned and sent the reconnaissance satellite into orbit at 9.24 pm. The launched satellite
23 December,2024 08:18 AM IST | Seoul | AgenciesINS Tushil made its first port call to London as a part of its maiden operational deployment, the Indian High Commission in the UK shared. INS Tushil was commissioned on December 9 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The latest multi-role stealth-guided missile frigate of the Indian Navy, INS Tushil is an upgraded Krivak III class f
23 December,2024 08:17 AM IST | London | AgenciesPrime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial welcome and Guard of Honour at the Bayan Palace here ahead of his talks with Kuwait’s top leadership on Sunday. The prime minister held extensive talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with a focus on imparting new momentum to India-Kuwait relations, especially in a
23 December,2024 08:17 AM IST | Kuwait City | AgenciesOpener G Trisha made a doughty fifty before the left-arm troika of Ayushi Shukla, Sonam Yadav and Parunika Sisodia spun web around Bangladesh batters as India scored a 41-run win to emerge champions in the inaugural Women’s T20 U-19 Asia Cup here on Sunday. On a spongy pitch, Trisha’s 47-ball 52 (5x4, 2x6) guided India to 117-7, but In
23 December,2024 06:20 AM IST | Kuala Lumpur | PTIKuwait on Sunday conferred its highest honour, 'The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer', on Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi for his role in strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Kuwait. Prime Minister Modi received the honour from Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, at the Bayan Palace. "I am honoured to be
22 December,2024 07:08 PM IST | Kuwait City | mid-day online correspondentPrime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, during his two-day visit to Kuwait, underscored the growing importance of trade and commerce in strengthening the bilateral ties between India and Kuwait, news agency ANI reported. PM Modi visited Kuwait at the invitation of Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of the State. This marks the first vis
22 December,2024 05:51 PM IST | Kuwait City | mid-day online correspondentFour women and a nine-year-old boy were killed when a man drove a car at high speed through a Christmas market in Germany. Meanwhile, mourners continued to lay flowers and other tributes at the site of the incident, news agency AP reported. The police in Magdeburg, the central city where the attack took place on Friday evening, stated that the wom
22 December,2024 04:51 PM IST | Magdeburg | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
