National Shooting C’ships: Defending champs Lakshay, Bhavya make trap finals
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Defending champions Lakshay Sheoran of Haryana and Bhavya Tripathi of Delhi have made it to the men’s and women’s trap shooting finals of the ongoing 67th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for Shotgun events, being held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range near here on Wednesday. While Lakshay topped […]
Kho Kho World Cup: Indian men power past Peru; women dominate Iran to book QF spot (Ld)
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian men’s Kho Kho team secured its quarterfinal berth with a convincing 70-38 victory over Peru in the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup 2025 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday. The Indian women’s team too continued its dominant run as it overpowered Iran by 84 points, […]
HIL 2024-25: First quarter blitz helps Bengal Tigers maul UP Rudras 5-3
Rourkela (Odisha), Jan 15 (IANS) A superb first-quarter performance in which they scored three goals, set up a 5-3 win for the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers over the UP Rudras in the Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Wednesday. Gauthier Boccard (8`), Jugraj Singh (10`, 33`), Sukhjeet Singh […]
Set back for South Africa as Nortje ruled out of Champions Trophy 2025
Cape Town, Jan 15 (IANS) South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the remainder of the SA20 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to a back injury. Nortje, who plays for Pretoria Capitals, got injured recently and underwent scans and the extent of the injury was revealed this week. Nortje’s […]
Frankfurt star Marmoush nears Manchester City move as transfer talks progress
Berlin (Germany), Jan 15 (IANS) As Frankfurt’s arena turned into a farewell party zone for Omar Marmoush, the future of the 25-year-old Egyptian striker remains uncertain. Marmoush has become the centre of transfer speculation, with reports of a €70 million bid from Manchester City. Struggling English champions Manchester City submitted an official bid on Tuesday […]
Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo to start season with 400m race in Melbourne
Gaborone (Botswana), Jan 15 (IANS) Botswana’s 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is set to begin his season with a 400m race at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia on March 25. Tebogo is hoping to win the gold medal in the World Championships later this year and will be starting his season in Australia. […]
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers from US, Japan to space
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched two private lunar landers from the US and Japan to space. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Florida’s Space Coast at 1:11 a.m. EST (11:41 am IST). “SpaceX’s […]
Hyundai Motor raises alarm at BYD’s entry into South Korean market
Seoul, Jan 15 (IANS) Hyundai Motor Group’s think tank on Wednesday cautioned against underestimating BYD, China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, as it plans to enter South Korea’s passenger car market. Yang Jin-soo, head of the mobility industry research division at Hyundai Motor Group Business Research Center, said during a seminar with automotive industry reporters […]
Meta apologises for CEO Zuckerberg’s India election remark, says ‘inadvertent error’
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Social media giant Meta on Wednesday apologised to the Indian government over its Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on the 2024 General Elections, saying it was an “inadvertent error” on Zuckerberg’s part and India remains an “important country” for them. The company was set to be summoned by a […]
India projected to see 5-times surge in green investments at Rs 31 lakh crore till 2030
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) India is projected to see a five-fold growth in green investments to Rs 31 lakh crore between 2025 and 2030, a Crisil report showed on Wednesday. Of the Rs 31 lakh crore investments, Rs 19 lakh crore is seen going into renewable energy and storage, Rs 4.1 lakh crore into […]
