IPL 2025: RCB win toss and elect to bowl first against KKR in tournament opener
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Rajat Patidar, the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening game of IPL 2025 against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Before the toss happened, the IPL 2025 season had the official opening ceremony hosted […]
National Women’s Hockey League: Odisha, Haryana and Mizoram win on Day 4
Ranchi, March 22 (IANS) Top contenders Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Haryana and Hockey Mizoram had fruitful outings as they won their respective matches on the fourth day of the Final Phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda International Hockey Stadium here on Saturday. In the first […]
UEFA Nations League: Nagelsmann calls second leg against Italy a ‘fifty-fifty’ case
Berlin (Germany), March 22 (IANS) Ahead of the UEFA Nations League encounter against Italy, Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann is assessing the intermediate status from a football perspective. “As a coach I say, it’s a fifty case while a mathematician might call it nonsense and rate our chances in a possibility calculation higher as we […]
IPL 2025: Kohli, Salt fifties help RCB to seven-wicket win over KKR
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Half-centuries by Virat Kohli (59 not out) and Phil Salt (56) went hard in power-play to set the base for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to chase down 175 and beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets in the first game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the […]
‘Viksit Bharat’ mission to positively impact the world too: Bill Gates
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India’s ambitious goal of becoming ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 will not only transform the country but also positively impact the world, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said. According to the billionaire philanthropist, if India can stay on the path of the 2047 plan, “it will be beneficial not just to […]
Air India resumes flights at London-Heathrow airport
London, March 22 (IANS) A day after flights were grounded at the Heathrow airport, nation’s largest carrier Air India said on Saturday that its flights, to and from the Europe’s busiest airport, have resumed. The shutdown caused inconvenience to as many as 200,000 passengers as at least 1,351 inbound and outbound flights were grounded throughout […]
India’s GDP doubles in 10 years, set to surpass Japan and Germany by 2027
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India’s GDP has surged from $2.1 trillion in 2015 to an estimated $4.3 trillion in 2025, reflecting an impressive 105 per cent increase, according to inflation-adjusted data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The growth trajectory positions India as a global economic powerhouse, poised to surpass Japan in 2025 and […]
India aims to take number of unicorns to 5,000 in future: Piyush Goyal
Ahmedabad, March 22 (IANS) Amid a thriving startup ecosystem, India aims to take the number of unicorns from the current 118 to 1,000 and even 5,000 in the future, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, said on Saturday. India is currently home to nearly 1.59 lakh startups., according to the DPIIT data. Speaking […]
Sarbananda Sonowal to visit Singapore to boost maritime cooperation
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, is embarking on a three-day official visit to Singapore to take part in the ‘Singapore Maritime Week’, it was announced on Saturday. The Union Minister’s visit is likely to further deepen the maritime cooperation between India and Singapore, as he is […]
Namo Bharat milestone: Largest RRTS station at Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to be ready next month
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The multi-modal transit hub planned at Sarai Kale Khan in southeast Delhi is likely to take shape by next month with Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat’s biggest station nearing completion, paving the way for the start of trial runs in the next fortnight, said an official on Saturday. The RRTS will have […]
