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NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Tuesday formally announced MPL Sports apparel and accessories as official uniform sponsor and commercial partner of the men’s and women’s national teams, as well as the U-19 team, replacing Nike. The agreement was approved by the main council of the Board on November 2. Nike …

WASHINGTON – Former President of the United States Barack Obama He said that he has always had a special place for India because of his childhood years in Indonesia listening epic hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. “Perhaps it was its large size (India), with one sixth of …

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of the country’s opposition parties against the Imran Khan government, will go ahead with a mega rally in Peshawar on November 22, defying the government’s dictate banning ‘jalsas’ citing the Covid-19 pandemic. “The November 22 PDM rally in Peshawar will take place as …

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government tried to change the narrative around Pakistan’s support for terrorism last weekend, but the effort to build a case against India has continued for more than a year. The release of the heap of documents Islamabad has described as a dossier came after its repeated …

Pfizer Inc said Monday that it was launching a pilot program for Covid-19 immunization in four US states to help refine the plan for the delivery and deployment of its candidate vaccine. The US pharmacist said it had selected Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico and Tennessee for the program because …

Pfizer and BioNTech have their own offerings for hundreds of millions of shots. The first two Covid-19 vaccines at the door have now delivered positive news in the quest to end the pandemic. Encouraging late-stage test results from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. set a high bar for rivals such …

Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States. (Archive) Highlight Obama says he never visited India before his 2010 presidential visit India “always held a special place in my imagination,” he says. He has made the breakthrough in “A Promised Land,” his new book. Washington: Former US President …

NEW DELHI: India, US, Japan and Australia are ready to begin the energy-filled second phase of the top-tier naval exercise Malabar, with two aircraft carrier battle groups and other warships, in the Arabian Sea starting from today. India is rolling out its lone carrier, the 44,500-ton INS Vikramaditya with its …

NEW DELHI: One day after 15 countries signed the RCEP, excluding India, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar mounted a vigorous defense of the government’s decision to stay away from trade agreements that could end up deindustrializing India. Addressing the Deccan Dialogue at the Indian Business School, Hyderabad, Jaishankar That said, the …

Coronavirus Cases in India: The country has experienced more daily recoveries than infections for 45 days. New Delhi: India recorded 29,164 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, less than 30,000 in a day for the first time in more than four months, government data on coronavirus shows. With …