Day: July 30, 2021

PV Sindhu marched into the semifinals of the Women’s Singles event at the Tokyo Olympics after a stunning 21-13, 22-2- over fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi.

Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals here on Friday.

Tamilnadu government today said that permission cannot be granted for Sterlite industry to continue operations.

Lok Sabha’s proceedings were adjourned for the day today amid continued opposition protest over Pegasus and other issues.

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of Jharkhand judge Uttam Anand, and has asked the State Chief Secretary and police chief to submit a report on the progress of the investigation within one week.

If there is no movement at the negotiating table, and instead, human rights abuses and worse still atrocities occur in districts they control, the Taliban will not be seen as a viable partner for the international community, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, said.

Japanese officials sounded alarmed Thursday after Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for two straight days with the Olympics well underway.

Flood flows on South Island’s Buller River this month were the largest in New Zealand in almost 100 years, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced on Thursday.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that a decision was taken after determining that the computerised draw of lots for H-1B visas conducted early this year did not give them enough number of Congressional mandated H-1B visas.