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ICC CEO makes a strong pitch for inclusion of cricket in Olympic Games

Women's Twenty20 cricket has been included at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham following on from the men's competition at the Kuala Lumpur CWG in 1998.

Global Covid caseload rises to 490.6 million, fatalities reach 6.15 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload

Once a Congress bastion, North East turns into a bleak house for the party

Out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the eight northeastern states, highest number of 14 seats are with the BJP, while only four seats belong to the Congress

Regulator asks power exchanges to cap bid prices as demand surges

The prices discovered at the power exchanges have remained significantly high during the last few days.

Prime Minister Modi's speech on April 6 to have maximum coverage

Since this will be the first event for the state BJP after its victory in the recent state Assembly elections, the party is going all out to ensure its maximum coverage.

US-funded labs around Russia work to create bio-weapons: Kremlin

Russian lawmakers have formed a commission to investigate US-controlled biological laboratories in Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported.

Ukraine spends $10 billion a month on conflict with Russia

The military conflict between Ukraine and Russia started on February 24.

US healthcare workforce still suffers 2 yrs into Covid-19 pandemic: Report

In 2020 alone, illness and injury increased by 40 per cent in healthcare and social assistance sectors, higher than any other private industry sector and led by the nursing professions: Report

With 40,000 MT fuel from India, SL looks to reduce power cut to 2 hrs

As the shipment arrived, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that 13-hour power cuts would now be reduced to nearly 2 hours from Sunday.

IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans beat Delhi Capitals by 14 runs

The likes of Rishabh Pant (43), Lalit Yadav (25) and Rovman Powell (20) tried hard but it was not enough as Delhi Capitals were restricted to 157-9 in 20 overs, losing by 14 runs

Sebi extends timeline for 'Pooling of Accounts' to July 1, says Amfi

However, after mutual discussion and agreement, SEBI has given the MF industry extended timelines until July 1, 2022

IndAus ECTA 'watershed' moment for bilateral relations, says PM Modi

The process for 'IndAus ECTA' started from September 30, 2021. It was inked on Saturday

Users can react with emoji reactions in Google Meet soon

It took a while to determine for Google team what that timing looked like and felt like

Rs 7.22-cr out-of-pocket allowance from SAI to 2,509 Khelo India athletes

A financial assistance of Rs 6.28 lakh is allocated for each residential athlete training at the accredited academies as per the annual Khelo India scholarship scheme

NCP leader Nawab Malik moves SC challenging Bombay HC order

The High Court held that Malik was arrested by the ED, and subsequently remanded to custody following due process and there was no reason for it to pass any interim order for his release

Coronavirus now more prevalent than ever in England, says report

Britain's outbreak as a whole is also bigger than ever, with 4.9 million now thought to be infected -- up from 4.3 million last week

Odisha registers 49% growth in gross GST collection in 2021-22

The officials informed that the growth in GST is mostly driven by mining and manufacturing sectors

Omicron variant 'less severe' than Delta for children below 5: Study

The study, published in the journal 'JAMA Pediatrics', also showed that the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than the Delta variant

Coronavirus pandemic: WHO issues warning against new variant 'XE'

According to reports, the new variant is 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 subvariant, which is already the most contagious

Lavrov bats for actively developing Russia-India-China trilateral mechanism

"This is especially true given that all the three countries - Russia, India and China - are now members of the UN Security Council. So we have a lot of plans," said Lavrov