HIGHLIGHTS Osaka was one of the favourites to win gold at Tokyo The world No.2 lost 6-1, 6-4 to Vondrousova in the third round Osaka won her opening two matches in straight sets following a two-month mental-health break. World No.2 and home favourite Naomi Osaka was knocked out of women’s singles tennis at the…
New Delhi: At least five Assam Police personnel were killed and 50 others were injured as Assam and Mizoram policemen allegedly fired at each other on Monday in a sudden escalation of a border dispute between the two states. Here is your 5-point cheatsheet guide to the Assam-Mizoram clashes: The clashes stem from…
Tesla Inc posted a bigger second-quarter profit than expected on Tuesday thanks to higher sales of its less-expensive electric vehicles, as it raised vehicle prices and cut costs. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, however, said a global chip shortage that led to temporary factory shutdowns for the automaker, remains serious, and…
Reliance Industries Ltd., the conglomerate helmed by Asia’s richest man, is among large Indian companies that have given at least one Covid-19 shot to almost all of its employees, a sign the country’s corporate sector is proving more efficient at procuring shots than the government, which has struggled with…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the Congress for not allowing the functioning of the monsoon session of parliament, which has been marked by protests from the opposition and demands for discussions on the Pegasus phone-hacking row, the farm laws and other issues. Addressing a meeting…
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee, in Delhi for the first time since her election victory in Bengal, has several meetings lined up today — three meetings with Congress leaders and the fourth with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the next three days, the Bengal Chief Minister is expected to meet Congress president…
Washington: Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander. The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth $2.9 billion, was awarded to rival SpaceX in April, but Blue Origin and a third company Dynetics filed protests…
New Delhi: A 24-year-old salesman was arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly pushing his wife off a cliff in Uttarakhand’s Nainital last month. The 29-year-old woman, Babita, had complained in June last year that the man, who lives in Delhi, had raped her after promising to marry her, Delhi Police. Rajesh…
New Delhi: Reports on Israeli Pegasus spyware allegedly being used to spy on opposition leaders, two union ministers and 40 journalists among others should be investigated by a sitting or former judge, senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar have said in a petition to the Supreme Court. The petition says the…
Guwahati:Â Five officers of the Assam Police were killed in clashes at the border with Mizoram, Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said on Monday after another bout of violence in the volatile area. Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to Chief Ministers of both states Five policemen have died and more than 50 people have been…