Ramiz Raja Raises Alarm Over Pakistan Cricket (AP) Pakistan’s struggles are beginning to show beyond the scorecard, with former captain Ramiz Raja warning that the team’s poor performances are costing them something even more valuable, the support of their fans.Pakistan were thrashed by England by an innings and 103 runs in the opening Test at…
Devastating CCTV footage from China-Nepal border A landslide struck the China-Nepal border in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday, causing “major casualties” and leaving several people missing at the Gyirong Port, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.The landslide occurred at around 10.30 am local time and began on the Nepalese side before hitting the key…
Maintaining the Dasgaja buffer remains a challenge. Photo credit: ANI India and Nepal are turning to drones to map a stretch of their border that, on paper, is supposed to remain empty.The area is known as Dasgaja, the no-man’s-land or buffer zone along the India-Nepal boundary. But on the ground, parts of it have been…
A barren stretch of Egypt’s Western Desert has yielded an unexpected glimpse into a prehistoric ocean, with scientists uncovering fossilised shark teeth belonging to five extinct species that lived during the Late Cretaceous, when dinosaurs still dominated the planet. The discovery comes from the Abu-Tartur Plateau in southwestern Egypt, an area that today is an…
A deadly flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa district has left at least eight people dead, with 105 Indians among hundreds reported missing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah and offered India’s help with rescue and relief efforts after the floods. The US has reportedly asked Ukraine to pause strikes on…
The Nishad community finds itself at the centre of the fish row in Ayodhya ahead of 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. At a time when many Hindu devotees traditionally give up non-vegetarian food during ‘Sawan’, fish has acquired an unlikely political importance in Uttar Pradesh.The row began earlier this month with Uttar Pradesh minister and…
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during Singapore’s National Day Rally on August 23. Singapore has a problem that money alone has not been able to solve. People there are having fewer children. Now the country is trying a bigger, longer-term approach. Singapore will provide almost S$70,000 (around US$55,000 or roughly Rs…
Tom Neale on Suwarrow: Highlights the story’s main protagonist living his solitary life on the remote Cook Islands atoll. A remote Pacific atoll that was once the solitary kingdom of a New Zealand sailor has secured a lasting future, transforming from a hermit’s retreat into the first conservation sanctuary in the Cook Islands. Suwarrow, an…
A routine food safety inspection at a luxury hotel in Delhi’s Aerocity has turned up a list of problems that’s hard to ignore.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a notice to Juniper Hotels Pvt Ltd, which operates Andaz Delhi, after an inspection found expired food, pest activity, poor storage practices…
Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in the UK with their children Archie and Lilibet. Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have returned to the UK after 6 years with their children, Archie and Lilibet, The Telegraph reported.The Sussexes landed at Birmingham Airport around lunchtime on Wednesday after travelling privately from California. The family is…