CHENNAI: While India has no basketball team at the Asian Games, R Rakesh is the country’s sole representative in the sport as a referee. The Aichi-Nagoya Games will mark his debut in Asian Games, the Karnataka man earlier appearing for Asian championships.The 36-year-old became a FIBA referee at the age of 23 and has a…
Keralam travel vlogger Arunima I P has reassured her followers of her safety in Afghanistan after a previous post sparked alarm about her arrest in Bamyan PALAKKAD: Keralam travel vlogger Arunima I P, who is touring Afghanistan solo, said Tuesday that she was “safe”. Her statement comes a day after she posted a distress message…
NEW DELHI: There is one image from her wrestling journey that Kirtisna Arya remembers with unusual clarity. It was May 2023. She was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the South East Asian (SEA) Games, seven months pregnant with her second child.While most expectant mothers would have been preparing for the final stretch of pregnancy, Kirtisna…
(Photo Credit: Hanoi Police) When firefighters arrived, four people had escaped, while several others were trapped inside the house. Five people were killed after a fire broke out in a four-storey house in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam, early on Wednesday, September 16, police said. Four others escaped the building before firefighters brought…
KOLKATA: With the Indian men’s hockey team preparing to defend its Asian Games title, former captain and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh believes the next two years will be crucial not just for winning in Asia but for building a team capable of challenging the world’s best at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.Sreejesh said the period following…
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India’s huge burden of dog bites, uneven implementation of dog vaccination and population management programmes, and gaps in surveillance have been cited as key challenges in meeting its 2030 rabies elimination target. (Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI: While Chile and Bhutan have recently demonstrated that dog-mediated human rabies can be eliminated as a public health threat,…
File photo: Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia For the first time ever in the history of the Islamic holy city, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence issued an emergency alert warning of a possible hostile aerial attack in Mecca.The alert advised…
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, of Sri Lanka, prepares for an attempt in the men’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) BENGALURU: World No. 1 men’s javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage’s gold hunt at the Asian Games hit an air pocket on Tuesday. His…
Diane Keaton’s transformed Laguna Beach home is back on the market for $10.3 million. (Photo: Realtor) Diane Keaton’s passion for architecture and interior design continues to live on through the homes she renovated during her lifetime. Now, one of the late ‘Annie Hall’ actress’ final renovation projects is heading back to the market, with an…