Erin Routliffe (L) and Gabriela Dabrowski (R) won two US Open women’s doubles titles and the year-ending WTA Finals in 2024. (AFP) NEW DELHI: Erin Routliffe was born in Auckland while her parents were on an around-the-world sailing adventure, with New Zealand serving as their base at the time. They remained in the country for…
US will offer visa interview in 10 days if you pay $750. Conditions apply The US State Department will soon begin a pilot project for an expedited B1/B2 visa appointment at a fee of $750. This will allow the applicants to get an interview appointment at selected posts within 10 days. The pilot project will…
Iran president Masoud Pezeshkian, on Sunday, questioned the United States’ authority to limit Iran’s nuclear programme, asking what legal basis Washington had for such demands.Reuters, citing the Iranian Student News Agency, reported that Pezeshkian said the US had no valid justification to deny Iran access to its own technology.Speaking publicly, Pezeshkian directly criticised US Trump…
Train journeys in India are set to become much smoother and quieter, as a new high-speed rail experience takes shape under one of the country’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. For the first time, India has introduced tunnel hood technology in railway tunnels, which is being used in the mountain sections of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar during the biennial elections to seven seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council, in Bengaluru. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Thursday expressed willingness to discuss Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project over the Cauvery with Tamil Nadu.The river remains at the centre of a…
Sri Lanka A captain Sahan Arachchige has said his team will not be focusing on India A batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in Sunday’s tri-series final, despite the teenager being involved in an on-field confrontation during the teams’ previous meeting.Sri Lanka A secured a place in the final after beating Afghanistan A by 103 runs and will…
Croatia kept their FIFA World Cup hopes alive with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Panama on Tuesday, thanks to a second-half goal from Ante Budimir.Budimir scored in the 54th minute, just four minutes after coming on as a substitute. Josip Stanišic delivered a curling cross into the box and Budimir was perfectly placed to guide…
Court documents unsealed this week have pulled back the curtain on how one of America’s hottest AI companies fell out with the Pentagon. The emails, first reported by The Wall Street Journal and released as part of Anthropic’s ongoing litigation against the Department of Defense, trace a months-long exchange between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Thursday condemned the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, alleging that the incident reflected the “politics of violence” that the people of West Bengal had voted against in the recently concluded assembly elections.Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan termed the incident “agonising and shameful” and…
In 2026, India’s housing market continues to see a boom, with residential property prices rising across several major cities. As per reports from trusted real estate research firms, the market is increasingly being driven by luxury housing demand and infrastructure. Housing prices across major Indian cities have gone up between 3% and 24% year-on-year during…