A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
India's Jeev Milkha Singh was handed a dream draw at the Masters Tournament where he will play alongside British Open champion Padraig Harrington and 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir in the opening two rounds. He is making his second straight appearance in the year's opening Major after receiving a special invitation from Augusta National Golf Club. In his debut, he finished tied 37th and he hopes to improve on his record.
Embattled Scotland Yard boss Ian Blair, who has been accused of racial discrimination by an Asian origin Muslim officer, is set to be on his way out to halt the "collapse of morale" in the Metropolitan Police, a news report said on Thursday. "He has become the issue. There comes a point when fairness has nothing to do with it and what matters is the integrity of the organisation," a well-placed source was quoted as saying by The Times newspaper on Thursday.
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father and first prime minister, passed away on Monday at the age of 91.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Indian tourists are increasingly settling for other destinations such as Southeast Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand.
Incidentally, the BBC Trust, of which Bharucha is the acting chairperson, took over the responsibility of running the organisation from the BBC Board of Governors from Monday.
Under a new British-Irish visa scheme announced by Ireland's minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald, tourists and business visitors from India and China will be allowed to travel freely in the 'common travel area' of Britain and Ireland with either an Irish or a British visa.
Miss Teen World 2019 Sushmita Singh shares her inspiring journey to the top.
The HC judge in a letter to the Centre said it would be a good deterrent in wake of increasing crimes against minors.
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The Panama Paper leaks were originally revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on April 4, 2016, following which, the government had set up the MAG to probe the matter.
'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi.
The match is being organised to raise funds for stadia in the Caribbean, which were damaged due to hurricanes last year.
A British court will review whether open air cremations are unlawful.
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,651.60 and 10.532.70 points on alternate bouts of buying and selling, closed 6.20 points, or 0.06 per cent, down at 10,576.30.
A London-based group campaigning to save Afzal Guru, sentenced to death for the attack on Indian Parliament, plans to seek the intervention of the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to get a reprieve for him.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
Trump was good for world peace. He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something that can be said for most of his predecessors, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
In his address at a conference on Indo-Pak relations, he said relations between the two countries have nosedived but the only way out to check it is to engage in talks.
'For some South Asians, it may be tempting to think "I'm not Muslim, this doesn't really affect me".' 'But please know, it affects all of us,' says Arun Venugopal, a reporter at WNYC in New York.
The Indian golfer says he's finally ready for the world's toughest pro circuit.
'India is a strange place.' 'On the one hand we have the most advanced science working on our origins and our ancestry.' 'On the other we are at war with ourselves over a temple to a god whom our first ancestors knew nothing of,' says Aakar Patel.
Rahil Gangjee fired a sizzling opening round of six-under 66 for a share of the lead, while compatriot Digvijay Singh soared to tied third to brighten their chances of qualifying for the prestigious British Open.
"He will not want to leave it unresolved for his successor," the sources were quoted as saying to The Times.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Star striker Bhaichung Bhutia, who said he would quit international football, joined the national camp in Kolkata.
Jaitley presents NRI award to G P Hinduja.
'There are three issues related to beef consumption and cow slaughter. One is the British origin of cow slaughter. Two, if slaughter of cows is sanctioned by Islamic scriptures and three, the environmental impact of beef consumption.'
Saurav Ghosal has overtaken Ritwik Bhattacharya to become India's top ranked squash player.
Opposition Labour's Valerie Vaz also retained her Walsall South seat and Seema Malhotra won her south west London seat comfortably.
Swami Ramdev in his address advocated vegetarianism and healthy life through the practice of Pranayama, the ancient yogic science.
The venture is seen as a rival to the World Bank.
British luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce will auction three super expensive 'Centenary Phantoms' in Chinese cities to mark the company's 100th anniversary, a report said on Wednesday.
Park is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Strong month-end demand for the US currency mainly from oil importers along with currency futures expiry related purchases predominantly weighed heavily on the forex market and haunted investor sentiment.
'The question now is how long the exercise in perfection he created will last once his influence isn't there any longer,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
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