The world's first online hotel reference tool dedicated to Muslim travellers has been launched in Abu Dhabi.
Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu will be the cynosure of all eyes when the seventh India Super Series badminton tournament gets underway with the qualifiers in New Delhi on Tuesday.
During the day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review preparedness for COVID-19 management, through video conference with health ministers, chief secretaries of all states and UTs, central ministers and representatives from the related organisations and stressed on the need for keeping testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, and labs in active readiness.
Australia and France made the quarter-finals of the Hero FIH Junior Men's World Cup after registering contrasting victories in their respective Pool B matches today at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, will be investigated for injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.
Uthayakumar's response came after several supporters urged him to stand against Samy Vellu, the president of the Malaysian Indian Congress, a component of the ruling Nasional Barisan party coalition.
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Continuous investment in capacity expansion, slow pick-up of medical tourism, increasing competition among corporate healthcare entities and lack of health insurance are thus driving away small players and attracting deep-pocketed corporate entities that can afford to sustain on a long-term basis.
LTTE leaders has been barred by SL court to travel out of the country
He suggested evolving specific plans for cooperation with the 10-memeber grouping in key areas of maritime security, counter-piracy and humanitarian and disaster relief.
Going by the hockey parent body's new data collection, India and Pakistan have met in only 47 head-to-head internationals and many more fails. Read on to find out how the history of this famed rivalry is being binned
Modi will participate in the first-ever trilateral meeting between Japan, America and India and the 2nd Russia, India China trilateral, which is taking place after an interval of 12 years, on Friday.
India and China are associate partner countries of IEA.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
V K Vismaya stunned her fancied opponents, M R Poovamma and Hima Das, to win the gold medal in the women's 400m race at the Indian Grand Prix-3, in Sangrur, on Saturday.
Having "exhausted" all legal avenues and other channels against alleged marginalisation, Hindraf, spearheading the protests by ethnic Indians in Malaysia, has appealed to New Delhi to stop the "ethnic cleansing" in the Muslim-dominated nation.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
At 17 and 20 respectively, Satwik and Chirag form a formidable pair that has proved its mettle in international badminton, often punching above their weight, only to fall short of podium finishes.
International no-frills budget carriers making a beeline for India.
The Indian armed forces, especially the Navy, are building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region for peace and security, as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, he said.
Ukrainian investigators have found 196 bodies at the crash site where a Malaysian passenger plane carrying 298 people was brought down by a missile in pro-Russia rebels-held eastern part of the country.
Jyoti Randhawa and his compatriots cut a sorry figure as none of the Indians could lay their hands on four British Open tickets that were up for grabs in the International Final Qualifying Asia that concluded in Sentosa on Wednesday.
The Bangalore-based Himalaya Herbal Healthcare has struck strategic alliances with leading retail chains in its main export markets such as the US, Singapore and Malaysia.
The prestigious Champions Trophy, due to be held in Lahore in December, has been moved away from Pakistan due to safety and security concerns.
Formula One rolls into Malaysia this week for the second round of the championship at the Sepang International Circuit, where talk surrounding the utter dominance of Mercedes will for once take a back seat to the belated arrival of Fernando Alonso.
The Indian Air Force has asked its personnel and their families not to use Chinese 'Xiaomi Redmi 1s' phones, as it believes these phones could be transferring data to their servers in China and hence be a security risk.
Vistara has a three-class configuration with business, premium economy and economy cabins.
'This is a lesson for me. If you work hard, if you are grateful for what you have in life, God will bless you with more'
India wasted chances galore to settle for a 1-1 draw against England in the their second match at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Sunday.
By his own admission, Rupinder Pal Singh is witnessing a "dream run" at the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy but the ace India drag-flicker said he was just doing his duty as his role in the team is to score goals from penalty corners.
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was caught in a dramatic air-rage incident - trying to calm down an abusive and violent passenger who was 'off his head' on an international flight from Kuala Lumpur to London.
Global funds focused on India have sold shares worth $980 million so far this year, the second highest outflow after $2,668 million from China funds in Asia-Pacific region, according to data compiled by international fund tracking firm EPFR Global.
'The bigger challenge and dilemma for Pakistan would be if the US and Saudi Arabia go full throttle against Iran and enforce regime change in Tehran.' 'That would be bad news for Pakistan, especially with the current instability in Balochistan,' notes Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
Teenage pace bowler Tim Southee was added to an otherwise unchanged New Zealand squad for the third Test against England, beginning in Napier on Saturday.
The book entitled 'Guidelines for Performing Islamic Rites at the International Space Station', teaches Muslim astronaut how to perform ablutions, determine the location of Mecca when praying, praying times, and how to fast in space
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