House-hunting for Dr Singh

THERE are still many who see the defeat of Manmohan Singh in 1998 from South Delhi, the kind of constituency most likely to have benefited from his economic reforms, as a sign that the Indian voter......

NRI from SA visiting Vadodara tests positive for Omicron BA.5

A 29-year-old NRI who recently came to Vadodara in Gujarat from South Africa has been found infected with the BA.5 sub-variant of the highly-transmittable Omicron variant of coronavirus, a health......

Dr Singh may meet Pak PM at Commonwealth meet

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh could meet his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting scheduled to be held in November in......

Omicron has been around for some time, says SA doctor who raised alarm

The South African doctor who first raised an alarm over new Covid variant, Omicron, states that the new coronavirus strain has significantly more mutations, as compared to the Delta or Beta......

Sensex gains 176 points to 12,219

The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 61 points at 12,104. Fresh buying in morning trades saw the index rally over 240 points.The index, thereafter, displayed range-bound movement before......

India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

Like pharmaceutical companies globally - which used to enjoy a preferential exchange rate in Venezuela - Indian producers have been left badly stung by the collapse of the bolivar currency Indian......

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapsed cancer, passed away post midnight in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai. He was 51. Shrivastava had been......

Why Deven Varma retired from the movies

Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor on July 23, 2013. At 76, Deven Varma looks very fit and active sitting in his......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Did Chappell make a racist comment against SA pacer Rabada?

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has come under fire for his comment on Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada made during the first Test at the WACA in Perth, which offended the South African......

Delhi Police to investigate SA players

The Delhi police has decided to examine the South African players involved in the match-fixing case if they tour India next month. A decision in this regard was taken by top officers of the Delhi......

SA recall de Villiers, Steyn with an eye on India series

'After Zimbabwe we have two very tough home Test Series coming up against India, the No. 1 ranked side in the world.' IMAGE: Dale Steyn, left, celebrates a wicket with AB de Villiers. Photograph:......

India-returned SA players are COVID-19 negative

No symptoms in those not tested IMAGE: Thermal screening of South African cricketers for novel coronavirus on arrival at a city hotel in Kolkata last month. The first match in Dharamsala on March......