New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit back at critics of his government’s decision to revoke the autonomy of Kashmir, saying its special status had only led to terrorism and separatism. ###### The move will allow Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to play a meaningful role in India’s development, Modi said while addressing the…
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to hand Yuvraj Singh a No-Objection Certificate to participate in the Global T20 League being held in Canada came as a huge relief for many former Indian players who have not been in the scheme of things when it comes to international cricket…
### Dubai: On August 15, Thursday, eager Indian expatriates celebrated their country’s Independence Day by attending the flag hoisting ceremony, which took place at the Consulate of India in Dubai. ### The flag was hoisted at 8.30am by Indian Consul General of India to Dubai, Vipul, and was followed by the singing of the Indian…
When the US declared China a currency manipulator, long-building trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies spread to the combustible realm of currencies — with potentially huge consequences for the global financial system should the escalation continue. There was just such an escalation. ### Central banks in India, New Zealand and Thailand cut interest…
Port-of-Spain: Indian captain Virat Kohli paid tribute to veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, who appeared to have played his last match in the third ODI here, saying apart from his cricketing exploits he will also be remembered for his fun-loving and friendly nature. ### Kohli described the 39-year-old Gayle as an icon and “gem…
Indian National Award-winning actress Vidya Balan remembers being absolutely moonstruck when she saw an iconic image of a bunch of sari-clad women scientists, identified as the staff of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), looking jubilant as their spacecraft entered the Mars orbit for the first time in Indian space history. ### The year was 2014…
There’s a saying, ‘Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation; bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.’ That may sound clever, perhaps in the context of getting (or not getting a job), but when it comes to life, that doesn’t quite work. ### My friend Barney says he’s been thinking about luck a…
London: Memories of a brand-new bicycle – and the mystery man who gave it to her when she was a 5-year-old in a Dutch refugee center – have played out as vignettes in Mevan Babakar’s mind for most of her life. ### Babakar, now 29, said the generous gift from a man whose name she…
Sulla Becca di Verconey in Valgrisenche Federica Mingolla e Matteo Giglio hanno effettuato la prima invernale e prima libera di Monster (350 m, ED+, 8a max, 7a obbl.). Il report di Giglio. Monster è una via di arrampicata sportiva interamente attrezzata a fix inox che avevo aperto a più riprese dal basso nel 2006. Si…
La recensione di Renato Frigerio del libro ‘Pale di San Martino arrampicata scelte classiche e moderne’ di Renzo Corona e Igor Simoni (Edizioni Versante Sud, 2018). Questa guida nasce per il desiderio di Renzo Corona, un alpinista che ha iniziato ad arrampicare a 16 anni, e che ora intende invitare gli amanti della montagna a…