Indian Wrestler Sumit Malik Gets Two-year Ban
Indian wrestler Sumit Malik has been banned for two years by the United World Wrestling (UWW) after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant. The 28-year-old has…
India’s Mithali Raj becomes leading run-getter in women’s international cricket
Mithali Raj, the India Test and ODI captain, has surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards as the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. Mithali achieved the feat during the third…
Heatwaves claimed over 17,000 lives in 50 years in India
Heatwaves have claimed more than 17,000 lives in 50 years in India, according to a paper recently published by the country’s top meteorologists. The paper said there were 706 heatwave…
US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghanistan after nearly 20 years
Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon…
Uttarakhand’s 11th Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the eleventh chief minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun on July 4, 2021. Dhami succeeds Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat, who had resigned recently. Dhami,…
NASA’s NEOWISE Space Telescope
For two more years, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets – including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth.…
India’s oldest running Newspaper
On July 1, India’s oldest running newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, entered its 200th year, after seeing through two pandemics and two world wars. The Gujarati newspaper, with its office located in…
Western North America Heat Wave
On a global average, the world has warmed about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. An extreme, ongoing heat wave in Western North America began affecting much of the Pacific Northwest…
Kuvempu Award 2020
The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar, the national award instituted in memory of late poet laureate Kuvempu, has been awarded to renowned Odia poet Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda for the year 2020.…
Global Start-up Ecosystem Index 2021
India has jumped three spots up in the global start-up ranking this year. India stands at the 20th spot among the top 100 countries that have been ranked in the…