China

Sindhu beats Rituparna in her final PBL match

Another early exit: Sindhu bows out of China Open

3:57 pm November 5, 2019

Fuzhou (China): World Champion P V Sindhu suffered a shock defeat to lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in the opening round to be ousted from the USD 700,000 China Open here on Tuesday. World No.6 Sindhu, who made early exits in China, Korea and Denmark, lost 13-21 21-18 19-21 to world No.42 Pai […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

Iran announces sharp rise in enriched uranium production

8:48 pm November 4, 2019

Tehran: Iran announced Monday a more than tenfold increase in enriched uranium production following a series of steps back from commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the United States. Iran has also developed two new advanced centrifuges, one of which is undergoing testing, said Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organisation […]

Hong Kong chaos sees tear gas, attack on Chinese news agency

11:02 pm November 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China’s official Xinhua News Agency for the first time Saturday after chaos broke out downtown, with police firing tear gas and demonstrators hurling gasoline bombs as the protest movement approached the five-month mark. Streets in the upscale Causeway Bay shopping area and nearby Victoria Park were clouded […]

IndiGo becomes member of global airlines body IATA

7:37 pm October 30, 2019

New Delhi: Budget carrier IndiGo on Wednesday announced that it has become a member of International Air Transport Association (IATA) which represents around 290 airlines across the world, comprising 82 per cent of global air traffic. The announcement came after IndiGo’s expansion of international flight operations this year wherein it connected India with countries such […]