Former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten keen to set up cricket academy ...
Hyderabad – Former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten is keen to set up a cricket academy in India, if he gets an opportunity. The former coach of the Indian team said while nothing was “majorly” planned, this was something he was certainly looking into. “I have been... read more »
Ranji Trophy : Karnataka hold the edge
At the end of a 20-minute hit, Manish Pandey walked out of the nets, whipped off his helmet and busied himself with unstrapping his pads. As he was about to dispense with his leg-guard, J Arun Kumar, Karnataka’s batting coach, fired off a couple of instructions in rapid-fire Kannada. Pandey... read more »
A new challenge for Viswanathan Anand in Zurich
Zurich – Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand will find himself in the unfamiliar position of starting as the lowest-ranked player when he takes on a tough field in his first Classical tournament since losing the world title, in the Zurich Challenge at the Savoy. The small event, having just... read more »
AAP has not given funding info to us, says Centre in court
New Delhi – Leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP have failed to share information about their funding, the union government said in the Delhi High Court today. The case is based on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which seeks a probe into the source of foreign funding received by... read more »
Concern as Malala book launch cancelled
An event in north-west Pakistan to launch activist Malala Yousafzai’s memoir was cancelled after pressure from local officials, organisers say. Tuesday’s book launch in... read more »
New drug may stop spread of breast cancer
London – Researchers have identified a new compound that completely halts the spread of metastatic breast cancer in mice. The vast majority of deaths from cancer result from its... read more »
President Barack Obama’s Empty Rhetoric on Education
As the crescendo of his first Address to a Joint Session of Congress in January 2009, newly elected President Barack Obama decided to share a story of a school. That school was called J.V.... read more »
Egypt ex-President Morsi ‘arrives for jail escape trial’
Egypt’s former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has arrived at a court in Cairo to go on trial over his escape from prison in 2011, state media say. He was taken to the court by... read more »
Gunmen attack two Nigerian villages
More than 70 people are reported to have died in two attacks by gunmen in Nigeria’s north-east, Nigerian media reported on Tuesday. Witnesses have been recounting Sunday’s attacks in a... read more »
