India proposed to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, which is expected to choose the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics. IOA President Narinder Batra and member Nita Ambani submitted the formal bid to the IOC chief Thomas Bach here. Batra is set to be elected as a new IOC member during ...

Japan gifted Manipur a museum of peace built on the memories of one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War. The inauguration of the Imphal Peace Museum at Red Hill, about 20 km southwest of Manipur’s capital Imphal, marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal. Some 70,000 ...

Hamilton was in a league of his own, even over his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, as the 34-year-old Briton took his sixth win in eight races. The five-time champion leads Bottas in this year's title race by 36 points - a win and a fifth place - after just eight races. Bottas finished a ...

The International Olympic Committee has formally opened its 145 million Swiss francs ($145 million) new headquarters exactly 125 years after the Olympic Games was revived. "On our 125th anniversary, we clearly see what a great visionary Pierre de Coubertin was," IOC President Thomas Bach told ...

The new project will help improve L&T's capacity utilisation, but the company's orders from the private sector continue to remain muted. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said on Monday it has won a project for constructing a power plant in Bihar. The project is estimated to be worth more than ...

The National Small Industries Corporation  signed an MoU with  Common Service Centres (CSC)  e-Governance Services India in New Delhi today, for enhancing new offerings  for the MSME sector by synergizing each  others'  competence.The MoU was signed by Shri. Ram Mohan ...

The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch a new reporting platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb organised crimes. The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit launched the new anti-money laundering platform 'goAML' , which has been open for ...

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya, who was in-charge of the monetary policy department, has resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) confirmed on Monday. Acharya submitted a letter a few weeks ago saying he was unable to continue his term beyond ...

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won Mauritania's presidential election with an absolute majority. It was the first time Mauritanians voted to elect a successor to a democratically elected president in the West African state. Mauritania's ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, a former ...

IT services major HCL Technologies Ltd. on Wednesday said it has signed a multi-year deal with Cricket Australia to deliver digital experiences to fans, players, and employees. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. HCL “will help the Australian cricket's governing body ...

Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after its Plenary Meeting agreed to grant the Kingdom full membership of the group at a meeting held in Orlando this week. Saudi Arabia’s accession comes as FATF celebrates its 30th anniversary and the ...

Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak clinched a bronze medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The 23-year-old from West Bengal, who had qualified for vault finals with a sixth place, came up with a score of 13.384 to claim the bronze medal. ...