Neeraj Chopra‘s season-best not enough to defend javelin title as Nadeem settles issue with monstrous second throw in finalPARIS: It was hot and humid at the Stade de France on Thursday night. The air was still, and heavy with anticipation. Not the best of conditions for an athlete to give his best. But that would…
Just two years ago, Bhavish Aggarwal was facing one of his biggest tests. A video on social media showed an Ola Electric Mobility Ltd. vehicle bursting into flames in the Indian city of Pune, raising doubts about whether his bet on the world’s biggest e-scooter factory would ultimately pay off.The outspoken founder, who’s drawn parallels…
NEW DELHI: Billionaire owner of X and Trump supporter Elon Musk has been accused of spreading false or misleading claims on the US election and influencing the highly polarised White house race. According to a report by a watchdog organisation, Musk’s flagged social media posts have garnered nearly 1.2 billion views this year.Center for Countering…
NEW DELHI: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinched a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, performing in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Stade de France.Neeraj’s throw of 89.45m earned him second place on the podium. Although it was his best performance of the season, it wasn’t enough to secure gold, which went to…
Former US President Donald Trump once compared his dating life to the harrowing experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War in an recently resurfaced interview from 1997. Trump described his efforts to avoid contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as his very own “personal Vietnam,” declaring himself a “brave soldier” in the dangerous battlefield of dating.In…
NEW DELHI: Adille Sumariwalla, the president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), praised Neeraj Chopra‘s valiant effort in securing the silver medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics. Sumariwalla described Neeraj’s performance as fighting “like a tiger” to achieve this remarkable feat.Despite his best throw of 89.45 meters, the 26-year-old Neeraj narrowly missed out on…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to meet in a highly anticipated prime-time debate on September 10, as announced by ABC News on Thursday. This 90-minute showdown, expected to be held in Philadelphia, marks a pivotal moment in an unpredictable presidential campaign that has already seen significant twists and turns.The…
MUMBAI: At $460 billion, business interests of the country’s three wealthiest families’ put together are worth as much as Singapore’s GDP.With Rs 25.8 lakh crore ($309 billion), Ambani family ranks first in the Barclays Private Clients Hurun India most valuable family businesses list. They are followed by the Bajaj family, headed by Niraj Bajaj, which…
MUMBAI: LIC plans to take the acquisition route to get into the health insurance business, said MD & CEO Siddhartha Mohanty.During the announcement of the company’s financial results for the first quarter, Mohanty said that the company is looking at an acquisition during the current financial year. “Rather than set up a vertical for insurance,…
On March 26, 1993, The New York Times published a photograph of an emaciated Sudanese child stalked by a vulture. The child survived, the photograph won a Pulitzer in 1994, and the photographer, Kevin Carter, committed suicide the same year.Something else happened in ’93 that went unnoticed. The patent on a 20-year-old drug expired. This…
