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We are passing through a time where connection often happens through digital screens. In this backdrop, rejuvenating an almost forgotten connection between India and Sri Lanka by the resumption of a passenger ferry services will bolster bilateral ties, boost tourism and increase people to people relations.

New Delhi: World and Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra on Monday led the celebrations by the Indian sports persons, fans and Bollywood Superstars on the Inclusion of Cricket in the Olympics at Los Angeles 2028.

New Delhi: Australia desperately needed a life line and Sri Lanka provided them with that, as the five-time champions defeated the Islanders by five wickets with 14.4 overs to spare, for their first win in three outings, to stay alive in the ICC World cup this evening in Lucknow.

New Delhi: IOC member Nita M. Ambani on Monday hailed the inclusion of cricket in the sports program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Games saying that it was a welcome addition that had the potential to attract a lot of new interest and opportunities for the Olympic movement across newer geographies in the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it Disease X. It does not exist now, but it is a concept floated by WHO to gauge the readiness of any country to fight a pandemic in the future. The model underscores the importance of vigilance, research, and preparedness in the face of emerging infectious diseases that may have a fatality rate of Ebola and is as infectious as measles.

West Bengal, once the epicentre for industry, has been fading in the industrial map of the country. At the time of Independence, it accounted for 30 percent of country’s industrial output. Now, it is 3 percent, according to official sources. Political belligerence, where political ideologies and ethnocentric leaders played the key role, downplayed the merit of the State to be the attractive industrial destination. Resultantly, State economy is in downturn, leading to unrestricted growth of unemployment.

Come late September and October, kash flowers are in bloom in parts of Maidan in Kolkata together with a few more spots in the city yet to be invaded by concrete jungle heralding the arrival of the biggest festival of West Bengal - Durga Puja. Yet the fact remains preparations for the puja continue all the year round in the clubs holding community pujas.

Under India's presidency, The Group of Twenty (G20) unanimously adopted a regulatory roadmap for cryptocurrencies at a meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 13. The intergovernmental forum, comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union, and the African Union, accepted the proposals made in the joint report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in September. The report — IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper: Policies of Crypto-Assets – advocates for comprehensive regulations for the sector, arguing that banning cryptocurrencies will prove ineffective. It asks for cross-border cooperation and the sharing of information between regulators. Corporate governance and risk management standards must be defined and legislated for cryptocurrency firms. Regulators and government agencies need access to relevant data of cryptocurrency firms. All these recommendations need to be incorporated into the legislation by the member countries.

After successful swachhata campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government during the last 2-3 years to clean up government ministries and buildings by getting rid of musty files and condemned scrap furniture, Coal ministry has shown the way to convert this waste into wealth. “Kabad se Kalakrity”, a novel initiative has been launched by the ministry as part of the centre’s special swachhata campaign 3.0 from October 2-31 to turn scrap into sculpture.

New Delhi: PV Sindhu’s campaign came to an end as she lost to China’s Wang Zhi Yi 12-21,21-11,7-21 in the semi-final of the Arctic Open badminton tournament at the Vantaa Energia Areena in Finland.