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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to her country when its new caretaker government decides to hold elections, her son has said. Hasina fled to India on Monday after weeks of deadly protests forced her to quit. A caretaker government led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on Thursday, which will be tasked with holding elections. Speaking to the Times of India, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who is based in the US, said, “For the time being, she (Hasina) is in India. She will go back to Bangladesh the moment the interim government decides…
Donald Trump proposed three September debates against Kamala Harris Thursday as he sought to wrest back some of the attention lavished on his rival since her blockbuster entry into the US presidential election. Harris has ignited the Democratic ticket in the last 18 days, pulling in record fundraising and obliterating the Republican ex-president’s polling lead to open up a much broader path to victory than her party would dare to have hoped for just a month ago. The country’s first female, Black and South Asian vice president heads into her party’s national convention in Chicago in mid-August on the back…
The Supreme Court will screen ‘Laapataa Ladies’ movie on Friday for the judges, their families and officials of its registry. The critically acclaimed movie is based on the theme of gender equality. According to a communication circulated by the administration section of the top court, noted actor and producer Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, director of the movie, will also be present during the screening. “As part of the activities organised during the seventy-fifth year of the establishment of the Supreme Court of India, the movie ‘Laapataa Ladies’ which is based on the theme of gender equality, will be screened…
Amid reports of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plans to seek asylum in the UK, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday, received a call from UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. EAM S Jaishankar and his UK counterpart discussed the situation in Bangladesh and West Asia. “Received a call from UK Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy today. Discussed the situation in Bangladesh and West Asia,” EAM S Jaishankar said in a post on X. Received a call from UK Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy today. Discussed the situation in Bangladesh and West Asia. — Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 8, 2024 Ministry of…
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra might have done his absolute best but it was not enough for him to bag his second Olympics gold medal in a row, as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem took the yellow metal with a record-breaking effort. Yet, Neeraj became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men’s javelin throw. Nadeem managed an astonishing 92.97m in his second attempt to set the bar too high for the rest of the field, including Chopra, who seemed under pressure and managed just one legitimate throw — the silver-winning 89.45m in the second…
When Pakistan’s national sports board was deciding who to finance among the seven athletes bound for the Paris Olympics, only Arshad Nadeem and his coach were deemed good enough for funds. Nadeem and his coach Salman Fayyaz Butt were the lucky ones to have their air tickets financed by PSB (Pakistan Sports Board). On Thursday, the 27-year-old from Khanewal village in the Punjab region repaid the faith with an Olympic record and the country’s first individual gold at the biggest sporting stage on the planet. It has been a tale of quiet resolve for Nadeem, whose family struggled to even…
Neeraj Chopra’s father, Satish Kumar, was proud of his son’s remarkable effort that saw him script history at the Paris Olympics after clinching the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw final at Stade de France. When stakes were high in one of the biggest sporting events, it was Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem who raised the bar by breaking the Olympic Record with a mammoth throw in front of a jam-packed crowd. Neeraj delivered his season-best attempt of 89.45m, but it wasn’t close to Arshad’s humongous throw of 92.97 meters. Before the Paris Olympics, Neeraj had a fair share of trouble…
Neeraj Chopra pulled off a season best attempt of 89.45m in the Paris Olympics 2024 javelin final but it was not enough to clinch the gold medal. The defending world champion had to be satisfied with the silver as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97m. Both Neeraj and Nadeem committed fouls in their respective first attempts but the Pakistani athlete stunned everyone with his second throw. The fans at the Stade de France in Paris were left in shock as Arshad’s second attempt went for 92.97m and as a result, he broke the Olympic record…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Neeraj Chopra for winning a silver medal in the men’s javelin at the Paris Olympics 2024. “Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver. He will continue to motivate countless upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams and make our nation proud”, PM Modi wrote on X. Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to…
“Please leave me alone, I want to go back home,” said a distressed Antim Panghal as she and her team boarded an Air India flight to New Delhi on Thursday evening, concluding a controversial Olympic campaign in which she was ousted in the opening round before facing the prospect of a three-year ban for alleged indiscipline. Having lost to Turkey’s Yetgil Zeynep in her opening bout, the 53kg category wrestler, who made an Olympic debut here, grabbed headlines on Wednesday after a “disciplinary breach” involving her entourage, including younger sister Nisha. Sporting her Team India jersey, she along with four…