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IOA commission member Karhana demands justice for athletes’ rights

May 3, 2023

Indian Olympic Association’s athletes commission member Om Prakash Karhana on Tuesday came out in support of the protesting wrestlers, who had accused WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and intimidation, saying “justice should be delivered to athletes who are fighting for their rights”. The 36-year-old Karhana, a...

India’s archery team bags four medals in Asia Cup stage 2

May 3, 2023

Indian archers made a flying start to their campaign in the Asia Cup Stage 2 World Ranking Tournament, advancing to the finals of all four team events in the recurve and compound sections, here on Tuesday. The top-seeded Indian men’s recurve team of Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Shelke and Jayanta Talukdar...

India dethrones Australia to become new Test champions

May 3, 2023

India have overtaken Australia to regain the number one position in the ICC men’s Test team rankings following the annual update that drops results from the 2019–20 season and reflects all series completed since May 2020. India’s rating points have moved up from 119 to 121 as their 2-0 defeat...

Ugandan minister shot dead by bodyguard

May 3, 2023

A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to local media. The victim, Charles Engola, served in the government of President Yoweri Museveni as the junior minister in charge of labour. He was a retired army colonel. The attacker, who...

Global renewable energy target pushed at climate talks

May 3, 2023

Germany called Tuesday for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would “ring in the end of the fossil fuel age” and help prevent dangerous global warming. Speaking at the start of a two-day meeting in Berlin attended by dozens of top...

Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea’s Yoon ahead of G-7 summit

May 3, 2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol in return for his March visit to Tokyo, aiming to further strengthen their ties before the upcoming Group of Seven summit. Tokyo and Seoul have been working...

Anti-corruption sleuths raid residence of PTI president, 12 taken into custody

May 3, 2023

Members of the anti-corruption division along with the police conducted a raid at Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s Gujrat home, the former chief minister of Punjab and current president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Geo News reported. The raid comes two days after they conducted a similar operation at his house in...

Hong Kong to cut elected seats numbers

May 3, 2023

Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday stepped up a campaign to shut down further democratic challenges by unveiling plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public. Chief Executive John Lee said the proposed overhaul will reduce the proportion...

White House: No plan to expand Quad membership as of now

May 3, 2023

There is no plan to add new members to the Quad now, the White House has said, emphasising that the relatively young grouping welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partner countries on issues like maritime security, infrastructure and climate change. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue...

U.S: 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December

May 3, 2023

The White House said Monday it now estimates that just since December, Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. In what has become a grinding war of attrition, the fiercest battles have been in...

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