Author: TNI Team

NEW DELHI: To add to already strained India-China ties, Beijing on Thursday thwarted a joint effort of New Delhi and Washington to list Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) deputy chief Rauf Asghar as a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) designated terrorist. If passed, the designation would have subjected Asghar to a global travel ban and asset freeze. […]

Indian Air Force (IAF) has a remarkably large transport fleet, probably one of the largest in the world. The IAF benefitted from the close relationship between India and Russia, thereby possessing a large number of IL-76MD aircraft and a substantial An-32 fleet. However, India also possesses locally-built fleets of Avro HS-748 and Dornier 228 for […]

NEW DELHI: Sneha Pareek secures the second position in the All India Rankings as students from Allen Institute shine in the JEE Main results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA). In all, 34 Allen students bagged a place in the top 100 while 13 students topped their states. Dr Brajesh Maheshwari, director of ALLEN […]

  NEW DELHI: Former Principal Science Advisor Professor K Vijay Raghavan will head Ashoka University’s newly-constituted Science Advisory Council, the university announced on Tuesday. The council led by Raghavan will advise the vice-chancellor on enhancing research, teaching and training in the Natural Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics. “The objective of this initiative is to build […]

BENGALURU: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the Asia Cup. While Rohit Sharma will lead the side, KL Rahul – who missed the series against England and West Indies due to injury – has been named the vice-captain. Virat Kohli, who was ‘rested’ for the series against the […]

BHARATPUR: BJP MP Ranjeeta Koli was allegedly attacked by the mining mafia when she went to check the overloaded trucks carrying stones from illegal mining in Bharatpur. Koli narrowly escaped after the mining mafia pelted stones at the MP’s car near the Dhilawati police chowki. Following the attack, the MP sat on a dharna at […]

NEW DELHI: Celebrating the second anniversary of its long-haul operations, Vistara, India’s finest full-service carrier, has announced ‘Dawat-e-Awadh’ – a special meal festival, on board all its long-haul flights from August 5 to August 31, 2022, the company said. Customers flying Vistara from India to Frankfurt, London and Paris will be offered flavourful Awadhi delicacies, […]

BENGALURU: Indian women lost by nine runs to Australian women in the Commonwealth Games final on Sunday, settling for a silver medal. Chasing 162, India were bowled out for 152 in 19.3 overs. The match started on a controversial note as Australian all-rounder Tahlia McGrath was allowed to play the match despite testing COVID-19 positive. […]

BENGALURU: After pipping England by four runs in the semi-final, Indian Women are set to cross swords with the T20 champions Australia on Sunday in the final. Australia reached the final after defeating New Zealand by five wickets in the second semi-final. India suffered their only defeat of the tournament at the hands of Australia […]

Q: So, where are we going? A: Where are we going?   Q: Where are you going? A: I? Me?   Q: The Opposition. A: That. We will wear black. We will walk all over Delhi in protest.   Q: Walking is good for health, and consumes no fossil fuel. A: It is, isn’t it? […]