London, June 12 (UNI) Britain’s Sonay Kartal missed the chance to reach a home quarter-final when she suffered a tough defeat by American Amanda Anisimova at Queen’s. World number 50 Kartal was overpowered by the eighth seed in just one hour and five minutes, losing 6-1 6-3 on Wednesday. Kartal had secured the biggest win…
London, June 12 (UNI) Total prize money at this year’s Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m. The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £27m on offer in 2015. Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively last year, according…
Jammu, June 12 (UNI) Adding yet another feather to his cap, the lone Dronacharya awardee from Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Handoo has been named as member of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel. As per the order issued by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), Kuldeep Handoo has been approved as a Sports Member of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Canada to participate in G7 Summit, which is expected to provide a platform for discussing bilateral and global issues and potentially “reset” ties based on mutual respect, shared interests, and sensitivity to each other’s concerns. Besides participating in the G7 Summit, Modi will…
Dhaka, June 12 (UNI) The Bangladesh Cricket Board has named all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz as the new captain of the men’s ODI team, with the 27-year-old set to lead the side for the next 12 months. Miraz takes over the reins from Najmul Hossain Shanto and will officially begin his tenure during Bangladesh’s upcoming three-match…
New Delhi, 12 Jun 2025: The 137th meeting of the Offshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) was convened today at New Delhi under the chairpersonship of Director General ParameshSivamani, AVSM, PTM, TM, Director General Indian Coast Guard. The meeting aimed to review the preparedness and effectiveness of the security of India’s offshore installations and enhance joint…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) The International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2025 will be celebrated at a grand scale in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) session. The event is set to be participated by over 500,000 yoga enthusiasts, making it one of the largest synchronised…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) A UK bound Air India Boeing with 242 people on board that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, has brought back sordid memories of plane mishap tragedies. The most important was the one on January 24, 1966, in which the father of India’s nuclear programme Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (UNI) The news of the Air India aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is heart-wrenching, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday. “It is sad that all but one of the passengers on board the plane, as well as several students of the medical college hostel where the plane crash landed, have…
Srinagar, June 12 (UNI) Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that India successfully thwarted nearly two lakh cyber attacks targeting its power infrastructure during the recent Indo-Pak conflict. Addressing a press conference marking the completion of 11 years of the Narendra Modi government, Khattar said, “Cyber security is now the biggest threat…
