Patna, Jan 27 (UNI) Patna Pirates began their home leg in fine fashion with a dominating 44-28 victory over Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League match at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium here on Friday night. Manjeet (10 raid points), Nitin Kumar (10 raid points) and Mayur Kadam (6 tackle points) were the top performers…
Muscat, Jan 27 (UNI) The Indian women’s hockey team registered a thrilling 6-3 victory in the FIH Hockey5s Women’s World Cup 2024 Semi-Final against South Africa on Friday night. Akshata Abaso Dhekale (7’), Mariana Kujur (11’), Mumtaz Khan (21’), Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (23’), Jyoti Chhatri (25’), Ajima Kujur (26’) scored for India. Meanwhile, Teshawn De…
Cape Town, Jan 27 (UNI) The Indian men’s hockey team continued their unbeaten run on the South Africa tour with a sensational 3-0 win over the hosts South Africa here on Friday night. Captain Harmanpreet Singh (2′), Abhishek (13′), and Sumit (30′) were on the scoresheet for India in the match and helped the team…
Melbourne, (UNI) World No.3 Daniil Medvedev pulled off a victory against World No.6 Alexander Zverev after losing the first two sets in an enthralling Australian Open semifinal match here on Friday. The encounter was even more exciting as the relations between them have not been the best Zverev once even called Medvedev the most dishonest…
Brisbane, (UNI) Australia staged a comeback into the match against West Indies, despite a Homeric collapse of their top-order sparked by Kemar Roach’s three-fer on Day 2 of the first Test at The Gabba here on Friday. West Indies reigned supreme on the back of debutant Kevin Sinclair’s maiden Test fifty, and a blazing spell…
Chicago, Jan 27 (UNI) Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in downtown Chicago on Friday, Chicago police and fire officials said. The boys, 16-year-old and 17-year-old respectively, were leaving their high school with about four other people around 12:25 p.m., when two vehicles pulled up and several people exited and opened fire, Chicago Tribune…
Washington, Jan 27 (UNI) The US State Department approved a potential sale of F-35 combat aircraft and related equipment to Greece for an estimated $8.6 billion, the Pentagon said in a statement. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
Port Moresby, Jan 27 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 135 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea at 0215 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 215.9 km, was initially determined to be at 5.44 degrees south latitude and 146.99 degrees east longitude.
Washington, Jan 27 (UNI) US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin said in a statement that he will allow the sale of F-16 fighter jets from the United States to Turkey to advance, following Ankara’s approval of Sweden’s membership in NATO. “I commend the Turkish Parliament for its important vote in favor of approving…
Tokyo, Jan 26 (UNI) The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has announced a plan to release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility into the ocean in fiscal 2024. The volume is expected to be discharged into the Pacific Ocean in seven rounds, starting from…
