New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) India head coach Gautam Gambhir has urged his players to embrace the pressure of knockouts as the defending champions prepare to face two-time winners England in the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at the iconic Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Speaking in a video shared by the Board…
Abu Dhabi, Mar 3 (UNI) Players and officials ran from the court at an ATP Challenger event in the United Arab Emirates when a fire broke out at a nearby oil terminal following an Iranian drone attack. Two matches were stopped in Fujairah – which is about 90 miles south-east of Dubai – shortly after…
Bengaluru, March 3 (UNI) Recalling his celebrated five-wicket haul against England at Lord’s, Venkatesh Prasad on Tuesday said ensuring the return of Royal Challengers Bengaluru to Bengaluru for IPL 2026 was an even greater achievement for him. “It’s a great achievement in just two and a half months for this managing committee of KSCA, and…
Perth, March 3 (UNI) Indian pacer Renuka Thakur has been ruled out of the only Test of the ongoing multi-format women’s series against Australia due to workload management concerns. The one-off pink-ball Test is scheduled to be played at the WACA Ground in Perth. In a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India…
Mumbai, March 3 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced that the Indian Women’s Cricket Team has been shortlisted for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards under the World Team of the Year category. First instituted in 2000, the annual awards honour the greatest and most inspirational sporting achievements…
New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has saturated over 103,000 schools across India and helped millions of school students complete their mandatory biometric update (MBU) in Aadhaar at ease and comfort of their school campuses, as per the information shared by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY). So…
Hyderabad, March 3 (UNI) Private airlines IndiGo announced the launch of daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Shanghai, effective from March 29. The service will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft, the airline said in a release on Monday. The development follows the recent reinstatement of the carrier’s operations to Guangzhou and is aimed at…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Vedanta Chairman Anil Aggarwal on Tuesday sounded an urgent need for India to become “Self-reliant” in oil and gas-related sectors. Sharing a graphical representation on India’s resource vulnerability in a volatile world, in X, Aggarwal said, “India cannot wait. The world is more unsettled and uncertain than it has been…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Escorts Kubota Limited (EKL), an agri-machinery and construction equipment major, on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 2,300 crore in the first phase of its proposed greenfield manufacturing facility at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The company’s Board has approved the acquisition of 150 acres of land in the Yamuna Expressway…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Orbia Advance Corporation’s Precision Agriculture business, Netafim, on Tuesday announced two major water stewardship initiatives with Amazon India that are expected to save approximately 325 million litres of water annually across agricultural belts in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. According to the company, the projects will help save around 175 million litres of…
