Day: July 24, 2021

Sri Lanka beat India by three wickets in the third and final one-dayer to lose the series 1-2 here on Friday.

Japan’s global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.

Syria’s Hend Zaza, at 12 the youngest athlete competing at the Tokyo Olympics, exited the table tennis tournament in the opening round on Saturday, snapping a selfie with her Austrian opponent to remember the occasion.

With the last U.S. forces on the way out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Joe Biden assured President Ashraf Ghani of U.S. diplomatic and humanitarian support on Friday as Taliban advances piled pressure on the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.

Malaysia reported 15,573 new Covid-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 980,491, the Health Ministry said Friday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to visit India next week to strengthen cooperation and highlight shared interests, his spokesperson Ned Price announced on Friday.

Bharat Biotech on Friday said it terminated the Memorandum of Understanding entered with Precisa Medicamentos and Envixia Pharmaceuticals LL.C for its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for the Brazilian market.

India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday as she overcame her Rio heartbreak to become the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games.

V-Mart Retail Ltd said it has signed definitive agreements to acquire all of existing running stores of ‘Unlimited’ from Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd (ALBL).

Redmi India, a sub brand of Mi India, has unveiled its first 5G smartphone – Redmi Note 10T 5G.