Beijing,  With 500 days to go before the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has lauded Beijing 2022 for being a "historic event" which will make the Chinese capital the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games.

Dubai/New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Delhi Capitals have announced an array of virtual fan engagement initiatives for their official fan club - 'the DC Toli', which went live with their opening game against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Among the wide-r

New Delhi, The 2020-21 Indian football season is set to begin with the I-League Qualifier 2020 simultaneously in Kolkata and Kalyani which will feature five teams facing each other to determine who gets a direct entry into the 2020-21 edition of the I-League.

Delhi-based Garhwal FC are among the contenders and in

Ankara, Police in Turkey on Monday detained six Iraqi nationals in Samsun province over their suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) terror group, state-media reported.

According to a report in Anadolu News Agency, the police launched operations simultaneously in different addresses in Ilkadim and Tekkekoy dist

Male, Health officials in the Maldives said on Monday that island-nation has made progress in controlling the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as the number of positive cases significantly dropped in recent days.

Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC) member Ahmed Shaheed said that the number of individuals

Washington, The overall number of global coronavirus cases on Monday surpassed the 31 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 960,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The total number of cases stood at 31,044,033 and the fatalities rose to 960,826, the University's Center for Syst

London, The UK's Prince Charles has warned the climate crisis will "dwarf" the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and urged that "swift and immediate action" was needed, the media reported.

The remarks were part of a recorded message slated to be played at the virtual opening of Climate Wee

Houston,  The US National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the Houston area in Texas until through Tuesday as tropical storm Beta continued moving towards the Gulf Coast.

The warning was issued on Sunday as prolonged heavy rain from Beta will have the potential to produce 38 to 50 cm of

Thiruvananthapuram, The Customs, as part of its probe into the sensational Kerala gold smuggling case, on Monday questioned the driver and owner of the vehicle which transported a baggage consignment from the Air Cargo complex to the UAE Consulate here on March 4.

Both of them denied having any knowledge of the co

New Delhi,  A Delhi court on Monday remanded Journalist Rajeev Sharma, Chinese woman Qing Shi and Nepalese citizen Sher Singh to seven-day police custody in connection with a Chinese espionage racket case.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat sent the three to police custody after they were