A Russian court on Thursday found US basketball star Brittney Griner guilty of smuggling and storing drugs and sentenced her to nine years in prison. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant amount of narcotics”, judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow....
Read MoreFor some of the Indian wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, this could be their swansong Commonwealth Games. No, they haven’t announced their retirements, there’s another reason altogether.
Read MoreIndia on Friday witnessed an uptick in the number of new Covid-19 infections as it recorded 20,551 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by the ministry of health and family welfare. The country also reported 70 deaths during the same period. Stay with TOI for all updates —
Read MoreWith the central government set to recruit 10 lakh people over the next one-and-a-half years to fill up the nearly 9.79 lakh vacant posts across all ministries and departments, junior minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that all posts deemed abolished upon remaining vacant for more than 2-3 years may be...
Read MoreChina had threatened “serious consequences” if Pelosi landed in Taiwan, despite that the senior US politician met President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on August 3. The visit left China humiliated and angry. It has already taken some severe steps against the island and may take more overt action, even a full-blown invasion, in the...
Read MoreForeign minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed regional and global issues, including the Sri Lanka crisis and what the US described as Russia’s “brutal aggression” against Ukraine and its implications for global food security. The meeting took place in Cambodia on the sidelines of the Asean Regional...
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