The U.N. chief has urged India to commit to carbon neutrality by ending fossil fuel subsidies and investing in clean solar power as it mobilizes trillion of dollars to recover from the coronavirus pandemicBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated PressAugust 28, 2020, 10:34 AM• 3 min readNEW DELHI -- India should commit to carbon neutrality by ending…

The U.N. chief has urged India to commit to carbon neutrality by ending fossil fuel subsidies and investing in clean solar power as it mobilizes trillion of dollars to recover from the coronavirus pandemicBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated PressAugust 28, 2020, 8:42 AM• 4 min readNEW DELHI -- India should commit to carbon neutrality by ending…

Image copyright Getty Images Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has gone to court to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump.President Trump's executive order prohibits transactions with TikTok's owner ByteDance from mid-September.Officials in Washington are concerned that the firm could pass American users' data to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has denied doing.Tiktok said…

England beat India at Lord's in the final of the 2017 Women's World CupThe 2021 Women's World Cup in New Zealand could be played behind closed doors and in a bio-secure environment.Organisers of the tournament, scheduled for February and March, are advertising for a "bio-security manager".The International Cricket Council (ICC) is understood to be looking…

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when we thought England might not play any international cricket at all this summer, there was much discussion about how much it might cost the game financially.Clearly, that is incredibly important, but perhaps only now, when six Tests have been played in the bio-secure bubble, are we realising…

Publishedduration7 Augustmedia captionAftermath of the Kerala plane crash shows the plane broken in twoAn Air India Express plane with 190 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people, officials say.The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and broke…

Publishedduration20 Augustimage copyrightAFPimage captionThe cricketing legend said he missed his Maruti 800 - a small car popular in India in the 1990sIndian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has asked his fans to help him locate his first car.The iconic player, who is passionate about cars, said the vehicle was a Maruti 800 - a small car…

Chauhan formerly held the record for the most Test runs without making a century (2,084) - it has only been surpassed by Shane Warne (3,154)Former India opener Chetan Chauhan has died at the age of 73, a month after being diagnosed with Covid-19.The right-hander played 40 Tests for his country between 1969 and 1981, mostly…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The reopening of Disney's park in Florida has been clouded by the state's surge in coronavirus cases Disney plans to release Mulan on its Disney+ streaming site this year and launch a new streaming service outside the US next year as it tries to build on its early streaming success.The…

A pair of eyeglasses that are believed to have once belonged to Mohandas Gandhi are being auctioned, decades after the independence leader gave them as an impromptu giftAugust 10, 2020, 2:01 PM• 2 min readLONDON -- A pair of eyeglasses that are believed to have once belonged to Mohandas Gandhi are being auctioned, decades after…