Neeraj Kumar, Author at DD India

July 21, 2025 11:16 AM

ECB to host next three World Test Championship finals till 2031, ICC says

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will continue to host the biennial final of the World Test Championship for the next three editions till 2031, global governing body ICC said on Sunday. The match, which crowns the world champions in the lon...

July 21, 2025 11:12 AM

Owen shines on debut as Australia beat Windies in first T20

Mitchell Owen made an impressive debut as Australia beat West Indies by three wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series in Jamaica on Sunday. Owen took a wicket with his medium pace bowling before returning to smash ...

July 21, 2025 10:54 AM

Calm reported in Syria’s Sweida, Damascus says truce holding

Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signalled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented...

July 21, 2025 10:04 AM

Japan’s shaky government loses upper house control

Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power even as he vowed to remain party leader, citing a looming tariff deadline with the United States. Whil...

July 21, 2025 11:02 AM

Ceasefire Holds in Syria After Deadly Sectarian Clashes

A tenuous ceasefire has taken hold in Syria’s Suwayda province after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters, Bedouin tribes, and government forces, which killed over 800 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOH...

July 18, 2025 4:48 PM

India reaffirms commitment to ‘Pact for Future’ at UN dialogue

India reiterated its strong commitment to the Pact for the Future and its annexes, the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the Declaration on Future Generations, during the third interactive informal dialogue held to review the pact. Describing the ini...

July 18, 2025 4:55 PM

Sensex, Nifty end lower amid selling in banking, IT sectors

Indian equity markets ended lower on Friday as investors reacted to weak Q1 earnings in the banking and IT sectors, coupled with sustained foreign institutional investor (FII) selling and global trade uncertainties. The BSE Sensex fell 501.51 points...

July 18, 2025 4:21 PM

INS Nistar, India’s first indigenous diving support vessel, commissioned in Visakhapatnam

In a boost to India's maritime capabilities, INS Nistar, the country’s first indigenously designed and constructed Diving Support Vessel (DSV), was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Friday in Visakhapatnam. The commissioning ceremony took place ...

July 18, 2025 3:48 PM

Depression over MP, UP triggers heavy rains across India: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall across several parts of India, influenced by a depression over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining southwest Uttar Pradesh. The weather system is expected t...

July 18, 2025 2:15 PM

Piyush Goyal urges youth to lead the journey towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday inaugurated the India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (IIMUN) Conference 2025 in Noida, where he called upon youth to take the lead in building a Viksit Bharat (Developed Indi...