'Olympian' menu will include baguettes, herbed chickpeas but no wine15,000 athletes who are participating in the Olympics will get to relish organic French cuisine.
10 May, 2023, 06.34 PM IST
At Summer Olympics 2023, baguettes & chocolate-raspberry mousse on the menu for athletes but no wineFrench food services company Sodexo will oversee catering for the 2024 Olympic Village and other Games sites in Paris next year. The sit-do...
10 May, 2023, 06.19 PM IST
Should Kudo be a part of the Olympics?Vispy will also be aiming to etch his name again in the Guinness Book of Records by attempting multiple Guinness Records in Surat in a few ...
23 Aug, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
Street fighting in Ukraine as hundreds of thousands fleeMachine gun fire and explosions could be heard in Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine and an AFP journalist saw the wreckage of a Russian armoured...
27 Feb, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
International Judo Federation suspends Vladimir Putin as honorary presidentThe conflict has entered a fourth day with Moscow ordering its troops to advance in Ukraine "from all directions", while the West responded...
27 Feb, 2022, 03.46 PM IST
Russia’s richest lose $32 billion as Ukraine crisis deepensThe country’s 23 billionaires currently have a net worth of $343 billion, according to the wealth list, down from $375 billion at year-end.
23 Feb, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Olympics carry a question: What does it mean to be Japanese?Osaka and Hachimura, both of whom have one foreign parent and one Japanese parent, were cheered warmly by many even as some nationalists po...
04 Aug, 2021, 05.27 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely?Mori tried last week to work behind the scenes to appoint 84-year-old Saburo Kawabuchi, the former head of the governing body of Japanese s...
16 Feb, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Australian banks complain they have too much money, more may be on the wayFurther measures to spur credit demand are on the cards, including scrapping "responsible lending" laws, and on Tuesday the Reserve Bank of...
30 Oct, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
Financial technology companies funding in APAC up 9.1% in Q2; India sees 38% dipFunding in China also fell from USD 205 million to USD 41 million as the country saw fresh outbreaks of COVID-19 cases, it added. Fintech f...
25 Aug, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Son just pulled off an impressive judo flip on SnapdealWith Amazon pledging to spend $5 billion in India, the country's e-commerce market is beginning to resemble an arms race, with cash the big...
12 Aug, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Kings and queens who were bankers and teachers before they turned royals!Here's a look at all the nobles who had regular jobs before wearing the crown.
24 Jan, 2017, 12.34 PM IST
We do not get any grant from government: IOASports Ministry does not normally give grants to the IOA but it bears the expenditure incurred on items like air passage, accommodation, et...
01 Jan, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
A look at US, European sanctions on RussiaIn mid-July, the United States imposed sanctions on lucrative Russian energy and defense entities, as well as major banks.
29 Aug, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
2014: Who and what will make news this yearWhile the Latvians are busy saving as souvenirs their 100-latu notes, their leaders believe that joining the troubled currency zone is the ...
01 Jan, 2014, 06.38 AM IST
The second generation of reforms needs the manufacturing policy to create consensus and jobsPolicy is not always made - policy accumulates, the result of many decisions as a country moves forward collectively.
02 Nov, 2011, 12.00 PM IST
- French cop question trader implicated in Societe Generale bank fraud
The French trader accused of one of the biggest bank frauds ever surfaced Saturday _ in the custody of police, who were questioning him abo...
27 Jan, 2008, 04.51 AM IST