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26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 10-year jail

November 20, 2020

Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been sentenced to 10 years in two terror cases by a Pakistani court. This was not the first time that the chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a front organisation for the terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), was sentenced in a terror case...

No ‘pinpoint’ strikes carried out at terror launch pads in POK: Indian military

November 20, 2020

No pinpoint strikes on suspected terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) were carried out by the India military, top government sources said on Thursday. The Indian Army stated that there was no such action taken by the force in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Air Force, too, denied carrying...

Amid standoff, China rapidly building infrastructure for its military along LAC

November 20, 2020

Even as China is posturing to hold talks with India to ease the ongoing standoff in eastern Ladakh, it is busy building infrastructure for its military along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC). India and China, engaged in an eight-month-long standoff along the LAC, have so far engaged...

Rohanjeet Singh Juneja, Karan Desai from Dhanvarsha Finvest Ltd share their journey of empowering & funding underserved Indian entrepreneurs

November 19, 2020

Rohanjeet Singh Juneja and Karan Desai, joint MDs at the Dhanvarsha Finvest Limited spoke to NewsX in its special segment, NewsX A-List. Their company aims to provide timely, affordable and sustainable access to credit to the country's almost 500 million under-served borrowers. Karan Desai started off by talking about their...

Jubin Peter, Karthik Shivan share their journey of becoming one of India’s largest players in electronic distribution and retail

November 19, 2020

Jubin Peter and Karthik Shivan from Qthree Ventures sat in an exclusive conversation with NewsX for its special segment NewsX A-List. Jubin Peter is Co-Founder & Chairman and Karthik Shivan is the Co-Founder & MD of Qthree Ventures and they discussed with NewsX about their business and venture offering retailing...

Athletes must be safest in Tokyo, says IOC official

November 19, 2020

The purpose-built Athletes’ Village must be the safest place in Tokyo during next year’s Olympics, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Wednesday after meetings with the Tokyo 2020 organisers. IOC President Thomas Bach and other officials have been in the Japanese capital this week as a show...

ATP Finals: Stefanos eliminates Rublev, puts Dominic Thiem into semis

November 19, 2020

World No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defeated tournament debutant Andrey Rublev 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6) at London’s O2 Arena to set up a virtual quarter-final clash with Rafael Nadal for a place in the semi-finals. Tsitsipas’s win over Rublev guaranteed Austria’s world No. 3 Dominic Thiem a place in the...

Xavi can be Barca’s Alex Ferguson: Victor Font

November 19, 2020

With Barcelona’s glory days rapidly becoming a fading memory, presidential hopeful Victor Font believes luring former midfield great Xavi Hernandez back to the club would spark another golden age for the Catalans. Xavi, one of the architects of Barca’s decade-long rule of world football, is the coach of Qatari side...

‘Gabba an option if Aussies can’t host India in Adelaide’

November 19, 2020

Australia would prefer to play India in the first test at the Gabba in Brisbane if the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Adelaide forces a change in venue, fast bowler Josh Hazlewood said on Wednesday. The series opener is scheduled to start at the Adelaide Oval on Dec. 17 but a...

Michael Jordan named People’s ‘sexiest man alive’ 2020

November 19, 2020

Actor Michael Bakari Jordan was named this year’s “sexiest man alive” by People magazine on Tuesday (local time). According to E! , The Black Panther actor was announced the 2020’s Sexiest Man Alive winner on ABC ‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night (local time), thus becoming the third African-American...

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