Margao (Goa), June 5 (IANS) Hosts India and defending champions Bangladesh will lock horns in the final of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2026 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, on Saturday, in what promises to be a fitting conclusion to the region’s top football tournament.For India, the final represents an opportunity to reclaim a title they last won in 2019 and win a record-extending sixth SAFF Women’s Championship trophy. For Bangladesh, it is a chance to complete an unp…

Paris, June 5 (IANS) Alexander Zverev is now one step away from his first Grand Slam title after he defeated rising Czech star Jakub Mensik in the French Open final, winning in four sets on Friday. The score was 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, and the match lasted three hours and one minute on Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris. With this win, Zverev secured his spot in his second French Open final and the fourth major final of his career.After coming close to winning the trophy in Paris last year, Zverev get…

United Nations, June 5 (IANS) India’s first woman combat helicopter pilot, Major Abhilasha Barak, received on Friday the UN 2005 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, recognising her efforts to promote the role and perspectives of women in peacekeeping. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who presented the award, said she was “a role model to those you serve, and those you serve with”.“Dreams do not have a gender, and neither does leadership, courage, or the will to serve humanity,…

Baku, June 5 (IANS) With global temperatures at near-record levels and El Nino set to return, governments, businesses, communities, and individuals across the world on Friday marked World Environment Day, sounding the alarm on the urgent need to address climate change. This year, Azerbaijan hosted the official commemoration of World Environment Day.Extreme heat is one of the deadliest and fastest-growing climate threats to lives, livelihoods, and economies. With overshoot of the Paris Agreement …

Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday described the Bhopal Gas Tragedy as the “greatest example of tampering with nature,” stating that the recent disposal of Union Carbide waste at Indore has erased a 40-year-old stigma from the city’s soil. “After 40 years, the state government has successfully disposed of the waste lying at the Union Carbide factory, thereby erasing the stigma of the gas tragedy from Bhopal’s soil,” he said.The Chief Minister st…

Guwahati, June 5 (IANS) Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president and Assam Cabinet Minister Atul Bora on Friday attributed the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) growing political strength in Assam to the state government’s development-oriented policies, improved governance, and sustained efforts to bring peace and stability to the region. Speaking to reporters, Bora said the NDA’s continued electoral success reflects the confidence people have reposed in the alliance’s governance model over…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra on Friday led party workers in organising plantation drives across all 256 mandals in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to join the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign on World Environment Day. Malhotra spread the message of environmental conservation by planting a sapling as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign.He urged party workers and citizens to plant more trees and take a pledge to…

Visakhapatnam, June 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced that the state government would develop an integrated Aqua Corridor connecting Amaravati, Bhimavaram, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam and Nellore. The event was attended N. Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister; Piyush Goyal, Union Commerce and Industry Minister; Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj; Kinjarapu Rammohan …

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Accusing the AAP of indulging in politics over a fire tragedy, the Delhi BJP on Friday condemned the demonstration by former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi at the Gate of a hospital in Saket, where the survivors of the Malviya Nagar inferno are undergoing treatment. Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that both former CMs from the Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi, spend most of their time outside Delhi. While Kejriwal remains occupied with running …

Guwahati, June 5 (IANS) Hours after the swearing-in of Assam’s expanded Council of Ministers, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said portfolios for the newly inducted ministers would be allocated after a detailed review of administrative requirements and the strengths of individual ministers. Speaking to reporters, Sarma said the government would take some time to finalise the allocation of departments to ensure that responsibilities are assigned in a way that maximises efficiency a…