New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Liverpool player Stephen Warnock honoured the late Diogo Jota’s legacy and praised the club for retiring his No. 20 shirt, calling the decision ‘something that has been echoed globally as the right thing to do. In honour and memory of Jota across all levels, Liverpool retired squad number 20. Jota and his brother Andre Silva passed away in a car accident in the Spanish province of Zamora.“When you think of Diogo Jota, the constant smile he played with is e…

Perth, Aug 14 (IANS) Australia fast bowler Jhye Richardson said he remains hopeful of featuring in this year’s Ashes despite only bowling for the first time on Tuesday since his latest shoulder surgery but admitted that there’s still ‘a lot of water to go under the bridge’ before he is ready for Test cricket. Richardson, 28, underwent a third operation on his right shoulder in January to address repeated dislocations and has not played Test cricket since taking a maiden five-wicket haul …

Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) The Hrithik Roshan and NTR-starrer “War 2” directed by Ayan Mukerji has hit the big screen and it seems not many are impressed as viewers have drawn comparison between the latest and its first installment, which was released in 2019. “War 2” is an action thriller film directed by Ayan Mukerji. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, NTR, Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana and Anil Kapoor.A viewer said that “War 2” is a good action movie but looks very made up.“The action was …

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s warehousing market recorded a 42 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) surge in leasing volumes to 32.1 million square feet (mn sq ft) across the top eight markets in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), a report said on Thursday.This sharp rise in demand was led by the manufacturing sector, which saw a 71 per cent YoY growth in space uptake, accounting for 45 per cent of the total transactions, Knight and Frank, a global property consultant, said in its latest report.Accordi…

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The technology sector continues to anchor office space demand, sustaining its role as one of the dominant demand drivers across the top 7 Indian cities, a report said on Thursday. In the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), the sector accounted for more than 10 million sq ft of grade A space uptake across the top 7 cities, nearly 40 per cent of the overall conventional leasing, Colliers India said in its report.According to the report, the technology sector, in particular, rema…

London, Aug 14 (IANS) United Kingdom Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq has denounced the ongoing corruption trial against her in Bangladesh as a ‘farce’, alleging that it is based on “fabricated accusations” and fueled by a “political vendetta” of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.The remarks came after a trial began in the Dhaka Court on Wednesday, charging Tulip, her aunt, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her mother, Sheikh Rehana, her brother, Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, and …

Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) South Korea will consistently pursue the normalisation of ties with North Korea, the unification ministry said on Thursday, responding to Pyongyang’s statement rejecting Seoul’s conciliatory overtures. “The government will consistently pursue normalisation and stabilisation of ties between South and North Korea in a way that can become mutually beneficial,” an official at the unification ministry said.The reaction came just hours after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of …

Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Tara Chand, chief of Baloch American Congress, on Thursday stated that instead of banning the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), US President Donald Trump should have slapped severe sanctions on the Pakistani Army, which he described as the world’s number one terrorist army.The remarks came after the US recently designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its front organisation, The Majeed Brigade (TMB), as foreign terrorist organisations (FTO).Taking to X, Chand po…

Brussels, Aug 14 (IANS) Europe’s wildfire season has scorched 439,568 hectares so far this year, more than double the 19-year average for this point in the season, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) said. The tally covers fires larger than 30 hectares detected by the EU’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service, Xinhua News Agency reported.Since January 1, authorities have registered 1,628 such fires, up from 1,089 in the same period last year, with associated carbon emissions…

Jerusalem, Aug 14 (IANS) Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that he has approved the construction of 3,401 housing units for settlers in a particularly controversial area of the occupied West Bank. The homes would be built in the E1 area, a stretch of land east of Jerusalem between the city and the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. Construction there is seen as especially contentious because it would effectively cut off East Jerusalem from the northern West Bank. Building plans…