During the announcement of his last bout, Khan had also claimed that Vijender was scared of him. Replying to his challenge, the Haryana-boxer said it was Khan who picked juniors to fight against.
The world was in for a blockbuster on Sunday night when a total lunar eclipse shared the stage with a supermoon on Sunday night.
China on Monday published photographs of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's first unmanned lunar orbiter, which returned to Earth earlier this month.
Josephine Skriver drove to see the Northern Lights, where boyfriend Alexander DeLeon proposed.
The musical genius is finally getting his dues, and all because of Slumdog Millionaire.
'There are many people languishing in jail under these draconian laws, where it takes them 10 years, 15 years, to finally be acquitted.' 'And, who is going to account for those years?' 'The home ministry's statistics says that between 2016 and 2019, the conviction rate (under UAPA) is only 2 per cent and the use of UAPA has increased by more than 70 per cent.' 'There are many people languishing in jail under these draconian laws, where it takes them 10 years, 15 years, to finally be acquitted.'
'Who is going to account for those years?'
'The home ministry's statistics says that between 2016 and 2019, the conviction rate (under UAPA) is only 2 per cent and the use of UAPA has increased by more than 70 per cent.' 'The government statistics itself is so revealing what the purpose of this law (UAPA) is.'
They made history for India and the world.
Mopez Lomong, chosen by US Olympic team captains this week to lead them into the Games, is the epitome of the American Dream.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was present at the birth of his boy, who weighs 3.2 kg.
People were seen breaking into high end stores around Manhattan's Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, home to almost all luxury and high-end brands from around the world, and running way with merchandise from the shops. Groups of people also looted pharmacies, electronic stores and other businesses across the city.
What is particularly worrying is that the vast majority will not have access to testing or even to proper treatment. These cases could have been avoided if the government had shown the political will to do so, observes Rashme Sehgal.
From incredible landscapes to touching portraits to memorable wildlife photography, the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards showcase it all! Scroll down and prepared to be wowed...
The Bush administration voted for the Canadian candidate instead of Chidambaram, who till end of September had been the front-runner to head the IMF's influential Monetary and Financial Committee.
China's troubled moon rover Yutu or Jade Rabbit has come back to life from a troubled dormancy although experts are still trying to figure out the cause of its abnormality, officials said on Thursday.
In a huge setback to China's ambitious space programme, its first lunar rover Yutu or the Jade Rabbit was declared dead after attempts to revive it failed, media reports said on Wednesday.
NASA said it is looking forward to explore the solar system with its Indian counterpart.
The implementation of the NRC as nothing but a political vendetta of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government, she told the assembly.
The skies turned ember but the so-called "blood moon", when the Earth's natural satellite turns strikingly red, remained elusive. Enthusiasts anxiously waited until past midnight for clouds to give way to the spectacular event to become visible.
Moon who is on a three-day visit to India arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening.
Virat Kohli tries to find joy in the simplest of things in life when he is not focussed on winning matches for India.
Delhi Police spokesperson Mandeep Singh Randhawa said the internal security of the JNU lies with the varsity administration. He said the police did not reach late and handled the situation professionally.
The MEA said Singh's visit to Pyongyang was at the invitation of North Korean government.
A round-up of results from the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday
'Ranveer was seeing a girl and then I think they broke up many months later.' '8-10 months later, I started seeing her.'
With mosques shut, workers and daily wage workers are left to fend for themselves, underscoring once again the magnitude of the crisis of unemployment and poverty triggered by the lockdown, which began on March 25 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The latest on space explorations and findings
She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M C Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had it not been for the "confusion" that gripped her during her semifinal bout.
General T N Raina was an iconic Indian military leader whose contributions to the nation should be more widely known, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The couple celebrate a year of marital bliss and we can't wish them a lifetime of happiness.
'InSight will study the interior of Mars and will teach us valuable science as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon and later to Mars.'
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the Sheena Bora Trial.
Clearly, all of the NEET coaching classes are beyond the capacity of a child from a BPL family.
These eight images show the wonderfully weird world around us.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
'The TMC did not bother telling me, a sitting MLA for 20 years, why I was not being given a ticket.'
North Korean have proven to be priceless when measured in diplomatic currency at South Korea's Winter Games
Hundreds of mourners turned out on Thursday to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, at a special public interfaith meeting ahead of the planned burial at sea.
'You can be a great actress, incredibly good looking, have a huge body of work, have National awards... but until you make a mark in a Hindi project, people will not bother.'
The 37-year-old former actress revealed that her "something blue", worn by brides as a lucky charm on their wedding day, was a piece of a blue dress she wore on her first date with Prince Harry stitched discreetly inside her white wedding gown.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon emphasised India's growing role in the 21st century and how the world will benefit from its emergence on the global stage during his trip to the country late last month.
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