Pakistan’s growing nuclear stockpile, doctrine pose risk: Pentagon

Washington : Pakistan’s growing nuclear arsenal and its evolving “tactical nuclear weapons” doctrine pose increasing risk of an “incident”, Pentagon’s top spymaster has warned.“Pakistan’s nuclear weapons continues to grow. We are concerned that this growth, as well as the evolving doctrine associated with tactical weapons, increase the risk of an incident or accident,” Defence Intelligence […]

Zidane insists misfiring Ronaldo still remains world’s best footballer

Madrid : Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind an underperforming Cristiano Ronaldo, labelling the star striker as the best player in the world. The French manager dismissed suggestions that Ronaldo has now past his best and couldn’t compete with Lionel Messi, insisting that the rivalry between the duo was good for […]

De Villiers hails Proteas’ hunger, attitude post third ODI win

Johannesburg : South African skipper AB de Villiers has praised his side’s attitude and hunger that led to their seven-wicket victory in the third ODI of the five-match series against England at SuperSport Park in Centurion, Pretoria. Jubilant with the result, the 31-year-old insisted that it was a good solid performance by the team as […]

Hazlewood fires warning shot at Guptill ahead of Test series

Melbourne : Australian pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood believes that his side will try to expose star batsman Martin Guptill’s vulnerabilities in the two-match Test series against New Zealand, which starts on Friday at Wellington.Hazlewood, who dismissed Guptill three times during the home series in November, said that Australia got the better of the big-hitting opener […]

Australia looking forward to India ‘promoting’ renewable energy

Sydney : At the third India-Australia Energy Security Dialogue, Australia is looking forward to India promoting renewable energy and energy-related technologies. “The ministers had a good start and we look forward to more opportunities to discuss between Australia and Indian companies in promoting renewable energy and energy-related technologies.” Andrew Chew, partner at law firm, Corrs […]