- Saturday, March 29, 2025
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday (4) shrugged off a remark made by a senior official at the United Nations on the country's upcoming national elections, saying the global body need not tell his country about the polls being "free and fair". His remarks came in response to…
A VACATION turned into a tragedy for an Indian family in Australia after two of its senior male members drowned in the swimming pool of their hotel while trying to save a two-year-old girl. The deceased were identified as Dharmvir Singh, 38, and Gurjinder Singh, 65. The former was the…
MULTINATIONAL integrated healthcare provider Aster DM Healthcare Limited has announced the successful separation of its GCC and India businesses into two distinct and standalone entities. As part of the separation plan, a consortium of investors led by sovereign-backed private equity firm Fajr Capital has acquired a majority 65 per cent…
THE flight connecting the northern Indian city of Chandigarh and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, which was supposed to be resumed on Tuesday (2), has been postponed and according to officials, efforts would be made to ensure that the twice-a-week flight becomes operational from May, The Tribune reported. Air…
THE Indian embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has cautioned Indian nationals residing in the country against dubious social media handles and email addresses that sought to deceive people by soliciting money for travel arrangements from Saudi Arabia to India. The embassy underscored in an advisory it issued on Tuesday (2)…
US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said in an indirect dig at India that any government's involvement in assassination attempts in a foreign land violates "an unacceptable red line". His words were the latest in criticism of New Delhi's alleged plot to eliminate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun…
INDIA on Tuesday (2) dismissed China's attempt to rename around 30 locations in its northeastern-most Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, labeling the action as "senseless" and restating that the border province is an "integral" part of India. China asserts that Arunachal Pradesh, which it refers to as Zangnan, is a…
FLIGHTS from Chandigarh in India and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which were halted in October last year, will resume on Tuesday (2), the new summer flight schedule released by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has said. The summer schedule will continue till October 26, The Indian…
INDIAN tourists' footfall in Thailand has increased after the South-east Asian nation came up with a visa-free entry for Indians for six months starting November 10 last year, the Thai consul general in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has said. Siriporn Tantipanyathep, consul general of Royal Thai, said while…
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said in a worrying report that in India, young people who have received higher education are more likely to remain unemployed than those who have not been to school, Bloomberg reported. For graduates, the jobless rate was 29.1 per cent, almost nine times higher…
