- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
India’s economic growth slowed to 4.7 per cent in October-December 2019, according to official data released on Friday (28). This is the slowest in seven years, reports said. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was 5.6 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2018-19, as per the data released by…
BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan believes it’s with constant education that a country, a family can move forward as there is never an end to learning. In December last year, when the actor visited the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, the La Trobe University announced the ‘Shah Rukh Khan La…
INDIA has asked the UN’s human rights body to develop a “better understanding and appreciation” of ground realities in the “vibrant democracy” before concluding on issues such as its amended citizenship law and administration of Kashmir. India’s strong statement came after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on…
By Nadeem Badshah BRITISH Asian patients with mental health problems are among the least likely to improve after having NHS treatment compared to other groups, new government data shows. Experts have called for services to be urgently improved after it emerged that patients of south Asian origin were among the least likely to…
Indians from coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship are back home, after a month of an ordeal. An Air India flight on Thursday (27) brought back 119 Indians and five foreigners who were on board the ship docked off Yokohama in Japan. The foreigners included two from Sri Lanka and one…
INDIAN nationals received over 57,000 Tier 2 skilled work visas in 2019, stated the UK Immigration Statistics published on Thursday (27). This accounts for over 50% of all skilled work visas granted globally – meaning more were granted to Indians than the rest of the world combined, the report said.…
MAJOR Asian cities, including Tokyo, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai, are most at risk from rising sea levels, researchers warned on Thursday, urging authorities to invest more in flood defences and plan to relocate assets and people. A study by UK-based risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft analysed 500 cities…
INDIAN realty firm Lodha Group’s British subsidiarity has launched a $225 million or £174m bond issue in the Singapore market. The latest move by the UK arm of the Mumbai based group is aimed at refinancing part of its outstanding debt. The bonds will be listed on Singapore exchanges. JP…
INDIA added more than three billionaires (in US dollar terms) every month in 2019, taking the tally to 138, says a report. China and the US occupied the first and second spot with 799 and 626 billionaires, respectively. In total, India got 34 new billionaires to take the count to…
FIVE-DAY cricket remains the ultimate format for Australia fast bowling great Glenn McGrath, who believes day-night Tests are the way forward for the format to survive in the age of the shorter Twenty20 version. The future of the longest format has been the subject of debate since the rise of…
