- Sunday, April 20, 2025
AS he pitched for wrestler Babita Phogat, the BJP candidate from this constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally said that Chinese premier Xi Jinping has seen the movie based on her and her father. Modi said he got to know this during the recent visit by Xi to…
BANGLADESH and Nepal are estimated to grow faster than India in 2019, according to the World Bank. The overall growth in South Asia is projected to slow down this fiscal in line with a global downward trend, the World Bank said in its latest report. Pakistan's growth rate is projected…
INDIA has been relatively hit hard by the recent global slowdown resulting in its projected growth dropping to 6.0 per cent in 2019, but it's still a fast-growing economy with a lot of potential, a top World Bank economist said on Sunday (13). "It's still a fast-growing economy. So even…
TOTAL has agreed to buy a 37.4-per cent stake in India's Adani Gas, the two firms said Monday (14), with the French giant spending $600 million to expand its access to the energy-hungry country. The Indian firm, part of the Adani Group conglomerate, is one of the four main distributors…
POSTPAID mobile services on all networks were restored in the Kashmir Valley on Monday (14), 72 days after they were snapped following restrictions. Some four million postpaid mobile phones have become operational from Monday noon. Restrictions were imposed after the Indian government on August 5 abrogated the state's special status…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (13) said it would take four months for Jammu and Kashmir to return to normal after his government stripped the state of its special status in August and imposed harsh restrictions. At a rally in the western state of Maharashtra, Modi said that…
FORMER captain Sourav Ganguly is set to take charge as the head of India's cricket board this month, completing his transition from star player to a top administrator. The 47-year-old, who retired from international cricket in 2008, filed his nomination for the president's post of the Board of Control for…
CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (14) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a "loudspeaker" of big businessmen and accusing him of taking money from the pockets of the poor to give it away to his "rich friends". Addressing a poll rally here, his first for the…
A TRIO of American economists on Monday (14) won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including with new approaches in education and healthcare, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, his French-American wife Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer…
WRESTLER Babita Phogat's entry into the political ‘dangal' has spiced up the contest for the Dadri assembly seat, where no party has won consecutive terms in the past four elections. The 29-year-old BJP candidate is pitted against seasoned politicians like Satpal Sangwan of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and Nirpender…
