- Sunday, April 20, 2025
THE Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nehal Modi, younger brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, officials said on Friday (13). They said the global arrest warrant against the Belgian national Nehal, 40, has been issued…
POLICE in India's capital New Delhi are probing a case of alleged tax evasion involving Anheuser-Busch InBev, according to a police officer and a document, a setback for the brewer already battling a three-year city ban. Local authorities barred AB InBev, the world's largest brewer, in July from selling its…
INDIA'S capital New Delhi will enforce strict restrictions on use of private cars from November 4-15 to curb pollution, its chief minister said on Friday (13), in an effort to help improve air quality that tends to deteriorate sharply in winter months. Private vehicles will only be allowed to use…
INDIAN aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines and Boeing to ensure that pilots who are qualified to fly 737 Max planes in India are given simulator training in order to ensure passenger safety once the aircraft is back in operation, said a senior official. On March 13 this year,…
INDIA believes in synergising the three UN conventions on climate change, land desertification and biodiversity to achieve the land degradation neutrality target, Indian environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday (13). On the concluding day of the two-week-long 14th Conference of Parties to the UNCCD, Javadekar said, the New Delhi…
THE Indian Council for Cultural Relations will organise the fifth International Ramayana Festival here between September 17-19 as part of the Indian government's exercise to project the cultural aspect of India's soft power. Indian Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the festival, which will see participation of groups from eight…
THE Indian Defence Ministry on Friday (13) accorded approval for procurement of weapons and military platforms amounting to around Rs 20 billion. The Defence Acquisition Council, the ministry's highest decision-making body on procurement, cleared the proposals. "The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded approval for capital procurement for…
HOPES to salvage the lander-rover, part of India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, are fading with the window of opportunity to restore a link with 'Vikram' closing in about a week's time. Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with ground-station early on September seven during its final descent, just…
SPORTING a beard may be a growing fashion statement, but for many Kashmiris it has become a sheer compulsion, and to some, a great deal of consternation. Reeling under strict restrictions with no access to communication since August 5 when the Indian government announced its decision to end Jammu and…
PAKISTAN will make the fullest possible response to India's actions in Kashmir and the global community would be responsible for any "catastrophic" aftermath, Imran Khan, the prime minister of the Muslim-majority nation, said on Friday (6). The rhetoric on the annual Defence Day remembrance of Pakistan's fighters in a 1965…
