- Friday, April 18, 2025
INDIA'S cabinet announced Wednesday (28) that it would ease restrictions on foreign investment in four key sectors in a bid to shore up support for the flagging economy. Asia's third-largest economy has slowed in each of the past three quarters- losing its status as the world's fastest-growing and piling pressure…
PAKISTAN has closed three aviation routes of Karachi airspace from August 28 till August 31, the country's civil aviation authority said on Wednesday (28) after the government's announcement that it is mulling a complete ban on the use of the country's airspace by Indian flights. The ban will affect all…
INDIA’S external affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov here on Wednesday (28) and the two leaders discussed regional and international issues of mutual interest. Jaishankar arrived in Moscow on Tuesday (27) on a two-day visit to Russia to finalise the preparations for prime minister Narendra Modi's…
INDIAN cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have put his international retirement on hold but he is unlikely to be selected for India's three-match T20 home series against South Africa starting September 15 in Dharamsala. The team for the series is expected to be picked on September 4. The remaining two…
INDIAN actor Prabhas says the kind of films that are being made across the country, the record set by ‘Baahubali’ films can be broken any Friday (28). Prabhas headlined the two-part epic-fantasy franchise- ‘The Beginning’ and ‘The Conclusion’. While it has been two years since ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ set…
INDIAN actor-director Nandita Das is set to feature in Telugu movie ‘Virataparvam’. The film, starring Sai Pallavi and Rana Daggubati in the lead, is being directed by Venu Udugula. The project marks Das' return to Telugu cinema after over a decade. Her last Telugu-language feature was 2006's "Kamli". "I shot…
ACTOR Salman Khan has completed 31 years in the film industry and the superstar has thanked his fans for playing a huge part in this journey. The 53-year-old actor took to Twitter to mark the occasion and shared a photograph from his childhood. "A big thank you to the Indian…
INDIA might be celebrating a world champion in P V Sindhu right now but national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand feels there are reasons to be worried about the future as the country has not "invested enough in coaches". Sindhu, who is also an Olympic silver-medallist, became India's first world champion…
SNAPPING its three-day rising streak, benchmark BSE Sensex dropped 189 points on Wednesday (28), tracking heavy losses in metals, energy, banking and auto counters amid concerns over a looming global recession. After a choppy session, the 30-share Sensex settled 189.43 points, or 0.50 per cent, lower at 37,451.84. It hit…
WITH just 11 days to go for its moon landing, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday (28) said it has successfully performed the third lunar-bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. All spacecraft parameters were normal, the city-headquartered space agency said after the maneuver on the spacecraft that is…
