- Saturday, April 12, 2025
INDIA'S central bank on Wednesday (7) cut interest rates for the fourth time this year, as New Delhi battles sluggish economic growth and high unemployment. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the benchmark repo rate, the level at which it lends to commercial banks would be reduced by 35…
THE Buddhist enclave of Ladakh cheered India's move to hive it off from Jammu and Kashmir state, a change that could spur tourism and help New Delhi counter China's influence in the contested western Himalayas. Beijing, though, criticised the announcement, made on Monday (5) by the Indian prime minister Narendra…
INDIAN Hindus forced out of Muslim-majority Kashmir decades ago are jubilant at the government's decision to allow all citizens the right to settle there, with many considering an eventual return home if conditions are secure. Aiming to integrate the region fully into India, prime minister Narendra Modi's government has scrapped…
FORMER stars of fierce cricket rivals India and Pakistan traded online barbs Tuesday (6) over New Delhi's explosive decision to strip restive Kashmir of its autonomous status. Indian ex-cricketer Gautam Gambhir took a swipe at Pakistan's Shahid Afridi after he urged the United Nations to intervene in the move to…
A QUARTER of the world's people are just a few dry spells away from facing dangerous water shortages, the US think tank warned on Tuesday (6), with India home to the bulk at risk of running dry. Seventeen countries face "extremely high water stress" because they consume 80 per cent…
UGANDA has started its largest-ever trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine, an official said on Monday (5), amid fears of a potential spillover of the deadly hemorrhagic fever from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The East African country has been on high alert since two people, part of a family…
FIVE months into her pregnancy, Soniya was still carrying heavy sacks up steps at the rice mill in south India where she was forced to work to pay off a family debt. By the time she was rescued, her baby had died. Soniya spent four years in debt bondage, the…
THE Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to "fully support" India's decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism. The Indian government abolished Article 370…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi's decision to revoke special status for the Kashmir region is a bold gamble to end a three-decades-old armed revolt and draw the territory closer to the rest of India, the country's media said on Tuesday (6). The Indian government on Monday (5) scrapped a constitutional…
SUPERSTAR Shah Rukh Khan will be felicitated with 'Excellence in Cinema' honour at the awards night of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on August 8. The festival would pay tribute to the actor's continuous contribution to cinema and popular culture in India with the award. Shah Rukh, who is also…
