- Thursday, April 03, 2025
TALENTED host Nikita Kanda recently became the new drive time presenter on Asian Star Radio and lights up the airwaves weekdays between 4-7pm. She provides entertainment, plays the biggest hits and shares breaking news stories on the popular show. Eastern Eye got her to select 10 songs she loves right now. Karde…
AS the battle-hardened drill sergeant for prime minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah has long been considered India's second most-powerful person, and his appointment Friday (31) as home minister elevates his position to leader-in-waiting. While Modi is the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) people person, firing up rallies and mastering Twitter,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (31) surprised markets by naming Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the country's defence minister, as the next finance minister at a time when Asia's third-largest economy is stuttering. Amit Shah, chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was appointed as the minister of home affairs,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi and his council of ministers took oath to office on Thursday (30). The union cabinet for the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house) includes 24 cabinet ministers, 9 ministers of state with independent charge, and 24 ministers of state. The list of the top leaders who were…
IT is time to get talking that seemed to be Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's message to both the US and China on Friday (31) when he named a highly rated career diplomat with expertise in dealing with both countries as India's new foreign minister, diplomatic affairs experts said. The…
SOUTH AFRICA star batsman Hashim Amla came back out to bat after retiring hurt having been hit by a Jofra Archer bouncer in a bid to rally his side after a collapse in the World Cup opener against England at the Oval on Thursday (30). Amla had made five when…
INDIA'S prime minister Narendra Modi was sworn in Thursday (30) in front of cheering supporters ahead of unveiling a drastically revamped government for his historic second term. Modi was the first of more than 50 cabinet ministers and deputy ministers to take the oath of office at the presidential palace…
AHEAD of being sworn in as the prime minister for a second consecutive term, Narendra Modi Thursday (30) morning paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He also placed a wreath at the National War Memorial adjoining the India Gate here. The…
COUNTRIES from India to Kazakhstan are far more dependent on melting glaciers for water than previously thought, particularly in summer droughts, scientists said on Wednesday (29), warning that rising temperatures were threatening supply. Each summer, the 95,000 glaciers in the mountain region spanning from Kyrgyzstan's Alai range to the Himalayas…
EVEN as the Indian health ministry continues its efforts to prevent the entry of e-cigarette companies into India, a latest survey has found that 36 brands have been selling the devices illegally in the country since the last three years. The survey, released ahead of the World Tobbaco Day on…
