- Monday, March 31, 2025
INDIA'S Jet Airways was teetering on the brink of collapse Wednesday (17), operating just five planes and waiting for lenders to release emergency funds to keep the debt-saddled carrier flying. Airfares on rival carriers have soared and Air France and KLM are operating additional flights to Mumbai to accommodate passengers…
SAROD MAESTRO AMJAD ALI KHAN ON HIS MAGICAL JOURNEY AND LINKING TO A HIGHER POWER by ASJAD NAZIR Being born into a family of grand masters that stretches back centuries meant Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was connected to music from a very young age. The strong roots, combined with a…
THE Chinese video app TikTok is no longer available in Google and Apple app stores in India after a state court prohibited its downloads, a setback for developer Bytedance Technology's efforts to tap users in a key market. TikTok, which allows users to create and share short videos with special…
INDIAN election authorities have cancelled voting in a southern region of the country after seizing more than Rs 110 million (£1.21m) they believe was meant to influence the outcome, officials said today (17). It is the first time a ballot has been cancelled in a national election over attempted vote-buying, officials said.…
INDIA’S Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is in talks to buy British toy store chain Hamleys, business news website Moneycontrol reported on Wednesday (17) citing multiple sources, as the Indian conglomerate seeks to expand its footprint in the consumer space. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries,…
ON the main shopping street in the tropical north Australian city of Townsville, dotted with “For Lease” signs, Chrissa Alexion is adamant a planned $4 billion (£3.06bn) coal mine should be shelved because of its contribution to climate change. “It’s madness,” she said, on holiday from the Queensland state capital.…
AN Indian court on today (16) refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its popular video app TikTok, a lawyer involved in the case said, putting the app’s future in one of its key markets in doubt. TikTok, which allows users to create and share…
Number Of Voters This year, a total of 900 million people of the country’s 1.3 billion population have been listed as eligible voters. Less than half of the total eligible voters are women, whereas 300 million voters are illiterate. As many as 84 million first-time voters were added to the electoral…
INDIA’S Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday (16) to consider a petition from a Muslim couple to allow women into mosques, seeking to overturn a centuries-old practice that largely bars women from the places of worship. Women are not allowed inside most mosques in India although a few have separate entrances for women to…
Indian business tycoon BR Shetty ‘s Finablr today (16) confirmed its plans to float its shares on London Stock Exchange (LSE). The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company revealed last week that it was considering a stock market debut in the British capital. The payments and foreign exchange company added…
