- Thursday, April 03, 2025
The World Bank on Wednesday indicated that it may further lower its growth projections for India and said critical reforms in key areas such as health, labour, land, skills and finance are needed to come out stronger from the COVID-19 crisis. The World Bank had in May projected that the…
INDIANS in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which U.S. vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners, held special prayers and wished her success. Villagers in Painganadu, Harris’ ancestral village, put up banners of Harris. Harris’ mother, who migrated to the US to study, traces her…
INDIAN conglomerate Reliance has bought a majority stake in online pharmacy Netmeds for $83 million, opening a new front in its battle with Amazon which launched a similar healthcare service last week. Reliance, which is owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has been fighting the US tech giant and…
Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on 14th June 2020. While it was called a suicide, a lot of people have been claiming that it’s a murder. A few weeks ago, Sushant’s family had filed an FIR in Patna, Bihar, against Rhea Chakraborty for stealing the actor’s money and instigating him to…
THE Indian Premier League on Tuesday (18) named Indian fantasy gaming company Dream11 as its lead sponsor, replacing China’s Vivo which was dumped following a deadly border clash between the countries in June. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel said that the four-month deal for sponsoring the glitzy Twenty20 cricket tournament was…
An FIR has been filed here against a senior Facebook executive and two users of the social media platform for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, police said on Tuesday. The case was lodged at Kabir Nagar police station late Monday night based on the complaint of Awesh Tiwari, a Raipur-based journalist…
Ashok Leyland chairman Dheeraj G Hinduja has said that the company is re-examining the business and operating models in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and is looking to ‘reconfigure’ the Hinduja group firm for sustainable growth. Addressing the shareholders, Hinduja added that the long-term outlook for the commercial vehicle…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens on Tuesday to take precautions during the ongoing monsoon season, noting that this is the time when tropical and vector-borne diseases spread. The government is also closely monitoring the situation and ensuring care to those affected, he said. "This is the season of tropical…
Facebook is in the eye of a political storm in India after claims it failed to take action against hate speech posts by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker out of fear for its business interests. India is US-based Facebook and its messaging service WhatsApp’s biggest market in terms of users, and…
DONALD TRUMP elevated US-India ties and cemented the partnership between the two countries in ways not seen in any previous administrations, the White House has said. And the US president will continue to build this critical partnership in the years to come, it asserted. “President Trump has prioritised US-India relationship…
