- Sunday, March 09, 2025
THE INDIAN government has amended the Passport Rules, making birth certificates issued by appropriate authorities the only proof of date of birth for passport applicants born on or after October 1, 2023. An official note was issued this week effecting the amendment to the Passport Rules of 1980. The new…
SWEDISH luxury car maker Volvo is planning to launch its fully electric small SUV EX30 in India this year, as it aims to achieve 90-100 per cent global sales from electric cars by 2030, according to a senior company official. Besides, Volvo Car India is also looking at bringing the…
STEVE SMITH announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on Wednesday (5) after captaining Australia to a semi-final exit at the Champions Trophy, bringing down the curtain on a career in the format that included two World Cup wins. The 35-year-old batsman, who was his team's top scorer with 73…
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S Jaishankar called on British prime minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday (4) evening to convey “warm greetings” from Prime Narendra Modi. Jaishankar said bilateral cooperation and the UK’s perspective on the Russia-Ukraine conflict were among the topics covered during his meeting…
BELGIUM on Tuesday (4) announced it is looking at firming up a broad-based defence pact with India and will soon appoint a military attache to its embassy in New Delhi as part of efforts to expand overall bilateral strategic ties. The announcement was made shortly after Belgium's Princess Astrid, accompanied…
GOLD bars weighing around 14.2 kg were seized from Kannada actress Ranya Rao at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Sunday evening. Officials claim this haul is one of the largest seizures of gold at Bengaluru airport in recent times, and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has valued it…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump criticised the high tariffs charged by India and other countries, terming them as “very unfair” and announced reciprocal tariffs from April 2 on nations that impose levies on American goods. Trump made these remarks in an address to the Joint Session of the Congress on Tuesday…
HARYANA POLICE on Monday (3) arrested a "friend" of Congress worker Himani Narwal for allegedly strangulating her with a wire after a fight at her home in Rohtak and later dumping her body in a suitcase. Himani's body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Rohtak on Saturday (1), leading…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Tuesday (4) lauded the unique wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation initiative 'Vantara', which he visited this week, and urged people to focus on kindness towards animals. Modi on Sunday visited Vantara, the animal rescue, conservation and rehabilitation centre in Gujarat's Jamnagar district. Spread over 3,000…
BY 2050, India could have over 440 million obese and overweight people, a global analysis published in The Lancet journal has estimated. The number of overweight and obese adults by mid-century in India (218 million men and 231 million women) could be the second highest in the world, after China,…
