- Monday, April 21, 2025
INDIA on Saturday (26) permitted up to 20 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under automatic route in the IPO-bound Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to facilitate disinvestment of the country’s largest insurer, sources said. The decision was taken by the Cabinet, chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi. The government has…
CRICKETER Virat Kohli will play his 100th test behind closed doors with no spectators because of a coronavirus outbreak in the northern Indian city of Mohali, an official said on Sunday (27). The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) host the first of the two tests against Sri Lanka starting Friday and…
Choreographer Kruti Mahesh needs no introduction! Her maiden collaboration with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an independent choreographer won her the prestigious National Film Award for the iconic “Ghoomar” song in Padmaavat. And now, she is winning raves for choreographing yet another high-energy song “Dholida” for the celebrated filmmaker’s latest offering Gangubai Kathiawadi, featuring Alia…
Seasoned Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, who has received a rousing response for her debut streaming show The Fame Game (2022), has confirmed that the series that Priyanka Chopra was set to produce based on her life has been cancelled. A few years ago, Chopra announced that she would be developing an American comedy series based…
COMMUNITY PHARMACIES saved 20,000 lives until September 2021 by vaccinating people with jabs against Covid-19, according to figures by National Audit Office (NAO) report. The public expenditure watchdog taking evidence from the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), highlighted that community pharmacies and GPs went far beyond expectations in delivering the Covid-19…
THE Ministry of Education (MoE) appealed to the Indian students stranded in Ukraine on Saturday (26) to follow all the guidelines issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian embassy. It also assured the students that all possible efforts are being made by the government to bring…
THE Indian Air Force has decided not to deploy its combat jets in a multilateral air exercise in the UK next month in view of the situation in Ukraine. The announcement by the IAF to not send its aircraft for the ‘Cobra Warrior’ exercise came just three days after it…
INDIA abstained on a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that condemned Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine and demanded “immediate, complete and unconditional” withdrawal of Russian forces from the neighbouring country. The UN Security Council voted on Friday (25) on the draft resolution sponsored by the US and Albania and supported by…
Popular stand-up comedian and talk show host Kapil Sharma will soon collaborate with producer Sajid Nadiadwala on his next production venture. Sharma, who made his silver screen debut with Abbas-Mustan’s comic-caper Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), was last seen in his home production Firangi (2017). Nadiadwala and his wife, Warda Khan, are set to appear on…
Taapsee Pannu has reunited with acclaimed filmmaker Anubhav Sinha for an upcoming anthology film set against the coronavirus pandemic. The duo has previously worked together on such critically and commercially successful films as Mulk (2018) and Thappad (2020). Sinha had earlier announced that he was bringing together ace filmmakers Sudhir Mishra, Hansal Mehta, Ketan Mehta, and Subhash…
