- Thursday, February 27, 2025
A LONDON-BASED firm founded by former Reckitt Benckiser CEO Rakesh Kapoor seeks to become a consumer investment platform in India. The 12 Flags Group launched an £80 million fund to support promising, early-growth businesses that it believes can scale up to “deliver superior returns.” According to the firm, the 12…
HS Prannoy of India demonstrated remarkable composure, securing his place in the quarterfinals at the World Championships for the third consecutive time. He achieved this feat through a hard-fought three-game victory over former champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore on Thursday (24). World number 9 Prannoy, who won the Malaysia…
OLYMPIC champion Neeraj Chopra needed just one big throw to qualify for the World Championships men’s javelin throw final as well 2024 Paris Games by notching up his fourth career-best performance of 88.77 metres Budapest on Friday (25). The 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying mark is 85.50m. The qualifying window began…
THE moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday (24) to begin exploring the surface of the lunar south pole and conducting experiments, and was braced for new challenges, the space agency chief said. The spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole of the moon on Wednesday, making…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi spoke to China’s president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg and highlighted concerns India has about border issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India’s foreign secretary said. Modi and Xi agreed “to direct their relevant officials to intensify…
FORMER US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday (24) on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken. Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern…
The G20 summit negotiator for India Amitabh Kant expressed the nation’s intention to diplomatically persuade G20 member countries towards resolving geopolitical challenges. In response to a question concerning the Russia-Ukraine war, Kant said on Friday (25) that India seeks amicable solutions. The ongoing conflict, which began in February last year,…
BRITAIN’s backlog of asylum applications awaiting a decision hit a record high in the year to June and the number of those applying was the highest in two decades, according to official figures published on Thursday (24), in a blow to the government. The Home Office said 78,768 asylum applications…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday dropped a brand-new poster of Jawan that showcases his many avatars from the much-awaited movie. The new poster was shared by Khan and Red Chillies Entertainment on X, formerly Twitter, and gives a glimpse at his five looks from the movie, including the one where…
Actor Salman Khan on Friday announced that his recent release Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is set to release in Bangladesh today. Taking to Instagram, Salman dropped the poster along with the release announcement. As soon as Salman shared the news, the actor’s fans showed more excitement for his upcoming film Tiger…
