- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
WITH the air quality in New Delhi remaining dangerously poor and more children have landed in hospital with breathing problems, authorities have been found hunting a solution frantically. Apart from extending closure of schools, the government has now decided to temporarily shut five power stations run by coal. The Indian…
THE Narendra Modi government is looking to completely privatise five to six state-owned companies, including Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) in the current fiscal, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the secretary of the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) at said at the Confederation of Indian Industry Global Economic Policy…
INDIA started their T20 international series against New Zealand at home on Wednesday (17) with two new faces in important positions. Ace opener Rohit Sharma made his debut as a full-fledged captain succeeding Virat Kohli who stepped down from captaincy in the shortest format after the T20 World Cup in…
INDIA and New Zealand on Wednesday (17) agreed to cooperate in areas of cyber security, cyber crime and capacity building, India’s ministry of external affairs said. The decision to expand the two nations’ bilateral cooperation in the cyber domain was taken at a two-day virtual dialogue that ended on Wednesday.…
INDIA and France have emphasised on the need to ensure that the territory of Afghanistan is not used as a source for terror activities and sought a concerted action against all extremist outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen. At the 15th meeting of India-France Joint Working Group on Counter…
CHINA is engaged in a “border war” with India and posing a grave threat to its neighbours, senior US lawmaker John Cornyn has told the country’s senate, citing details of his recent visit to New Delhi and Southeast Asia along with congressional colleagues to understand the challenges that the countries…
DR BHAGWAT Karad, a junior minister in India’s ministry of finance, on Tuesday (16) earned applause from prime minister Narendra Modi, not for anything related to finance but for medicine. The 65-year-old Karad, who is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament, and became…
BBC News has launched a new ‘disinformation unit’ in India for the purpose of uncovering, analysing and reporting on the spread of fake news. In this unit, a team of dedicated journalists will focus on highlighting false information, debunking viral social media content and look into the way and reason…
AN Indian comedian has faced a serious backlash for allegedly insulting his country at an event in the US. Vir Das, one of India’s top satirical performers, is known for his style of critically observing his country. Das performed a ‘two Indias’ monologue in Washington DC recently and he was…
INDIAN sports minister Anurag Thakur has said the Government of India and the ministry of home affairs will take a call on India’s participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan at an appropriate time. His remarks came after the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed names of 14 nations that…
