- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
MALALA YOUSAFZAI, the campaigner for girls' education and Nobel Peace Prize winner who survived being shot aged 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, has got married, she said on social media on Tuesday (9). The 24-year-old, who lives in Britain, said she and her new…
FORMER India captain Sachin Tendulkar has found his name among the 50 most influential people on Twitter this year, according to an annual research conducted by UK-based consumer intelligence company Brandwatch. The legendary batter is ranked above popular American actors such as Dwayne Johnson and Leonardo Di Caprio. American singer…
INDIAN auto-maker Mahindra & Mahindra expects shortage of semi-conductors to continue in 2022 but with less severity and is open to raise funding for its business in the electric-vehicle (EV) domain, it said on Tuesday (9). Mahindra also said that with better availability of semi-conductors, it hopes to maintain its…
IN an apparent dig at China, India on Tuesday (9) told the United Nations Security Council that it has always tried to foster global solidarity across the world with its development partnership efforts respecting national priorities and ensured that its assistance did not create “indebtedness”. India’s minister of state for…
VIRAT Kohli, who has quit Team India captaincy in T20Is, on Wednesday (10) thanked former national head coach Ravi Shastri and the support staff whose tenures ended with India’s unsuccessful campaign at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Along with Shastri, the tenures of bowling coach Bharat…
INDIAN national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday (10) chaired a multi-party regional security dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi and said that developments in the war-ravaged nation have key implications not only for its people but also for the neighbouring countries and the overall region. “We are meeting…
THE UK government has said that Covaxin, the India-made vaccine for coronavirus, will be added to its list of approved jabs for international travellers from November 22. The announcement will give relief to those who travel to the UK after taking the vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad. The…
RELIANCE Industries Limited (RIL) has come out from the last of its shale gas assets in the US after it agreed to sell its holding in Eagleford for an undisclosed amount. Reliance had bought stakes between 2010 and 2013 in three upstream exploration joint ventures with Chevron, Pioneer Natural Resource…
INDIA'S Enforcement Directorate (ED), which fights financial crime, has asked Future Group to submit documents in connection to its 2019 deal with Amazon as part of a probe into a possible breach of foreign investment laws, Reuters reported citing sources and a notice. The demand indicates more scrutiny of a…
CHARANJIT Singh Channi, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab, has appealed to prime minister Narendra Modi to reopen Kartarpur Corridor ahead of Prakash Purab (birth anniversary) of Sikh Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, later this month. In October, Channi wrote letters to Modi and…
