- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
GERMAN auto giant Audi feels a high-taxation regime is restricting the growth of the luxury car segment in India and the government should look at reducing the levies in order to help the sector. Luxury car volumes account for less than two per cent of the overall passenger vehicles sales…
THE date October 31 is a political one in India. It was on this day India’s first home minister and deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born in 1875. One-hundred and eight years later, former India prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards on the same…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (31) paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first home minister and deputy prime minister, on his 146th birth anniversary. For the late leader, ‘Ek Bharat’ (One India) meant equal opportunities for all, including women, Dalits, the deprived sections of people, tribal and…
THREE Republican senators in the US on Friday (29) said they filed a legislation to exempt India from sanctions for purchasing the S-400 missile-defence system from Russia, Washington’s old foe, citing the importance of working with allies to tackle China. The bill from Texas senator Ted Cruz, Indiana senator Todd…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi was set to arrive in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday (31) for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). He will also hold bilateral talks with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the climate summit. Modi will reach the UK from Italy where he…
INDIA captain Virat Kohli has broken silence to lash out at those who abused fast bowler Mohammed Shami on social media following India’s 10-wicket loss to arch-rivals in their opening game in the T20 World Cup in Dubai, the UAE, on October 24. Shami ended up as India’s most expensive…
THE United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) which begins in Glasgow, Scotland, could be the final chance for humanity to save Planet Earth from catastrophic changes caused by unrestrained global warming, scientists, experts and activists have warned. On October 25, the UN Environment Programme warned that under the present national…
INDIA will come out of their seven-day break in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the UAE to take on New Zealand in a crucial Group 2 game in Dubai on Sunday (31). Given the firm possibility that India, New Zealand and Pakistan would beat the three other low-ranked teams…
PAKISTAN continued with their good form in the ongoing T20 World Cup by winning the third consecutive match on Friday (29) to almost confirm a berth in the semi-finals. The former champions tamed a spirited Afghanistan by five wickets to take their points tally in Group 2 to six. Afghanistan…
WIPRO founder Azim Premji has emerged as India’s “most generous” philanthropist billionaire for the second consecutive year as he topped the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021, leaving behind the likes of Shiv Nadar, Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Nandan Nilekani and Gautam Adani. The 76-year-old Premji made a total…
