- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
SAUDI Arabia has agreed to provide $4.2 billion (£3bn) worth of assistance to cash-strapped Pakistan to support its economy, it emerged on Wednesday (27) after prime minister Imran Khan held talks with the kingdom’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman in Riyadh this week. Pakistan’s information minister Fawad Chaudhry took to…
A US judge has acquitted the real-life 'Terminal man' from India, who spent three months living in a secured terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, like Tom Hanks's character in the movie The Terminal, media reports said. Aditya Singh, 37, was acquitted on a felony trespassing charge by Cook County Judge Adrienne…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (28) said the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic had posed a number of challenges to the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and tested India’s bond with the bloc but mutual cooperation will keep strengthening their relations in the future and…
ARCELORMITTAL and Nippon Steel Corp’s joint venture steel company in India has planned to invest about one trillion rupees (£9.6 billion) over 10 years to expand its operations in the country, Mint has reported citing a senior executive. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd (AM/NS India) is owned 60 per cent…
INDIA'S biggest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited’s full-year sales and profit expectations have been hit by the global shortage of chips and rise in commodity prices, the company said on Wednesday (27) as it missed the second-quarter profit forecasts, Reuters reported. “At the beginning of the year we did…
AS the planet gears up for the crucial climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, starting on Sunday (31), India has cautioned at the United Nations (UN) that the conference should not be just “promises and pledges” and the world needs fast and deep emission reduction in the current decade and not…
AIR India will resume operations between New Delhi and Sydney from November 15 with a thrice-a-week service. On Wednesday (27), India’s national carrier said in a tweet, “Air India is set to resume operations in Delhi- Sydney-Delhi sector with a thrice-a-week service from 15th Nov ’21. Bookings open from 5:30…
INDIA celebrated administering the billionth Covid vaccine last week but official data have shown that things are far from rosy when it comes to taking the second coronavirus jab. More than 100 million Indians have not turned up for the second dose, official records have shown, raising a serious concern…
INDIA'S Adani Ports on Wednesday (27) said it was abandoning plans to set up a container terminal in Myanmar, weeks after applying for a US licence for the same, saying it did not violate sanctions, Reuters reported. Myanmar saw a military coup in February and a crackdown on mass protests…
THE Bombay High Court on Thursday (28) granted bail to Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, in the drugs-on-cruise case. The court heard arguments for three days which began on Tuesday (26). The court also granted bail to Arbaaz Merchant and Munmum Dhamecha in the case.…
