- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (12) emphasised at the G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit on preventing Afghanistan from becoming a source of radicalisation and terrorism. The summit in which he took part virtually was hosted by his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi. Modi said on the occasion that a “unified…
THE deputy prime minister and minister for presidential affairs of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mansur bin Zayed Al Nahyan, recently paid a visit to the ongoing Expo 2020 Dubai where he witnessed the crystal-like model of BAPS Hindu Temple and expressed a keen interest about it. HH…
AKASA Air, which is backed by Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, on Monday (11) said it expects to take off in 2022 after receiving initial clearance from the civil aviation ministry. The airline is the country’s latest ultra low-cost carrier. The approval comes at a time when India’s aviation industry is…
THE UK government is likely to block again the progress on sharing information on manufacture of vaccines as fresh figures have revealed how the country’s Commonwealth allies, including India, are struggling to meet their goal of vaccinating their populations. The UK government’s move is expected to come ahead of an…
AN expert panel on Tuesday (12) recommended the use of Covaxin, one of the two major anti-coronavirus vaccines used in India and made by Bharat Biotech, on children aged between two and 18. The company, which is based in Hyderabad, said, “Bharat Biotech has submitted data from clinical trials in…
INDIAN home minister Amit Shah has remarked that the country’s 280 million illiterate adults are a burden on it and even cautioned that those people could never become good citizens. Shah, who was speaking in an interview with Sansad TV, the government television service that broadcasts programmes in India’s parliament…
KENTON West ward councillor (cllr) Vina Mithani, a prominent member of the Conservative Group, passed away on October 7 in London after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 65 and is survived by her husband Vipin Mithani. Mithani, who represented Kenton West ward continuously since 2002, was a biomedical…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (12) took an indirect dig at the opposition saying human rights are violated when an incident is seen through “political spectacles” and this “selective behaviour” is harmful for democracy. Modi, who was speaking at the 28th foundation-day event of National Human Rights Commission…
ROYAL Challengers Bangalore (RCB) saw yet another campaign in the Indian Premier League (IPL) coming to a disappointing end on Monday (11) when they lost to a resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by four wickets to crash out of the edition. It was also the last time that Virat Kohli…
INDIA'S biggest port operator Adani Ports and Social Economic Zone on Monday (11) said that its terminals would no longer handle export and import of container cargoes from countries like Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan starting November 15. The announcement comes weeks after Indian officials seized a massive quantity of heroin…
