- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Monday (11) reviewed progress on the India-UK Agenda 2030 besides exchanging views on climate action in Glasgow, Scotland, and discussing regional issues, including Afghanistan. “Was a pleasure to speak to Prime Minister @BorisJohnson. We reviewed progress on the…
SNAKES are being used to murder people in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan and the country’s Supreme Court has expressed concerns over the “disturbing new trend”. Last week, the issue came to the fore in a trial which involves Krishna Kumar, one of the three defendants accused of murdering…
ABDUL Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, has died at 85, authorities said on Sunday (10). The atomic scientist, who spent the last years of his life under heavy guard, died in Islamabad, where he had recently been hospitalised with Covid-19. Khan died after being transferred to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (11) launched the Indian Space Association (ISpA) via video-conferencing and also spoke to representatives of the space industry on the occasion. He said the ISpA will be a single-window and independent agency on matters related to space technology. ALSO READ: Modi to take…
INDIAN prime minister will virtually take part in the upcoming G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday (12). The country’s ministry of external affairs said in a statement on Monday (10), “At the invitation of the Italian Presidency of the G-20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the…
A LOCAL election in a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar generated drama as a man staged his own kidnapping to help his wife get elected to the post of the ‘mukhia’ or village council head. According to a report by Gulf News, the man came up with…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has left for the US for a week-long visit to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund besides the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting. During her visit, she is also expected to meet US treasury secretary…
INDIA'S women football players did their country proud on Sunday (10) when they hammered Bahrain 5-0 in a match at the Hamad Town Stadium in Hamad Town, Bahrain. It was a strong comeback for the Indian side after their shocking 0-1 loss to Tunisia in the previous friendly game in…
THE thermal power stations in India have reportedly shut down due to coal shortage but the Narendra Modi government has said that there are sufficient coal reserves to produce electricity. However, the assurance has little convinced the country’s states who have urged the central government to increase the supply to…
A CAMEO from the 40-year-old Mahendra Singh Dhoni fired Chennai Super Kings (CSK) into the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 as the three-time champions beat a formidable Delhi Capitals (DC) by four wickets in the first qualifier at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday (10). Dhoni won the…
