- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIAN commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (2) said the Narendra Modi government has not taken any decision on national carrier Air India so far and the final winner will be selected through a well-defined process. Goyal, who is in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates where he inaugurated…
RICH nations should commit much more than $100 billion (£74 billion) to help poor countries fight climate change due to their high share of emissions historically, India’s chief economic advisor K V Subramanian on Thursday (30) said, ahead of COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Reuters reported. The…
FORMER England cricket captain Clare Connor has taken over as the first woman president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in its 234-year history. The 45-year-old Connor, who replaced former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as the prestigious club’s president, was nominated for the top post in 2020. MCC said Connor’s…
FORMER chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh, who quit last month claiming he was being made to face humiliation, is reportedly set to float his own political party and might even consider allying or adjusting seats with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in his poll-bound state. One news source…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (2) paid tributes to two of India’s renowned politicians – Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary. Modi paid a floral tribute to Gandhi, called the ‘Father of the Nation’ at Raj Ghat, a memorial in New Delhi dedicated to…
THE state government of Gujarat has an ambitious plan to revamp the world-renowned Sabarmati Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi and it is no stranger to criticism. The project worth Rs 1,200 crore (£119 million) has been at the focus of a controversy ever since it was first unveiled by the Bharatiya…
THE World Bank on Friday (1) said its board of executive directors has approved $150 million (£110 million) to support the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu’s vision of making its capital city Chennai a world-class one which is more green, liveable and resilient to climate change. The World Bank…
INDIAN commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Friday (1) said the proposed free-trade agreement between India and the United Arab Emirates holds huge potential for both the countries to boost their trade and investment and investors in India are “very” positive about doing businesses in New Delhi. Last month,…
HE was blinded and paralysed after being bitten by a venomous snake in India but that has not deterred him from preparing to return to the same country. Ian Jones, a charity worker from the Isle of Wight, uses a wheelchair now and has some limited movement in his legs…
CHANCES of a result in India’s maiden pink-ball Test got slimmer as the second day of their historic match against Australia at the Metricon Stadium in Queensland, Australia, also saw a rain intervention disallowing a complete day’s play. India, who ended the rain-curtailed first day at 132 for 1 after…
