• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

T20 WC: Team India likely to stay in CSK hotel…

THE T20 World Cup will kick off just days after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) concludes and the Indian team is likely to check in into the same hotel where the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad is staying at the moment – Th8 Palm – in Dubai. The mega…

Toyota to stop selling sedan Yaris in India

TOYOTA Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Monday (27) said it will halt sale of its mid-sized sedan Yaris in India with immediate effect as part of its product strategy to cater to the customers’ evolving needs. The company launched the car in May 2018 at a price range of Rs 8.75…

Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: ‘Extraordinary phase’

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (27) launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission under which a digital health ID will be provided to the people and it will contain their health records. The mission’s pilot project was announced by Modi from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi…

Kohli becomes 1st Indian to complete 10,000 T20 runs

WHILE the captain in Virat Kohli has not the best of times in T20 cricket, the batsman in him witnessed a moment of glory on Sunday (26) when he became the first Indian batsman to complete 10,000 runs in the shortest format during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) game…

Farmers’ strike hits Punjab, Haryana

AGITATED farmers on Monday (27) blocked highways and other roads at many placed in the northern Indian state of Punjab, where the ruling Indian National Congress said it firmly backs the farm unions’ call for the national strike against the Narendra Modi government’s controversial agricultural laws. In the neighbouring state…

World must unite to help Afghanistan: Modi at UN

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (25) said at a high-level United Nations General Assembly in New York, the US, that the world must fulfil its duty by providing help to the people of Afghanistan, where women, children and Afghanistan, the minorities of Afghanistan need assistance. “The women and…

Kamla Bhasin, a feminist stalwart, passes away

KAMLA Bhasin, a stalwart of women’s rights movement in India, passed away in Delhi early on Saturday (25). She was 75. She was suffering from cancer and pulmonary edema and was admitted in a hospital on Friday (24). Bhasin was also an eminent author and poet and a authoritative voice…

India formalises 56 Airbus C295 planes’ acquisition

IN a major push to the ‘Make in India’ campaign, India has formalised the acquisition of 56 Airbus C295 aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force (IAF) legacy AVRO fleet. It is the first ‘Make in India’ aerospace programme in the private sector which involves development of a complete industrial…

India, US aim to reconvene trade policy forum in 2021

INDIA and the US are looking “forward” to reconvening the India-US Trade Policy Forum before the conclusion of 2011 with aim to enhance their bilateral relationship by looking after the trade concerns, an official joint statement has said. Speaking about the meeting between US president Joe Biden and Indian prime…

Biden agrees to keep careful watch on Pakistan: India

INDIA on Friday (24) said US president Joe Biden and other leaders agreed to keep a careful watch on Pakistan saying Islamabad has been an “instigator” of trouble in Afghanistan where the Taliban have recently stormed back to power. Pakistan’s role in the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has come under the scanner,…