- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIAN telecom operator Vodafone Idea will seek fresh broad approval to raise funds once the Indian government issues detailed guidelines on telecom reform measures and its promoters will get a chance to take part in the fundraising round, its managing director and chief executive officer Ravinder Takkar on Wednesday (22)…
SIX employees of the government in Jammu and Kashmir, including two police constables, were on Wednesday (22) sacked for alleged links with terrorists, official sources said. According to reports, the government initiated the steps after a designated committee in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir tasked with scrutinising cases…
STAR Indian cueist Pankaj Advani on Tuesday (22) grabbed his 24th world title when he triumphed at the IBSF 6-Red Snooker World Cup with a victory over Pakistan's Babar Masih in the final, in Doha. Advani, who won his 11th Asian title last week, started the final with a comfortable…
INDIA'S information technology capital Bangalore went up three places to be ranked 23rd in an annual analysis of the world’s most favourable ecosystems to build a globally successful start-up, according to a report which was released in London, the UK, on Wednesday (22). Delhi, the capital of India, held on…
THE Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday (22) turned down a request of the Narendra Modi government to allow women candidates to appear for the entrance examination to the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA) from 2022. The apex court said it doesn’t want women to be denied their right. The court…
THE 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) resumed after a gap of more than four months but on the fourth day of the second phase which is underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), bad news hit the tournament. India cricketer T Natarajan, who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad…
AUTHORITIES in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam on Wednesday (22) burnt 2,479 horns of the rhinoceros to bust a myth that they have miraculous medical properties. The move is part of an effort by Himanta Biswa Sarma, the state’s chief minister, to reduce poaching of the endangered one-horned Indian…
DESPITE its rocky relationship with India, Pakistan on Wednesday (22) gave nod to the flight of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to use its airspace en route to the US where he will take part in a number of high-profile meetings besides attending the addressing the United Nations General Assembly.…
HUNDREDS of workers at a Ford Motor Co factory in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Tuesday (21) staged a protest outside the automaker’s plant demanding that the company either scrapped its closure plan or provided jobs to its employees. The workers in blue uniform gathered outside the American…
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday (22) scaled down India’s economic growth forecast for the 2021 fiscal to 10 per cent from 11 per cent predicted earlier due to the adverse impact of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In its latest economic outlook, the Philippines-based bank said…
