- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has honoured Indian Australian pilot Captain Ritesh Bhamaria with the prestigious Certificate of Commendation as part of its Exceptional Bravery Sea Award, Australia Today reported. The bravery award offers international recognition for those who carry out acts of exceptional bravery at the risk of losing…
AN estimate released by global organisation Oxfam on Monday (20) said wealthy countries are likely to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilise $100 billion each year from 2020 t0 2025 to help the vulnerable ones adapt to the dangerous effects of climate change…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a dig at the Indian National Congress for picking Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief minister of Punjab since the man has been accused in the past of sending inappropriate text to a woman administrative officer. However, prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday…
DAYS after announcing his decision to give up the India captaincy in the T20 format, Virat Kohli has taken yet another call to relinquish a major responsibility. The ace batsman on Sunday (19) said he was set to step down as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), the Indian…
FRANCE'S foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has agreed with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to work on a plan to promote “a truly multilateral international order”, the country’s foreign ministry on Saturday (18) said. The two foreign ministers also agreed during a call between them to deepen the two…
Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday (20) took oath as the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab after veteran leader Captain Amarinder Singh stepped down on Saturday (18) citing humiliation. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan, the official residence of state governor Banwarilal Purohit, in Chandigarh,…
THE 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) resumed after a gap of more than four months on Sunday (19) and former champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) by 20 runs to go to the top of the points table. The yellow brigade had…
FORMER Indian central minister Babul Supriyo and one of the fiercest critics of Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, joined her Trinamool Congress (TMC), two months after he lost his ministry in the Narendra Modi government and decided to quit politics. Supriyo, a…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (19) invited citizens to take part in the e-auction of gifts and mementos that he has got from various sources. In a tweet, he wrote, “Over time, I have received several gifts and mementos which are being auctioned. This includes the special mementos…
THE legislative assembly of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan on Friday (17) witnessed an uproar after the state government passed a legislation making registration of child marriages mandatory. The Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021, requires the child marriages to be registered within a period of 30…
