- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIA reached a special milestone on Friday (17) by administering 20 million Covid-19 vaccine jabs till evening. It was a new record as the country gave these many vaccines on a single day and it came on a day when prime minister Narendra Modi turned 71. Indian health minister Manuskh…
INDIA has given a message to China that their bilateral relations will only get better when both pull back their troops from a confrontation point on their disputed Himalayan border, the country’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said. Jaishankar, who is in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan for the…
INFORMATION technology services major Wipro on Friday (17) announced the launch of the Wipro-Google Cloud Innovation Arena in Bangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to accelerate adoption of cloud services. The cloud-collaboration space will provide in-house technical expertise besides ensuring seamless cloud adoption and accelerating innovation to drive…
LEADING spiritual leader Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati and Indian American wellness guru Deepak Chopra discussed the “power of spirituality to heal and transform us” at an event in New York on Thursday (16). Sadhvi Bhagawati is in the US promoting her memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation.…
A RAID on the offices and residence Harsh Mander, a noted human rights activist in India critical of its Narendra Modi government, by authorities has created an outrage in the country. The enforcement directorate (ED) searched the premises of Harsh Mander in Delhi on Thursday (17). While the officials said…
NEW ZEALAND on Friday (17) cancelled a series of one-day cricket internationals against Pakistan over security concerns just minutes after the first match was due to start. "New Zealand Cricket informed us they had been alerted to some security alert and have unilaterally decided to postpone the series," the Pakistan…
A TEENAGE student in the northeastern Indian state of Assam faced the “most humiliating experience” of her life when she appeared for an entrance test. Reason? She was made to cover her leg with a curtain after she appeared for the examination in shorts. Jublee Tamuli and her father travelled…
AUTHORITIES in Delhi have ordered a ban on storage, use and sale of firecrackers in India’s national capital on Wednesday (15) ahead of the Diwali festival (November 4) to curb its dangerous air pollution levels that cause several deaths every year. Air quality in Delhi and the neighbouring states in…
AUSTRALIA on Friday (17) pulled out of various hockey tournaments, including the junior men’s and women’s hockey world cups, citing Covid-19-related travel restrictions. The men’s tournament is set to take place in India in November and December while the women’s edition is scheduled in South Africa in December. Australia, who…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (17) said the biggest changes that a platform like Shanghai Economic Cooperation (SCO) faces are related to peace, security and concerns concerning trust deficit. Addressing the plenary session of the 21st meeting of SCO Council of Heads of State, Modi said the main…
