- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIA on Tuesday (14) observed Hindi Diwas (Hindi Day as the language was adopted as the country’s official language on this date in 1949) and on the occasion, home minister Amit Shah said while Hindi is India’s official language, it will prosper only through co-existence with other Indian languages. Shah,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (14) laid the foundation stone of a university named after Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh in Aligarh in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Singh (1886-1979) was a Jat hero who was an active participant in India’s freedom movement besides an educationist and social…
INDIA'S Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council might on Friday (17) consider bringing petrol, diesel and other petroleum products under a single national GST regime, a move that is likely to see major compromises by both the central and state governments on the revenues they earn from these vital products.…
PAINTER Charlotte Johnson Wahl, British prime minister Boris Johnson's mother, has died at the age of 79, according to a notice published in The Times on Tuesday (14). Charlotte Johnson Wahl, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's aged 40, died "suddenly and peacefully" at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London,…
VETERAN Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga on Tuesday (14) announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. In a tweet, the 38-year-old wrote, “Hanging up my #T20 shoes and #retiring from all forms of cricket! Thankful to all those who supported me in my journey, and looking forward to…
THE Indian government has made a move to restrict the funding for a group of 10 American, Australian and European non-government organisations (NGOs) that deal with environmental, climate change and child labour issues. According to Indian daily The Hindu, an internal note of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of…
GAURAV Gupta, the co-founder and head of supply of food delivery platform Zomato, has stepped down, a few days after the company exited its grocery delivery and nutraceutical businesses. Gupta’s exit also happened just a couple of months after the food delivery firm raised $1.3 billion in an initial public…
AN outbreak of dengue fever is suspected to be the reason for deaths of more than 50 people in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh since the beginning of September and authorities have launched an urgent campaign to destroy mosquito-breeding grounds, Reuters reported. Dinesh Kumar Premi, the chief medical…
IF Yoga is one area in which India has exported its traditional offerings to the world, Ayurveda is another. Having its roots in India, Ayurveda, a system of medicine, has now gained immense popularity across the world and the potential remains as mammoth. In 2020, the global Ayurvedic herbs market…
AFTER Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Gujarat, is it time for Himachal Pradesh? Jai Ram Thakur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister of the northern Indian state was set to visit New Delhi on Tuesday (14) to reportedly meet the saffron party’s national president JP Nadda, Himachal BJP president Suresh Kashyap…
