- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
GENESIS, the luxury brand of Korean automaker Hyundai, may soon make inroads in the Indian market, including in the electric-vehicle sector. According to a report by Indian daily Times of India, Genesis looks to take on German automakers like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW, besides Jaguar-Land Rover and Lexus. The company…
SALUTING political leaders in public is not common in India’s southern states. In Tamil Nadu, for instance, the treatment that late chief minister J Jayalalithaa received from her partymen has remained iconic in public memory. But the incumbent chief minister of the state has decided to curb the culture by…
INDIAN National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (2) expressed shock over the playing XI that India picked for the fourth Test against England starting at the Kennington Oval the same day. The veteran parliamentarian from the southern Indian state of Kerala, who is known to be a cricket follower,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (1) unveiled through video conferencing a Rs 125 commemorative coin in the honour of Srila A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on his 125th birth anniversary. Modi on the occasion praised Srila Prabhupada’s efforts…
A 12-YEAR-OLD soccer player of Indian origin was recently sent off the field during a game in Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia for wearing a religious necklace made of basil wood beads (kanthi mala). Shubh Patel, who is a member of the Toowong Football Club, located in Auchenflower near Brisbane, told…
DOES quantity guarantee quality always? Looking at India captain Virat Kohli’s style of running the show in the ongoing Test series in India, this question becomes pertinent more than once. And the batsman in the man is not helping his case either. Kohli sparked yet another controversy at the toss…
THE lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in September 2015 was seen by many as what was coming in what is being perceived as a Hindu majoritarian rule in India. Six years later, the fears have found firmer roots as unprovoked attacks…
PORTUGUESE football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday (1) broke the all-time international goal-scoring record after netting his 110th in a World Cup-qualification match against the Republic of Ireland in Faro, Portugal. The 36-year-old captain of his side also scored a second in the match to give his country a dramatic…
IN scathing remarks on web media’s accountability on Thursday (2), the Supreme Court of India has said that web portals “only listen to powerful voices” and “write anything” against judges or institutions. The apex court said this while hearing a case against media reports on the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in…
SHAKIB Al Hasan said Bangladesh's first Twenty20 international victory over New Zealand will boost their confidence after they skittled out the Kiwis for 60 in the opener on Wednesday. Shakib returned figures of 2-10 and then made 25 as Bangladesh chased down their target in 15 overs to win by…
