- Monday, February 24, 2025
MEMORIES of the horrific Nirbhaya rape case of 2012 were back on Tuesday (24) when a 23-year-old student was allegedly gangraped in the city of Mysuru in the southern Indian state of Karnataka by four or five unidentified persons when she was returning from a forested area with a male…
THE top scientist at the World Health Organisation has said that India might be entering the endemic stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist at the world health body, on Wednesday (25) said this particular stage will see low or moderate levels of transmission with no…
THE Narendra Modi government has cleared all nine names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium to the country’s apex court, clearing the way for Justice BV Nagarathna to become India’s first woman chief justice in 2027, creating a record in the history of the country’s judiciary. The files have reportedly…
US WEB services provider Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India owing to new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that restrict foreign ownership of media companies that publish digital content in India. This includes Yahoo News, Yahoo Cricket, Finance, Entertainment and MAKERS India. However, this move will not…
AN Indian-origin woman in South Africa has been allegedly gunned down for exposing critical information about a multi-million-dollar personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. Babita Deokaran, 53, who was a high official at the Gauteng provincial health department, was shot multiple times through her car's door…
WALMART Inc president and chief executive Doug McMillon has heaped praises on India saying the country’s retail segment has its own uniqueness and it is one of the most exciting markets globally which is set to grow to more than a trillion dollars by 2025. Speaking at the two-day 'Converge@Walmart'…
INDIANS in the United States, with an average household earning of $123,700 and 79 per cent of college graduates, have gone ahead of the overall population of the country in terms of wealth and college education, a media report has said citing the latest census data. According to the New…
INDIA'S treatment of its girls has come under the lens once again following the death of a 24-year-old woman who had set herself ablaze last week after alleging harassment by police and law at the behest of a parliamentarian she had accused of raping her. On August 16, the woman…
RC BHARGAVA, the chairman of Maruti Suzuki India, the country’s biggest carmaker, on Wednesday (25) said while a lot of statements were made by government officials supporting the automobile industry, nothing has really happened in reality. Speaking at SIAM’s (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) 61st annual convention which was held…
A FORMER member of Australia’s department of home affairs took almost $10,000 by interfering in the processing of visas on a number of occasions, an investigation by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) has found, media reports Down Under reported. Operation Swordfish, which was set up as part…
