- Monday, February 24, 2025
FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) Nestle on Monday (9) said its popular brands like Maggi, KitKat, Everyday and Nescafe will have their logos masked up in order to boost awareness among people in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nestle India said in a statement that the company is tweaking its product…
INDIA saw an addition of 16 million jobs in July mainly in the sector of agriculture and construction but the number of salaried jobs dropped by 3.2 million, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), an independent non-government entity that serves both as an economic think-tank as well as a…
THE Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (10) told petitioners asking for a probe in the ongoing Pegasus snooping row that they should “have faith in the system” and not participate in “parallel debates on social media”. The apex court also postponed further hearing to August 16 after Solicitor General…
NEW ZEALAND captain Kane Williamson and several other senior players were on Tuesday (10) excluded from upcoming tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan as Black Caps focus on the Twenty20 World Cup. New Zealand confirmed their World Cup line-up with an unprecedented 32-man white ball squad to handle a heavy workload…
TO achieve the target of a $5 trillion (£3.6tn) economy, India would need at least $100 billion (£72 bn) of foreign direct investment (FDI) every year, the head of a top India-centric American business advocacy group said. The group made the observation that a major chunk of this FDI would…
INDIAN conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd said on Tuesday (10) it would invest $144 million (£104m) in US energy storage company Ambri Inc, along with billionaire Bill Gates, investment management firm Paulson & Co and others. The announcement comes after the Indian major in June unveiled its plans to invest $10…
FORMER New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has reportedly been put on life support at a hospital in Canberra in Australia after suddenly collapsing as a result of a major health issue. According to a report in New Zealand media platform Newshub, the 51-year-old suffered an aortic dissection in his heart…
THE Indian government has decided to bring its citizens based in and around the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan as fighting between the Afghan forces and the resurgent Taliban escalated. A special flight was arranged from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city, to Indian capital New Delhi. It was set to leave…
MANCHESTER Museum, part of the University of Manchester, has entered the final phase of its transformation project and will be temporarily closed so that the construction work can proceed. First opened in 1980, Manchester Museum is the UK’s largest university museum and has about 4.5 million items from every continent.…
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing a bid for the game's inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the governing body said on Tuesday (10). Cricket last featured in the 1900 Olympics in Paris and has rarely been played in other multi-sport events, which many believe is…
