- Friday, April 04, 2025
NOBEL Peace Prize-winning activist from Pakistan Malala Yousafzai has called for a "fight" to ensure the education of girls worldwide. "Their futures are worth fighting for", she told a global education summit held in London on Thursday (29) where world leaders pledged $4 billion (£2.9b) to support schools through the…
INDIA’S Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a London hotel worth Rs 586.1 million (£5.6m) over a money-laundering investigation against realty firm Unitech Group and its promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra. The hotel - Bed and Breakfast – is owned by Ibournshorne Limited, a UK-based associate firm of the Carnoustie…
India had a number of moments to cheer on Day 8 (30) of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics as chances to add to the country's medal tally got better. However, there were also some disappointing news, like the loss of ace archer Deepika Kumari in the quarterfinal. Follow Tokyo Olympics 2021…
THE northeastern state of Assam, which is in the middle of a confrontation with the neighbouring state of Mizoram, on Friday (30) defended issuing an advisory to its people against travelling to the southern neighbour alleging its civilians were keeping advanced weapons and the situation could turn dangerous in the…
OFFICIALS from both northeastern Indian states of Assam and Mizoram are at loggerheads over the ongoing violence at their border which even saw the police forces of both states firing at each other in which six personnel on the Assam side died. It is not that the skirmishes have happened…
INDIA had a field day in hockey at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday (30) with both the men’s and women’s teams winning their games. The women’s team beat Ireland 1-0 in a crucial game at Oi Hockey Stadium to remain alive for a knock-out berth while the men’s team…
THE Narendra Modi government on Thursday (29) announced a 27-per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the All-India Quota (AIQ) scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses from the 2021-22 academic year. Prime minister…
NAVIES from India and Russia on Wednesday (28) and Thursday (29) carried out a mega naval war game in the Baltic Sea that featured a number of complex drills and other activities across the spectrum of maritime operations. The two-day affair – the 12th edition of the Indra exercise --…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (30) urged his countrymen to share inputs for his upcoming Independence Day speech on August 15, saying their thoughts will reverberate from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Delhi. It is a tradition for India’s prime ministers to deliver a speech at the…
SEARCH engine giant Google removed more than 71,000 pieces of content in May and followed it up with 83,000-plus removal actions the following month over user complaints, according to its monthly transparency reports released on Friday (30). Besides the reports from users, Google also removed 634,357 pieces of content in…
