- Monday, February 24, 2025
E-COMMERCE major Flipkart and fashion e-tailer Myntra on Thursday (22) said they have partnered with not-for-profit environmental body Canopy to extend their sustainability commitment to sustainable packaging and material sourcing. As signatories of Canopy’s Pack4Good (packaging) and CanopyStyle (fashion) initiatives, the two Flipkart Group companies will shift towards sustainable sourcing…
INDIA'S Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers on Wednesday (21) exchanged sweets at various points along the border between the two neighbours on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, the first time since 2019. “Indian Army and Pakistan Army exchanged sweets on the auspicious occasion of Eid-al-Adha at the Line of…
AT 38, she is not getting younger. But that hasn’t stopped Mary Kom from making one last bid for an Olympic gold in Tokyo. The pugilist, who won a bronze at the London Olympics in 2012, is no less than a legend. Her rags-to-riches story has even inspired India’s famed…
CODELCO, the world’s largest copper producer from Chile, has aimed to quadruple sales in India and Southeast Asia in order to curb its strong reliance on China in matters of sales, Reuters cited the firm as saying in an exclusive report. The state-run company will open a new office in…
INDIAN information technology giant Infosys told its employees last week that they could restart work from offices, according to a memo witnessed by Reuters. The indication offers an early sign of the country’s technologies services sector worth $190 billion getting back on track. The company, which is headquartered in Bangalore…
THE Narendra Modi government came under fierce criticism on Thursday (22) after India’s tax authorities conducted raids against a popular newspaper and television channel that have been critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. While there was no official remark on…
INDIAN-American Arpita Bhattacharyya has been named as the chief of staff to the office of deputy secretary at the US department of energy by president Joe Biden. Bhattacharyya, who earlier worked for Strategic Projects, Impossible Foods -- a food and beverage company that made meat from plants -- is among…
THE Pegasus snooping controversy continued to rock the monsoon session of the Indian parliament for the third straight day as members of the opposition party staged protests. In the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the parliament, information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met a fierce opposition from a Trinamool Congress…
PEOPLE have lost jobs and investors are withdrawing money following the unrest that has ripped through South Africa last week, The Times reported recently. Fingers are pointed at the African National Congress (ANC), now in power for 27 years, the report added. Last week looting and destruction rolled across its…
INDIA'S health ministry has said that it is investigating the first documented human death caused by bird flu after an 11-year-old boy died of the disease earlier this month. The boy, who succumbed at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on July 12 after undergoing treatment for 10…
