- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE show director for the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony has been sacked over a decades-old comedy skit mentioning the Holocaust, the organisers of the controversy-plagued event said on Thursday (22). Kentaro Kobayashi, 48, had made a controversial remark in a video of the sketch dating from 1998 that emerged…
TECH giant Microsoft is in talks with the government of the southern Indian state of Telangana to set up one of its largest data centres with an investment outlay of Rs 15,000 crore ($2 billion), informed sources said on Thursday (21). The talks are in the final stage, the sources…
THE Indian Premier League (IPL) has proved to be a launching pad for talented young Indian cricketers, and Eoin Morgan believes The Hundred could play a similar role for English cricket. The Hundred, a franchise-based tournament involving eight men’s and women’s teams, kicks off on Wednesday (21). “I think the…
OFFICIALS of the Indian income tax department on Thursday (22) conducted raids against major media group Dainik Bhaskar in several cities over alleged tax evasion, PTI reported cited official sources. According to them, the searches were carried out in Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and some other locations. ALSO READ: Pegasus row:…
THE participation of Indian athletes in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will be kept to a “bare minimum” in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, only six officials from the contingent would take part in the event on Friday (23). India’s deputy chef de mission Prem Kumar Verma…
THE Covid pandemic was a challenging time for people and businesses, but for one Indian company, the lockdown restrictions proved to be a blessing in disguise. Online maths tutorial site Cuemath launched in the UK at the end of June, prompted by a surge in enquiries by families whose children…
BANKING major JP Morgan Chase gave its chief executive Jamie Dimon a "special award" of 1.5 million stock appreciation rights to persuade him to continue leading the firm. The stock appreciation rights will allow him to take a profit if the firm's share price rises. In a statement to investors,…
THREE committees under the Centre-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) in January found the Adani Group guilty of violating the branding norms at the airports in Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow. The branding norms were prescribed in the concession agreements after the conglomerate took charge of these airports last year. Subsequently,…
THERE are many gems in Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s just published memoirs, Home in the World, but one that India Weekly readers will especially take to heart is his advice that people should not define themselves solely in terms of their religion. He once objected strongly and threatened to abort…
FUGITIVE Indian businessman Nirav Modi could face a “substantial risk” of suicide amid an “overwhelming” impact of Covid-19 at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai where he will be put on being exiled, the High Court of London was told in an extradition appeal hearing on Wednesday (21). The 50-year-old disgraced…
