- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIAN conglomerate Tata has announced Bridgwater in Somerset as the chosen location for its new £4 billion battery plant, set to generate approximately 4,000 employment opportunities in the region. Agratas, Tata's battery division, disclosed the purchase of land at the Gravity Smart campus situated off the M5, on the outskirts…
HE is yet to achieve a major electoral victory over prime minister Narendra Modi and often finds himself to be a subject of ridicule, not only from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but sometimes even from other parties that are opposed to Modi and his party. Yet, Rahul Gandhi…
AFTER ice-cream, it's books. Indian billionaire and co-founder of information technology giant Infosys, Narayana Murthy, recently was seen checking out books at a roadside stall in his home town Bengaluru in India. He was accompanied with his wife Sudha Murty, an author and philanthropist, and daughter Akshata Murty, wife of…
THE Indian Navy, in collaboration with the country's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on Tuesday (27) conducted an operation leading to the confiscation of approximately 3,300 kilograms of drugs from a small ship near Porbandar in the western coastal state of Gujarat. The interception marked the largest drug seizure in recent…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi is known for exploring unique sites, whether it is for religious or travelling reasons. He was found meditating inside a cave at the Kedarnath shrine in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in the past. Earlier this year, he went snorkelling in the picturesque Indian island…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Tuesday, February 27, 2024: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday participated in a programme titled 'Creating the Future - Digital Mobility for Automotive MSME Entrepreneurs' in Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and addressed thousands…
THE Indian state of Maharashtra will carry out inspections at outlets of global fast-food brands to see whether they use cheese alternatives in products wrongly promoted as containing the real variety, a top official said, adding that the move expands the scope of scrutiny beyond the recent crackdown on McDonald's.…
WAYS to further expand India-Thailand cooperation in areas of defence and security, trade and investment, connectivity, culture and people-to-people exchanges figured prominently in talks between India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Thai counterpart Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara in New Delhi on Tuesday (27). Bahiddha-Nukara, who is also Thailand's deputy prime…
IN an alarming revelation, a research group in Washington DC has said that hate speeches targeting Muslims in India rose by 62 per cent in the second half of 2023 compared to the first. The group also said that the ongoing war in Gaza played a key role in the…
IN a compassionate act preceding Ramadan, a philanthropic Indian businessman based in the UAE has generously contributed a million dirhams (£214,812) to facilitate the release of 900 prisoners from detention across the Gulf nation. Firoz Merchant, 66, the proprietor of Pure Gold Jewellers, made this significant donation to the UAE…
