- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIAN commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has sharpened the India’s establishment’s attack on American e-commerce giants like Amazon and Walmart, accusing them of breaching local laws by indulging in detrimental pricing practices. Speaking at a virtual event organised by the Stanford India Policy and Economics Club on Saturday (26),…
INDIA has overtaken the United States in administering Covid-19 vaccine doses, the country's health ministry said on Monday (28). After launching its vaccination drive on January 16, the country has administered over 323.6 million doses so far. The US, on the other hand, started its drive in December last year…
FORMER chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday (27) expressed hope that the Narendra Modi government would not reject the demand of the former state’s mainstream political parties to restore its statehood before the next elections. The veteran Congress leader said Jammu and Kashmir’s Union Territory…
THE Indian economy is expected to come back stronger with a potential for rebuilding on a scale which has not been seen for a long time, Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Pavan Kumar on Saturday (26) said at the 39th Annual International Conference of the Institute of…
While Kerala’s move to impose a strict state-wide lockdown in early May helped contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, it hurt a large section of around 200,000 people, mostly old and differently-abled – who sold lottery tickets for their livelihood. But the state government has now okayed resumption of…
SUGAR prices have gone down by nearly $50 a tonne in international markets for the first time in two months and according to industry sources, this could impact India’s sugar sector. On Thursday (24) last week, prices of refined sugar in the world market were $423 per tonne, while crude…
INDIA saw fresh 50,040 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours to take its tally to 30.2 million while the number of active cases fell to 5,86,403, according to the Union health ministry data released on Sunday, June 27. India’s death toll now stands at 3,95,751 with 1,258 people dying…
NOT conforming to mask-wearing rule almost proved fatal in a bank in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday (25) when a guard stationed there allegedly shot a customer for not wearing the face gear in times of the pandemic. The guard, identified as Keshav, was arrested for…
SPECULATION is rife over a possible cabinet reshuffle in the Narendra Modi government and if it happens, as many as 27 probables, including some heavyweights, could be a part of a massive exercise. Among the probable names that are likely to feature in the cabinet are former Congress heavyweight from…
IN what was called a drone attack by Pakistan-based terrorists for the first time, two bombs were dropped at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu airport in the early hours of Sunday (June 27), officials said. The airport where the blasts took place is used for VVIP movements…
