- Sunday, February 23, 2025
PREPARATIONS for the next India-Russia summit are underway, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Friday (28). "We have a very well established arrangement of bilateral summits with the Russian Federation. Twenty-one such meetings have happened so far," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. "We are preparing to hold the…
INDIA'S former World Cup-winning cricketer Kirti Azad has said that it will be difficult to predict how South Africa play in the final of the T20 World Cup against India in Barbados on Saturday (29) since it is the first time they have reached the finals and cautioned India against…
INDIA head coach Rahul Dravid has said the team has been remarkably consistent to play three International Cricket Council (ICC) finals in the last 12 months and hoped the combination of smart cricket and luck will land his side an elusive ICC title at Bridgetown in Barbados on Saturday (29).…
FIVE soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in an accident at a forward location in eastern Ladakh while trying to get a tank across a river, the country's defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday (29), a day after the incident took place. In a post on X, the…
LABOUR leader Keir Starmer on Friday (28) visited a Hindu temple in London where he took part in prayer ceremonies and interacted with people, including children, and spoke over various issues such as Hinduism. At the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kingsbury, Starmer spoke wearing a floral garland round his neck and…
INDIA'S deputy national security adviser (NSA) Vikram Misri, widely regarded as an expert on China, was on Friday (28) appointed as the country's next foreign secretary. Misri, a 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will succeed incumbent Vinay Kwatra who is likely to be appointed as India's ambassador to the US.…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Friday, June 27, 2024: The Indian civil aviation ministry on Friday ordered a thorough inspection of the structural strength of all airports in the country, following the roof collapse incident at the Delhi airport that left one dead and…
AFTER finding himself at the centre of a controversy following his remarks on dealing with illegal migrants from Bangladesh, Labour leader Keir Starmer has spoken to a television channel from that country saying he didn't mean to offend or upset anyone and that he was "very concerned" about any upsets…
INDIA has hit back at the US state department's report on religious freedom calling it a "deeply biased" one that "is visibly driven by vote bank considerations and a prescriptive outlook". Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Indian ministry of external affairs (MEA) told reporters on Friday (28) that the US…
INDIA'S Narendra Modi government earlier this week instructed the administration of the southern state of Tamil Nadu to furnish a "detailed report" after a recent Reuters story said Foxconn, an Apple supplier, refused to take married women for iPhone assembly roles in the country. Seeking a probe in a statement,…
