- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
THE US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly cleared the Quad Bill that mandates the Joe Biden administration to set up a Quad Intra-Parliamentary Working Group that aims at facilitating closer cooperation between the four members of the grouping -- the US, Australia, India and Japan. The Quad is a plurilateral…
Escentual.com, an Asian-owned beauty retailer, has reported robust performance during the fourth quarter of 2023, with sales surging by 21 per cent from October to December. The achievement is noteworthy amidst the current economic challenges as the UK slipped into recession this week. The impressive results of the Cardiff-based online…
VETERAN India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, whose on-the-pitch run earlier on the second day of the third Test match against England in Rajkot saw his team getting penalised by the on-field umpires, reclaimed glory in the second half of the day by claiming his 500th Test wicket. The 37-year-old became the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (16) broke his silence over the ongoing farmers' protest in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana and said that his government was working on schemes for the benefit of the farming community. His statement came as the ongoing protest, the second edition,…
THE US-India Business Council on Thursday (15) unveiled its AI Task Force (AI-TF), marking a significant stride in harmonizing American and Indian leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). The business consortium, which represents prominent global enterprises spanning the US, India, and the Indo-Pacific, said the AI-TF will propel AI concepts and…
THE second day's play in the third Test between India and England witnessed dramatic scenes as the on-field umpires penalised the home team by awarding their opponents five runs after their batters ran on the middle of the pitch for the second time. The penalty meant the visitors started their…
AN Indian student in Canada has died of cardiac arrest and his family has requested the country's external affairs minister Subrahmanyan Jaishankar to help in bringing his moral remains home. The student, identified as Shaik Muzammil Ahmed, was from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and was pursuing a master's…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Thursday, February 15, 2024: Indian exports could have seen increased growth in January if not for the Red Sea crisis, which disrupted trade by forcing freight companies to take longer routes around Africa or wait at nearby ports for…
ON February 14, the much awaited new BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi, UAE, was inaugurated by His Holiness (HH) Mahant Swami Maharaj, in the presence of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, and the minister of tolerance and coexistence for the host nation, Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan. This structure,…
THE Indian opposition preparing to challenge prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this year's general elections has seen another setback as Sonia Gandhi, one of the most prominent opposition leaders, decided to withdraw from electoral politics on grounds of age and health. The 77-year-old has said this…
