- Thursday, January 23, 2025
ITALIAN prime minister Georgi Meloni on Wednesday (26) commemorated the death of an Indian agricultural worker near Rome last week after he was allegedly abandoned by his employer on the road following a gruesome accident in which one of his arms was severed by a heavy machinery. The victim, identified…
THE UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided against charging the woman driver involved in a freak accident that resulted in the death of an Indian-origin schoolgirl after she lost control of her vehicle due to a sudden epileptic fit. Nuria Sajjad was killed along with fellow schoolmate Selena Lau,…
INDIA were set to take on holders England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies on Thursday (27). However, the replay of the 2022 semi-final in which the Three Lions thrashed the Men in Blue by 10 wickets in Adelaide might not be possible…
UNITED STATES secretary of state Antony Blinken on Wednesday (26) unveiled the state department's 2023 religious freedom report for more than 200 nations and remarked that there was a "concerning rise" in hate speech, anti-conversion laws, destruction of homes and places of worship for people who belong the minority groups…
A CLINICAL South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the semifinal at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. The Proteas put themselves in pole position to reach the final after they bowled out Afghanistan for a…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Wednesday, June 26, 2024: Moody's Ratings warned on Tuesday that India's escalating water scarcity, exacerbated by heightened consumption amid rapid economic expansion and frequent natural disasters, could adversely affect the country's sovereign credit strength, ThePrint reported. Millions grapple with…
THEY are not known to be allies in the political arena. Be it during elections or when there are no such contests, neither prime minister Narendra Modi nor opposition leader Rahul Gandhi spares the other in terms of verbal assault. In fact, observers of Indian politics have not witnessed much…
IN a significant development, Mitti Cafe, a non-profit organisation in India committed to the cause of employment and livelihoods for people with special needs, opened on June 20 a new branch at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the president of India. The day was even more special as…
YASIR AL-RUMAYYAN, chairman of Saudi Aramco, has been reappointed as an independent director on the board of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. According to a filing with the BSE, approximately 84 per cent of shareholders supported his reappointment for a five-year term, while 16 per…
THE third government of prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to unveil the country's budget in the middle of July following an unexpected election outcome where the PM's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power with support of coalition partners. This upcoming budget, marking Modi's first major policy statement in…
