• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Iowa caucuses: Nikki Haley says she’s final hope of stopping…

INDIAN AMERICAN Nikki Haley, who finished third in the Iowa caucuses, has said that she is the only Republican candidate who could take on frontrunner Donald Trump and incumbent president Joe Biden and avert a "Trump-Biden nightmare". The Iowa caucuses on Monday (15) formally kicked off the beginning of the…

‘India shifted from women-centric to women-led development’

HERE are news related to Indian economy and business for Monday, January 15, 2024: India has moved from women-centric development to women-led development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal ministers Smriti Irani and Hardeep Singh Puri said in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday. Speaking after inaugurating the Women…

Modi, Putin speak over Ukraine; wish each other electoral success

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi and Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone on Monday (15), discussing the issue of Ukraine and wishing each other well ahead of the elections coming in both countries. According to a statement posted on the Kremlin's website, the two leaders "expressed interest in…

Indian American schoolgirl, 9, named in world’s ‘brightest students’ list

PREESHA Chakraborty, a nine-year-old Indian-American schoolgirl, was named in the "world's brightest" students list by the prestigious Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth, based on the results of above-grade-level tests of over 16,000 students across 90 countries. Preesha is a Warm Spring Elementary school student in Fremont, California, and took…

Senior leader quits India’s opposition Congress on the day of…

INDIA'S main opposition Indian National Congress received a major blow on Sunday (14), the same day its leader Rahul Gandhi launched another major cross-country outreach programme as one of its senior leaders and a former federal minister Milind Deora quit the party and joined the Shiv Sena in the western…

England in India: When players of both teams got bicycles…

TWO of the world's best cricketing nations will lock horns in a five-Test series starting January 25 and both the contesting sides -- India and England -- are ready for a gruelling time ahead. For both teams, this series will be key if they want to make the final of…

Big spike in Ayodhya online search from US, Gulf ahead…

THE northern Indian holy town of Ayodhya, where the much-awaited Ram Mandir will be inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi on January 22 in a grand ceremony, has emerged as a major attraction globally as travel booking platforms are witnessing a big rise in searches. Notable spikes recorded not only from…

Indian administrative officer flays British Airways for this: ‘Are you…

AN Indian administrative officer has lashed out at British Airways (BA) saying she was downgraded from premium ecomomy during check-in on the pretext of overbooking which she called false. Ashwini Bhide, an Indian Administrative Service officer in the western state of Maharashtra, took to social media platform X to write,…

US election: Vivek Ramaswamy ruled out as Trump’s running mate

FORMER US president Donald Trump's top adviser has ruled out Indian-American presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy as the former's running mate after the Republican frontrunner publicly criticised the Indian-American presidential candidate ahead of the Iowa caucuses held on Monday (15). The caucuses formally kick off the beginning of the long process…

India aviation minister reacts after passenger, frustrated by flight delay,…

A DAY after a passenger on a flight run by India's IndiGo was arrested for allegedly assaulting a pilot when the latter was making an announcement over a delay in the takeoff at the airport in Delhi, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said such instances were unacceptable. "Incidences of unruly…