• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

India finance minister Sitharaman, 3 others in Forbes most powerful…

INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has found her name in the Forbes' list of world's most powerful women that featured the likes of US vice president Kamala Harris and musician Taylor Swift. The Indian leader was ranked 32. Three other Indian women were also named in the list and they…

Didn’t remove Virat Kohli from captaincy, says former India cricket…

HE has been one of India's most successful captains. But the era of skipper Virat Kohli did not end on a happy note after he was allegedly removed from the post in the 50-over format in 2021 following his decision to quit the T20 captaincy after the World Cup in…

India economy & business news in brief for Dec 5:…

HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, December 5, 2023: Smart devices maker Apple has sought exemption for some of the old iPhone models that are being sold in India from the mandatory shift to uniform charging port rule, according to industry sources. According…

Australia envoy in India honours Arnold Dix for his role…

AUSTRALIAN high commissioner to India Philip Green on Monday (4) felicitated international tunnelling expert professor Arnold Dix at the high commission in New Delhi for his role in the recent rescue operation in a collapsed under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. He also called the…

What’s the way forward for India’s opposition? Modi gives them…

DAYS after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept three key states in India's Hindi heartland, prime minister Narendra Modi took a sharp dig at the opposition forces on Tuesday (5) saying while they were happy with their "arrogance, lies, pessimism and ignorance", their would have to be remain prepared for…

Former India cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin loses Telangana elections

FORMER Indian cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin who contested the polls on his home pitch in the southern Indian state of Telangana for the first time on the ticket of the Indian National Congress, did not have a pleasant opening as his Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) rival stumped him out…

India to become world’s 3rd largest economy by 2030, S&P…

INDIA is poised to continue as the fastest-growing major economy for the next three years and remain on course to emerge as the world's third-largest economy by 2030, S&P Global Ratings has said in a report. It anticipates India, presently ranked as the world's fifth-largest economy, to achieve a growth…

Days after election results announced, Rajput right-wing outfit chief shot…

IN a spine-chilling incident, the chief of a right-wing group in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan was shot dead in broad daylight by some unidentified assailants in Jaipur, the state's capital. on Tuesday (5). Two other persons were also injured in the gun attack, local police sources said. According…

India to give Kenya $250m for agri sector upgrading

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (5) announced his government's decision to provide $250 million (£198 million) to Kenya for modernisation of its agriculture sector following his wide-ranging talks with visiting Kenyan president William Samoei Ruto. Ruto arrived in New Delhi on Monday (4) on a three-day visit with…

Biden nominates Indian American global venture capitalist to DFC board

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has nominated prominent Indian-American global venture capitalist Deven Parekh as a member of the board of directors of the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a development finance institution and agency of the US government. Parekh, the managing director at software investment firm Insight Partners, was nominated…