• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

South Africa tour: India pick different captains for three formats

INDIAN cricket is going through a transition after the debacle in the final of the 50-over World Cup last month when they lost to Australia after winning all their matches till the title clash. The Asian powerhouse will next tour South Africa for matches across all three formats and three…

Modi proposes India as COP host in 2028; announces ‘green…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (1) urged the international community to work together to drastically reduce global emissions and announced a "green credit" initiative that focuses on creating carbon skins with popular participation. Speaking at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in the UAE where he reached on…

On Kissinger’s anti-India to pro-India change, Shashi Tharoor says ‘it…

INDIAN politician Shashi Tharoor has called the death of Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state and a major diplomatic voice to shape Washington's policy in the Cold War era, as the "end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life". Posting on X a BBC report on the death of…

When Modi told Kissinger about India’s efforts to become $5t…

HENRY Kissinger, the former US secretary of state who passed away in Connecticut on Wednesday (29), was known to be an India hater during his active days in diplomacy and geopolitics but in years prior to his death, he was more liberal in his take on India and even batted…

COP28: Modi bats for climate financing in fight against climate…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi has called for ensuring requisite climate financing and technological transfer to developing countries, asserting that it must be recognised that they have not contributed to creating the climate problem but are still willing to be a part of the solution. In Dubai to attend the…

In Bengaluru, 44 schools evacuated after bomb threat by mail

PANIC prevailed in the south Indian city of Bengaluru on Friday (1) morning when 44 schools received bomb threats through email, police said. It claimed that explosives had been kept on the institutes' premises. The schools were evacuated immediately. Police were immediately alerted and officers, along with bomb disposal squads,…

India economy & business news in brief for Nov 30:…

HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, November 30, 2023: Tanishq, an Indian jewellery brand, has opened its store in Houston and in Frisco in the state of Texas as part of its global business expansion strategy and to cater to the growing needs…

Kissinger owed us an apology for 1971 war: Bangladesh foreign…

WHILE the world mourned the death of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Wednesday (29), the foreign minister of Bangladesh expressed a strong criticism of the diplomat for his role in the 1971 liberation war that led to the creation of the South Asian nation. According to a…

Henry Kissinger’s hate-love connect with India went on for decades

HENRY Kissinger, the veteran American diplomat who died at the age of 100 on Wednesday (29), was known for his disdain towards India's leadership in the 1970s and even had used racist and misogynist language for the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. When the centurion died in his Connecticut home,…

When ping pong diplomacy paved way for Kissinger’s historic China…

WHILE its current ties with the US are far from smooth, yet China on Wednesday (29) mourned the death of Henry Kissinger, one of the most prominent Cold War-era diplomats, as he was among Beijing's few trusted friends and had played a major role in reviving the relations between the…