- Tuesday, April 22, 2025
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Thursday, November 2, 2023: Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday visited Sri Lanka's eastern port town of Trincomalee where she opened a branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) and appreciated its role in supporting corporates in…
HE had missed the final of the 2011 World Cup at his home ground Mumbai but Rohit Sharma made up for the lost opportunity on Thursday (2) when he led India to hammer Sri Lanka to secure a place in the semi-finals of the 2023 edition of the marquee tournament.…
PRIME minister Rishi Sunak, who led the talks on Thursday (2) at the AI Safety Summit convened by the UK, hailed the Bletchley Declaration as a “landmark” agreement between 28 countries, including India, on the shared responsibility to address the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI). In the lead up…
HOSTS India qualified for the semi-finals as the first team of World Cup 2023 on Thursday (2) by hammering Sri Lanka by 302 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both their batters and bowlers rose to the occasion as the Men in Blue skittled out the opponents for a…
INDIA last year saw deaths of at least 168,491 people on its roads, government data showed. While the South Asian nation accounts for only one per cent of the global vehicular population, it registers the most number of accident-related deaths in the world. Last year, the deaths recorded represented a…
INDIAN minister of state for information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who met Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk at the two-day global AI summit hosted in the UK, shared an interesting fact on X. He said he got to know the middle name of Musk's son and it is his…
THE Supreme Court of India on Thursday (2) directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to produce before it in sealed cover the "up to date" data of funds received by political parties through electoral bonds till September 30. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud…
INDIA batter Virat Kohli failed to equal the legendary Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries in one-day internationals (ODI) in the game against Sri Lanka in World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He though broke the latter's another major record in the same format. The ace cricketer,…
MAHUA Moitra, one of India's major anti-Narendra Modi faces, on Thursday (2) appeared before a parliamentary ethics panel for interrogation over her alleged misconduct in the parliament. The 49-year-old parliamentarian from the Trinamool Congress, the ruling party of the eastern state of West Bengal, told the committee that a "sour…
GENERAL elections in Pakistan will be held on February 11, the country's poll body on Thursday (2) informed the Supreme Court, putting an end to months-long uncertainty over the polls. The Election Commission of Pakistan's counsel, Sajeel Swati, said the process of drawing constituencies would be completed by January 29,…
