HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, October 30, 2023: iPhone maker Apple India witnessed a 48 per cent jump in revenue on a year-on-year basis to Rs 49,322 crore (£4.8 billion) in the financial year ended March 2023, according to financial details provided…
A FORMER Scotland Yard sergeant would have been dismissed without notice were he still serving in his post after being found to have violated professional standards with "inappropriate behaviour" as a police office, a gross misconduct hearing has learnt. He has now been barred from further policing in the UK.…
AFGHANISTAN defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in Pune on Monday to record their third win of the World Cup and maintain their hopes of a semi-final place. Set 242 to win after a disciplined bowling display, Afghanistan finished on 242-3, with Azmatullah Omarzai unbeaten on 73 and captain Hashmatullah…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday (31) participate in the culmination of the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' (My Land, My Country) campaign, a tribute to those who made the supreme sacrifice for the country, and inaugurate 'Amrit Vatika' and 'Amrit Mahotsav Memorial' on India's first deputy prime minister…
HOLDING that the electoral bond scheme for political funding of parties contributes to clean money, Indian attorney general (AG) R Venkataramani has told the country's Supreme Court that citizens do not have the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution regarding the source of funds. In a statement…
ENGLAND fans were in for a shock as Matthew Mott, the country's head coach, said on Sunday (29) that he learned that his side's qualification for the 2025 Champions Trophy was in jeopardy only midway through their massive defeat against hosts India in Lucknow the same day. The International Cricket…
THE recent verdict given by a court in Qatar awarding a death sentence to eight former personnel of the Indian Navy has triggered a political row with the opposition accusing the Narendra Modi government of not taking the matter seriously when their members raised it in the parliament a few…
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday (30) met the families of eight former personnel of Indian Navy who have been given death sentence in Qatar for allegedly spying on Israel's behalf. He said New Delhi will "continue to make all efforts to secure their release". In a post…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (30) reached his home state of Gujarat where he was set to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for multiple development projects worth Rs 5,950 crore (£591 million) in the state's Mehsana district. He kicked off his two-day visit to the western state…
AN officer of Jammu and Kashmir Police was critically injured after being shot at by an alleged terrorist in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory, while playing cricket on Sunday (29), official sources said. It was said that the officer named Masroor Ahmad Wani was playing the sport…