WHILE India's Narendra Modi government engaged with Qatari officials diplomatically over the death sentence the Middle Eastern nation gave to eight former officials of the Indian Navy and exploring legal options to deal with the case, speculation is rife that Pakistan might have a role in the matter. According to…
'VALLAM Kali', the traditional snake boat race of the southern Indian state of Kerala, was organised for the first time in Sydney, Australia, on October 14 and nine teams from various Malayalee associations in the country took part in it. The event -- 'Traditional Kerala Boat Race' -- was organised…
DUTCH skipper Scott Edwards hopes the Netherlands can benefit from coach Ryan Cook's inside knowledge of Bangladesh to help rescue their fading World Cup dreams. The two sides meet at Eden Gardens on Saturday (28) with identical records of one win and four losses each. One more defeat will signal…
TERRORISM is a "malignancy" and knows no borders, nationality or race and the world should not buy into any justification of terror acts, India has told the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as it abstained on a resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict. India on Friday (27) abstained in the UN…
JSW CHAIRMAN Sajjan Jindal on Friday (27) backed Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's recent suggestion of 70-hour work week saying India's specific circumstances, that are different from those of some developed economies, make it significant for the South Asian economy not to adopt "shorter work weeks" as a rule. He also…
A WHITE House commission has recommended issuing an employment authorisation card and other necessary travel documents at the preliminary stage of the Green Card application processing system, a proposal if approved by the US president would be a big relief to thousands of foreign professionals, an overwhelming majority of whom…
SOUTH Africa survived a late charge from Pakistan to pull off a thrilling one-wicket win and move closer to the semi-finals of the World Cup on Friday. Aiden Markram hit a solid 91 and at 206-4 South Africa were well on course to comfortably chase down a 271-run target. However,…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, October 27, 2023: Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, on Friday reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit as a slump in crude prices hit revenue from fuel sales and affect its mainstay oil-to-chemicals business. The company, led by…
FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday (27) said he would join television station GB News which means he would take up another media assignment besides his job as a columnist for the Daily Mail newspaper. "I'm going to be giving this remarkable new TV channel my unvarnished views on…
A SENIOR official of the Indian Army on Friday (27) said there is a constant endeavour from across the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan to disturb peace and vitiate the security environment in Jammu and Kashmir claiming normalcy has not gone down well with the inimical elements. Addressing a…