- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIA'S Narendra Modi government on Tuesday (17) said the country plans to send an astronaut to the moon by 2040 as it issued instructions to the space department that also include plans to set up a space station by 2035. In August, India's space ambitions received a massive boost when…
PALESTINIAN ambassador to India Adnan Mohammad Jaber Abualhayjaa has said that they hope New Delhi will play the role of a "mediator" in the ongoing Israel-Hamas clash being a "heavy power" and will urge Israel, particularly its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to "stop seizing territory". He said Palestine also wants…
THE Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (17) refused to legalise same-sex marriage but emphasised than an individual's right to enter a union could not be restricted on the basis of sexual orientation. A five-judge bench delivered four verdicts, differing mainly on the question of adoption rights for queer couples.…
WITH five South African-born players in his squad, Netherlands coach Ryan Cook believes having the inside track on their rivals could spark another World Cup humiliation for the Proteas on Tuesday. The Dutch famously defeated Temba Bavuma's side at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia last year with South Africa-born…
LEG-SPINNER Adam Zampa returned figures of 4-47 while Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis hit fifties to help Australia down Sri Lanka by five wickets for their first win at the 2023 Cricket World Cup on Monday. Five-time winners Australia bundled out Sri Lanka for 209, a total they overhauled in…
FOR the third consecutive time, India is set to boycott a summit of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on Tuesday (17) to highlight its stand on the sovereignty issues in the controversial CPEC, which is being laid through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and the financial viability of…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Monday, October 16, 2023: India's high-quality labour-intensive goods, including apparel, carpets, footwear and cars will benefit from the removal of import duties by the UK, under the proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations, India's Global Trade Research…
FOUNDERS of 84 startups in India with a cumulative wealth of Rs 423,600 crore have featured in Hurun's India rich list 2023 that was unveiled earlier this week. As per the report by Hurun India, the average age of the founders of these startups is 41. Among those startup founders…
HIGH oil prices, surging dollar and geopolitical instability could weigh on emerging Asian economies such as India and Indonesia while Malaysia, an energy exporter, could see it among the rare beneficiaries, Bloomberg has reported. Both economists and policymakers are spending worried days over the fallout of the ongoing war between…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday (16) reached out to communities across London to assure them about increased security measures to protect places of worship in the wake of the deadly attacks carried out by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel earlier this month. The horrific loss of life…
