- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
RISHI Sunak on Wednesday (4) used his own elevation as the UK's first Indian-origin prime minister saying it was proof that the country is not a racist one and that his skin colour was not a "big deal". In his maiden address to the Conservative Party conference as the leader…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Wednesday, October 4, 2023: Actor Ranbir Kapoor is slated to appear before the country's economic crime-fighting agency Enforcement Directorate on Friday (6) regarding his association with a controversial gaming app. He had previously been part of ad campaigns for…
THE much-awaited International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023 is set to kick off on Thursday (5) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat and on the eve of the inaugural day, captains of all 10 participating teams gathered at the venue for…
WIVES of political leaders taking the centre stage to promote the case of their spouses or their parties is not new. Former US first lady Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" remark ahead of the 2016 presidential election has become legendary in America's political history. On Wednesday…
INDIA's momentum continued in the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday (4) as their medal tally reached 81, their best-ever haul at the continental meet with four more days to go. Their previous best tally was 70 recorded at the Jakarta Games in 2018. The day saw…
ALEX Ellis, the UK's high commissioner to India, on Wednesday (4) said the incident in Glasgow in Scotland last week where his Indian counterpart was blocked from entering a gurdwara by pro-Khalistan extremists was something that "absolutely should not have happened." Arrests were made after protesters gathered outside the Indian…
A LEADING space scientist from China has contested India's claim to have landed a spacecraft near the moon's South Pole, saying the landing spot's co-ordinates were too far from the count. On August 23, India became the fourth country in history to land successfully on the natural satellite, after the…
US DEFENCE secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday (3) spoke to Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir and spoke over "areas of mutual interest and recent regional developments" amid a rise in terror attacks in the south Asian nation which is due to go to national elections next January. The US defence…
THE 50-over cricket World Cup of 2023 will kick off on Thursday (5) with a game between defending champions England and New Zealand, who finished as the runners-up in the 2019 edition. The two teams will lock horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western Indian state…
BUSINESSES in Canada's British Columbia (BC) are keeping a close watch on the situation as diplomatic tensions between the North American country and India continue over the murder of a Khalistan separatist leader in Surrey in the same province in June. According to a report by Canada's Richmond News, while…
