THE Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) has come to the defence of officer Daniel Auderer over his allegedly insensitive remark over the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, an Indian student who was killed in January after being struck by a patrol car of Seattle Police Department (SPD), saying some viral videos…
SKIPPER Shakib Al Hasan's 80 and inspired bowling led Bangladesh to a consolation six-run win over India in the final Super Four clash of the Asia Cup on Friday. India, who had already booked a meeting with Sri Lanka in Sunday's final in Colombo, faltered in their chase of 266…
DIXON Technologies India, supplier of China's Xiaomi Inc., is set to open a big factory on the outskirts of national capital New Delhi, Bloomberg reported on Friday (15). According to the report, Dixon will invest over Rs 400 crore (£38.8 million) over a period of three years in the factory…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy & business for Friday, September 15, 2023: India's defence ministry on Thursday greenlit nine procurement plans totaling approximately Rs 45,000 crore (£4.3 billion). The acquisitions include 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets, Dhruvastra air-to-surface missiles, and the upgrade of Dornier aircraft. This clearance…
A BRITISH SIKH crossbow-armed intruder who has admitted to committing treason after telling royal guards at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021 that he was there to kill Queen Elizabeth II has apologised to King Charles III and the royal family, a UK court heard on Friday (15). Jaswant Singh…
NEGOTIATIONS for a free-trade agreement (FTA) between India and Canada will resume after political issues between the two countries are resolved, a senior official was cited as saying by PTI on Friday (15). On September 2, around a week before its prime minister Justin Trudeau visited India for the G20…
INDIAN information-technology (IT) major Infosys is the only company from the country to have found a place in the list of the world's top 100 firms released by TIME magazine and German online data platform Statista. The World's Best Companies of 2023 list was topped by Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, which…
LESS than a week after hosting world leaders at the G20 summit at home, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has retained his position at the top of a list of global leaders with the highest approval ratings, according to a survey by US-consulting firm Morning Consult. As per the company's…
RAJIV Bahl, director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday (15) cautioned that mortality rate among those infected with the deadly Nipah virus is much higher than Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi, he said while Covid had a mortality rate of…
THE UK on Friday (15) announced that it has agreed a joint investment package with Tata Steel for the country's largest steelworks in Wales, including a grant worth up to £500 million -- dubbed one of the largest British government support packages in history and a “defining moment” for the…