- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said inflation in the south Asian economy will remain steady in months to come, despite short-term rises in prices of certain food items. Speaking to the Economic Times daily in an interview which was published on Wednesday (30), she said economic growth is likely…
IN a testament to the growing defence partnership between India and Kenya, Goa Shipyard Ltd and Kenya Shipyard Ltd signed a collaborative agreement on Tuesday (29), focusing on joint efforts in ship design and construction. The move highlights the deepening cooperation in defence between the two nations. Simultaneously, Indian defence…
INDIA'S technology industry is decentralising from seven major hubs to 26 cities such as Chandigarh, Nagpur and Kanpur as about 11-15 per cent of tech talent is based in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, a report said. The majority of the 5.4 million people employed in the technology industry in India…
INDIA's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (30) tweeted a poster depicting prime minister Narendra Modi as the fictional cyborg from the famous 'Terminator' film franchise featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a twist to the iconic dialogue "I'll be back". The poster showing Modi reads "2024! I'll be back!" to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (30) celebrated the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan with schoolgirls in Delhi. They tied rakhis to the wrist of the prime minister and interacted with him on various subjects, including the recent landing of Chandrayaan-3 on moon. Some of them also recited poetry…
LOCAL residents were petrified to hear gunshots in broad daylight but he did not budge till the mission was completed, arresting members of a gang of robbers who looted a jewellery shop at gunpoint on Tuesday (29). Ratan Roy, assistant sub inspector (ASI) of police of Ranaghat in Nadia district…
THINGS were not looking smooth between India and China ahead of the G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 after Beijing released on Monday (28) a so-called "standard map" showing the north-eastern-most Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin region in the western sector as…
JUBILATION followed India’s successful landing of its Chandrayaan-3 mission on moon on August 23, not only because it became the fourth nation overall to reach the celestial body and the first to touch down on its south pole, but also because it opened up an entire horizon of research possibilities.…
PAKISTAN's former prime minister Imran Khan's hopes for a swift release from jail were dashed as a special court on Wednesday (30) extended his judicial remand until September 13 in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets. The court proceedings, overseen by judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, were…
MONKEY menace is common in a lot of places in India and now, authorities in the country's capital are leaving no stone unturned to tackle with the problem, ahead of the G20 summit next month when top leaders from around the world will gather on its soil. According to a…
