- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA'S wrestling federation has been suspended by United World Wrestling (UWW), the international governing body for the sport, for not conducting elections on time and it is due to this development that Indian grapplers will not be able to compete at the World Championships in Serbia, Belgrade next month under…
AS the world was celebrating India's lunar mission successfully touching down upon the surface of the moon, making the country the fourth overall to accomplish landing on the celestial body and the first to reach its South Pole, Google on Thursday (24) released a doodle to commemorate the landing of…
AS speculation was rife over the possibility of a meeting between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit which concluded in Johannesburg in South Africa on Thursday (24), the two leaders were seen having a brief exchange the same day…
WITH the five-nation BRICS deciding to admit six new countries as its members, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (24) said in Johannesburg, South Africa, that the grouping's modernisation and expansion is a message that all global institutions need to change considering the demand of time. India has been…
POLITICIANS, newspapers and space research institutions in the US on Wednesday (23) hailed India on the successful moon-landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft as the south Asian country entered the elite club comprising three other nations, including America, Russia and China, which has a rover on the lunar surface. In the process,…
THE BRICS group of nations, which were reportedly finding it challenging to arrive at a consensus over the bloc's expansion, has decided at the ongoing summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, to invite six more countries to become its new members. The new countries are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia…
A DIPLOMATIC low was allegedly seen on Tuesday (22) after the aircraft of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi touched down upon Waterkloof Air Base in Pretoria near Johannesburg, South Africa, where he has visited for the 15th BRICS summit. Daily Maverick, a news outlet in the host country, reported government…
THE effort to expand the BRICS grouping that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at the ongoing 15th summit in Johannesburg in South Africa has faced a last-minute obstacle, threatening the body's ambition to strengthen the Global South's influence in world affairs. An agreement to expand BRICS could…
IN a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday (23) sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the Indian diaspora. India scripted history as the ambitious third moon mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) touched down…
A PROMINENT Saudi business leader has said that Saudi Arabia and Indian business sectors share a prosperous growth path and desire to build sustainable, inclusive, and diversified economies for the future. Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is leading a delegation of Saudi Arabia's top business leaders…
