- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA is set to launch a BRICS startup forum for the current year to facilitate collaboration and share best practices among investors, incubators and aspiring entrepreneurs, the country's commerce and trade minister Piyush Goyal has said. He said this at the seventh BRICS (acronym for its member countries Brazil, Russia,…
A BIPARTISAN contingent of US legislators is scheduled to embark on a visit to India, participating in prime minister Narendra Modi's address at the Red Fort on August 15, the nation's Independence Day, as confirmed by an official statement. The delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman…
THE Rishi Sunak government on Tuesday (8) announced setting up of a new taskforce and creating tougher sentences for "crooked" immigration lawyers who coach illegal migrants to lie in order to gain residency rights in the country. The government pointed out, following a recent undercover report exposing such legal firms…
RAHUL Gandhi, a major opposition leader of Indian politics who returned to the country's parliament on Monday (7) after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a criminal defamation case for a remark on the 'Modi' surname, was unlikely to address the parliament on Tuesday (8) as the house debated…
FORMER Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday (7) took part in a crucial discussion in the Rajya Sabha or Upper Chamber of the Indian parliament after reaching the session in a wheelchair and it did not take much time to trigger a political fight between the ruling Bharatiya Janata…
INDIA'S business fraternity was in for a massive shock on Tuesday (8) when Ashish Shah, co-founder and chief operating officer of Pepperfry, a Mumbai-based e-commerce platform specialising in furniture and home goods, informed the passing away of his fellow co-founder and chief executive officer Ambareesh Murty in a cardiac arrest.…
THE public safety department of Canada has announced that it is working to ensure the safety and security of all diplomatic representatives in the country following the circulation of an online video in connection with threats against Indian diplomats, underlining that there is no place in the country for the…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, August 7, 2023: Paytm chairman and chief executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma is set to buy a 10.3 per cent stake worth $628 million (£491.2 million) in the firm he founded from an arm of Chinese fintech company…
IN these times when economies around the world are perceiving challenges, experts have often agreed that the Indian economy is one of those few ones that look promising and the country would quickly emerge to play a key role in the global economic affairs. The country's political leadership has also…
THE Supreme Court of India on Monday (7) said it will monitor all cases related to violence against women committed during the sectarian clashes in the state of Manipur in the country's north-east since May 2. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said it will appoint a…
