- Thursday, February 27, 2025
BRITISH secretary of state for energy security and net zero Grant Shapps on Friday (21) said in the western state of Goa that the UK and India are working closely on energy security. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the G20 14th Clean Energy ministerial meeting and 8th Mission…
OUTRAGE across India has refused to die down even two days after a horrific video showing two naked women being dragged by a mob in the Kangpokpi district of the violence-hit north-eastern state of Manipur surfaced on social media on Wednesday (19). One of the two, belonging to the Kuki-Zo…
IN an effort to boost regional diplomatic engagement, India is considering trading electricity with the countries of Southeast Asia through Myanmar, with which it has a border, and Thailand, Reuters reported citing five informed sources. According to an industry official, linkages of the grids could take at least four years…
THE University of Leicester on Thursday (20) honoured Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL, a renowned entrepreneur who had reached the East Midlands as a child refugee with his family in 1972, after escaping the brutal regime of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. From a humble beginning in the UK when his…
US AMBASSADOR to India Eric Garcetti, a politician-turned-diplomat, has said that politicians need to focus on leadership and governance and the elections would take care of him. His words came ahead of 2024, a year when both India and the US will go to their respective national elections. "I love…
IN yet another significant step related to India's popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) -- an instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India -- India and Sri Lanka on Friday (21) signed an agreement on the acceptance of the UPI in the island-nation. Through the UPI which…
POLICE in West Yorkshire, England, have launched a hate crime investigation following an incident where a Sikh holy text was found damaged outside a residence in Leeds. The incident was reported by a member of the local Sikh community on Sunday (16) in the city's Headingley area. It reportedly happened…
VIRAT Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja combined in an unbroken century partnership for India to regain the ascendancy over West Indies at 288 for four at stumps on Thursday, the opening day of the second and final Test. After being put in to bat at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad, India…
GAUTAM Adani, chairman of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, on Friday (21) held a meeting with visiting Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss several projects in the island-nation which is currently facing an economic turmoil. The talks included the development of the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT), Adani said,…
ZAK Crawley's quickfire 189, his maiden Ashes hundred, fuelled a dramatic England run spree on Thursday's second day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford. England were 384-4 at stumps in reply to Australia's first innings 317, a lead of 67 runs in a match they must win to maintain…
