- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
THE bat used by legendary Indian batter K S Ranjitsinhji, well-known as Ranji, to score his unbeaten 154 in his Test debut for England over a century ago in July 1896 and the ball from the infamous Bodyline England versus Australia series of 1932-33 are among the iconic items on…
THE eastern Indian state of West Bengal witnessed yet another violent election on Saturday (8) as at least 11 people were killed in local rural body elections that are happening less than a year before the 2024 general elections. Among those killed were six belonging to the state's ruling Trinamool…
MOEEN Ali struck twice in quick succession in the third Test against Australia at Headingley on Friday (12) after England captain Ben Stokes's dynamic 80, his latest dashing innings, had kept the hosts' Ashes hopes alive. Australia were 116-4 in their second innings at stumps on the second day, a…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, July 7, 2023: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 52.24 crore in the Delhi Liquor Scam case, belonging to individuals including former Delhi deouty chief minister Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi…
FORMER India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday (7) turned 42 and among the millions who wished the legendary cricketer was Wimbledon. “Happy Birthday to a true legend and Wimbledon fan, MS Dhoni," it posted on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1677209079222087680 Dhoni, who played for India for almost 15 years and led…
DUE to supply shortages and steeply soaring prices of tomatoes, McDonald's restaurants in several parts of India have removed the vegetable from their burgers and wraps, Reuters reported. In some parts of the country, wholesale prices of tomatoes, a staple of traditional Indian cuisine, increased by 288 per cent in…
INDIA'S national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday (7) raised the issue of extremist elements threatening officials at the Indian high commission in the UK with his British counterpart Tim Barrow who is currently in India for India-UK Strategic Dialogue at the Indian NSA's invitation. The two NSAs held…
INDIA'S elite investigative agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday (7) arrested three employees of the Indian Railways in connection with the multiple train crash that took place in Balasore in the eastern state of Odisha on June 2. More than 290 people were killed in the accident while…
IN a veiled criticism directed at China, India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday (7) said that India's engagement with the resource-rich African continent is not driven by extractive economic motives. During a visit to Tanzania, he addressed the Indian community in Dar-es-Salaam, highlighting the importance of the India-Tanzania…
TWO banks in Bangladesh, including the biggest state-owned lender, have planned to begin trade transactions in the Indian rupee, officials said, as Dhaka looks to address its depleting foreign reserves, Reuters reported. Till now, the South Asian nation has carried out trade transactions in dollars only. State-owned Sonali Bank and…
