- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, July 6, 2023: Reliance Jio Infocomm of India is expected to finalise a $1.7 billion deal with Nokia this week to procure 5G network equipment, the Economic Times reported citing sources. The contract could be inked later…
PAKISTAN'S former prime minister and chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan has been implicated in six cases, including three under the strict Anti-Terrorism Act, for the unprecedented attacks on the Pakistani Army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi on May 9, local media reports said. The incident, deemed a "Black…
INDIAN national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday (6) held wide-ranging talks with French president Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne in New Delhi with a focus on prime minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Paris next week. It was reported that the French official apprised Doval of the…
INDIA's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has confirmed its participation in the upcoming 'BRICS political parties plus dialogue' conclave, organised by the African National Congress in Johannesburg in South Africa on July 18-20. The party's national president, JP Nadda, made this announcement during a meeting with heads of missions from…
CANADIAN prime minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday (6) spoke out on the issue of pro-Khalistan activities targeting India on his country's soil saying Ottawa has always taken "serious action" against terrorism. He said this while rebutting criticisms that his government has not been strong enough in dealing with the Khalistan…
BANGLADESH cricket fans were in for a major shock on Thursday (6) when the country's captain in 50-over cricket, Tamim Iqbal, quit international cricket in an emotional press conference. The 34-year-old opening batter's decision was revealed just three months before the world cup in India, making the blow even bigger.…
THE first overseas campus of India's elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is set to come up in Zanzibar in Tanzania, the country's ministry of external affairs (MEA) informed on Thursday (6). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked on Wednesday (5) for setting up of a campus of IIT…
THE chief minister of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chhouhan, on Thursday (6) washed the feet of the tribal man who was recently insulted by a man who urinated on him. The deplorable incident sparked a massive outrage across the country, prompting the state's government led…
A 21-YEAR-OLD Indian nursing student named Jasmeen Kaur, whose body was discovered in Adelaide, Australia, was stalked, abducted and murdered by Tarikjot Singh in March 2021, The Australia Today reported. It has been revealed before a court that Kaur was bound by cable ties and buried alive in Flinders Ranges…
A DAY after his act of draping himself with a Kangleipak flag representing the northeastern state Manipur's Meitei ethnicity created a controversy, Indian footballer Jeakson Singh Thounaojam clarified that he did not want to hurt anyone but only bring to everybody's notice the ongoing violent situation in his home state.…
