- Friday, February 28, 2025
INDIA'S antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI) is looking into Air India's planned merger with Vistara and asked the company why it should not be probed further over competition concerns, potentially delaying the process, Reuters reported citing two informed sources. The development is a new challenge for the former…
THE Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay located in the western Indian city of Mumbai has achieved a significant milestone by securing a position among the world's top 150 universities, according to the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The official statement from IIT Bombay highlighted this…
SEVEN women students from Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in the southern Indian state of Karala recently approached the principal to seek permission for wearing long sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods within the operation theatre (OT). In response, the principal said she would form a committee consisting of surgeons and the…
THE Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reacted to India's opposition parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor after he said on Tuesday (27) that venues such as Thiruvananthapuram, Mohali and Ranchi should have been given an opportunity to host a match during the 2023 cricket World Cup to be held in…
AN online gift shop in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales, has withdrawn socks carrying images of Hindu God Ganesha from its website following a protest from the Hindu community which called them "highly inappropriate". The 'Hop Hare Bamboo Socks -- Ganesha', which were earlier selling at £7.95, were not found on…
HOURS after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a uniform civil code in the country while addressing grassroots workers of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound central state of Madhya Pradesh, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board -- India's top Muslim body --…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy & business for Tuesday, June 27, 2023: The government of the Indian state of Gujarat is set to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Micron Technology, an American computer storage chipmaker, on Wednesday (28) for the establishment of a semiconductor…
ABOUT a dozen shackled workers in India were rescued from "torture" in a chain gang digging wells for 12 hours a day without wages, a government rights body said Monday (26). The case has shone new light on the long-outlawed practice of bonded labour, dubbed "debt slavery" by rights campaigners,…
INDIA failed to continue with their winning run in the SAFF Championship football on Tuesday (27) as they drew Kuwait in their final group game, thanks to an own goal. The match at Sree Kanteerava Stadium ended 1-1 and the hosts finished as the second-best team in Group A despite…
THE Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma will be the most travelled team among the top contenders for this year's cricket world cup scheduled in October and November. It has been reported that the hosts will travel nearly 8,400 kilometres to play their nine league matches in as many…
