• Sunday, February 23, 2025

Corporate sector expects reform to continue in Modi’s third term:…

THE American corporate sector expects the economic reforms to continue in the third term of prime minister Narendra Modi despite his return to office with a slightly lower majority, the head of a top India-centric US business advocacy group said. Modi is poised to form the government for a third…

Modi only third Indian to become PM after 3 successive…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (4) emerged victorious, albeit with a reduced margin, in the recently held general elections. The win would mean the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader will get to serve his third successive term after 2014 and 2019. It is a rare feat in India's…

India’s election results will promote reforms, feels chief economic adviser

RESULTS of India's just concluded general election, which saw prime minister Narendra Modi securing a record third term with a narrower victory margin, are anticipated to pave the way for productive reforms, according to the country's chief economic adviser (CEC), Reuters reported. The underlying factors driving economic growth are largely…

T20 World Cup: All eyes on Rohit Sharma’s opening partner…

INDIA will kick off their campaign at the T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Wednesday (5) when they take on Ireland in a Group A fixture. It will be the first T20 match involving the Men in Blue since they played a home series against Afghanistan in January.…

US-India business body congratulates Modi on election victory

The US-India Business Council (USIBC) congratulated prime minister Narendra Modi and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on their victory in the just concluded general elections. Modi, who completed a decade in office this year, is poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the NDA led…

Modi resigns a day after India election results, to take…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (5) tendered his resignation to president Droupadi Murmu, who accepted it and asked him to continue till the new government assumes office, a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the president's official residence, said. Sources said he Modu could take oath as the prime…

Coalition era returns in India politics: Can Modi do a…

IN January 2019, MK Stalin, chief minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, had remarked that prime minister Narendra Modi was no Atal Bihari Vajpayee and it was an "irony" that the current PM compared himself with his predecessor, who died the preceding year. Months ahead of that…

World leaders congratulate PM Modi on winning third straight term

SEVERAL world leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Nepalese prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' among others have congratulated Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the victory of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition…

Sunak, Starmer clash in first election debate on TV

THE leaders of Britain's two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday (4), a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party. Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak…

Two cricket World Cup winners elected to India parliament

WHILE the Indian cricket team was yet to kick off its campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA, two of the country's former cricketers, both having won the cricket's top trophy in their careers, were elected to the parliament in the recently held general…