- Thursday, April 24, 2025
AHEAD OF Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US, a New Jersey-based restaurant has prepared a special ‘Modi Ji Thali’ dish to commemorate the occasion. Modi will embark on his first state visit to the US at the invitation of president Joe Biden and first lady Jill…
CYCLONE BIPARJOY, the storm which is currently located over the east-central Arabian Sea, is expected to make landfall in Saurashtra and Kutch regions of the western Indian state of Gujarat and adjoining coasts in Pakistan on Thursday (15). Mumbai, India's financial capital, was also put on high alert. On Tuesday…
FRESH VIOLENCE erupted in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur late on Tuesday (13), resulting in deaths of at least nine people and injury to five. According to reports, firing took place in the state's Khamenlok area, along the borders of the Imphal East district dominated by the Meitei community…
INDIAN PRIME minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet with top business leaders from 20 prominent American companies during his visit to the US next week. Business leaders of companies such as Mastercard, Accenture, the Coca-Cola Company, Adobe Systems and Visa are expected to meet Modi privately, two people familiar…
US SECRETARY of state Antony Blinken has said the trajectory of the Indo-US partnership is "unmistakable and filled with promise" and India prime minister Narendra Modi's upcoming state visit to the US will further solidify the defining relationship of the 21st century. Modi has been invited by US president Joe…
Here are news in brief from India for Tuesday, June 13, 2023: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly criticised former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's allegations that the Indian government pressured the company to remove critical posts during the farmers' protest, calling them false. Information and broadcasting minister Anurag…
Pakistan on Tuesday (13) deployed the military to speed up the evacuation of around 100,000 people from the low-lying coastal areas in the southern Sindh province as Cyclone Biparjoy moved closer to the country's financial capital, Karachi. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department's (PMD) latest advisory, Biparjoy — which has…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden believes there can be no better partner than India which plays an increasingly key role in every elements of global politics, a senior official of his administration has said, giving an insight into the decision-making process to invite prime minister Narendra Modi for a state visit.…
Here are Indian economy and business news for Tuesday, June 13, 2023: India's telecom regulator, TRAI, has mandated all telecommunications companies to utilise artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to detect and take action against unregistered senders of commercial communications. These entities, known as Unregistered Telemarketers (UTMs), use ten-digit mobile…
FORMER INDIA captain Sunil Gavaskar has been livid with his country's show in the just concluded World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval, England, which they lost by 209 runs. The 73-year-old did not mince words while speaking of the lackadaisical performance by Rohit Sharma's men in…
