- Thursday, April 24, 2025
INDIA'S CHIEF election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday (9) said time has come to use technology-driven methods such as e-postal ballots to allow eligible overseas Indian voters to take part in elections in the country. He also said that timely and continued delivery to credible electoral outcomes since 1952…
Indian home minister Amit Shah on Friday (9) took a detailed review of the preparations being made for a smooth conduct of the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage in the northern Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday (10) said that 'Bijarpjoy', a "very severe" cyclone, is expected to intensify further in the next 24 hours and will move in the north-northeast direction. The storm, which is currently located about 700 kilometres (km) west of the western coastal state of Goa…
NOVAK DJOKOVIC reached his seventh French Open final in dramatic and controversial circumstances on Friday (9) when world number one Carlos Alcaraz suffered serious cramping which torpedoed his challenge. Djokovic, 36, triumphed 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to become the oldest man in 93 years to reach the championship match where…
Australia were in the driver's seat at the end of the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India at The Oval on Friday (3) as they accumulated a lead of 296 runs over the Asians with six wickets in the second innings still intact. The Kangaroos ended…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has come under criticism from the opposition after approving his predecessor Boris Johnson's resignation honours list and other awards for allies, despite police and paramilitary probes continuing into the former prime minister over Partygate. The list of the former premier gave honours to some of his…
India has expressed interest in negotiating a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Africa with an aim to boost economic ties between the two regions. This was stated by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal during his interaction with 15 ambassadors from several countries of the Africa region in New Delhi on…
Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed relevant government departments to expedite the drafting of legislation necessary for the implementation of the Action Plan for Reconciliation that seeks to address the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of Tamilians in the island-nation. Sri Lanka has endured a three-decade conflict including a…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, June 9, 2023: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken action against Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi by issuing showcause notices to its top officials, including CFO Sameer Rao and former MD Manu Jain, along with three banks, Moneycontrol…
IN A worrying revelation, a government study has found that some 11 per cent of Indians are diabetic, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are much more common in the South Asian nation than previously thought. According to Reuters, the study of more than 113,000 people also found that around…
