- Friday, February 28, 2025
In an ironic revelation, it has been said that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's grandfather had reportedly helped freedom fighters in Kenya organise a revolt against British rule in the 1950s. The Mail on Sunday (28) reported citing family sources that did not want to be identified that the senior…
Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (30) faced criticism from the likes of Indian filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and Amit Malviya, a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he smiled in response to people who interrupted his speech with pro-Khalistan slogans in California, US. The incident…
Former Indian law minister and lawyer Kapil Sibal on Wednesday (31) slammed the Narendra Modi government over the issue of allegations of sexual harassment levelled by some of the country's top wrestlers against the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, asking whether POCSO and…
In a rerun of the script of his visit to the UK earlier this year that saw a massive controversy breaking out at home, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again targeted opposition leader Rahul Gandhi over his speech in the US where he reached on Tuesday (30)…
While protests held by some of India's top wrestlers against the president of the country's wrestling federation over alleged sexual harassment of female athletes, including a minor, turned intense, the United World Wrestling (UWW) has issued a statement condemning the detention of the wrestlers during a march on Sunday (28).…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is set to kick off his three-day visit to South Africa starting Thursday (1) to take part in a conclave of the BRICS nations in Cape Town. From South Africa, the diplomat will fly to its neighbouring Namibia for a visit between June 4…
There are people in India who think they know more than God and prime minister Narendra Modi is "one such specimen", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said. Speaking at the 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' event organised by Indian Overseas Congress USA in Santa Clara in the US state of California on…
On May 30, the Narendra Modi government completed nine years in power. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared that during a month-long popular outreach exercise, it will discuss its accomplishments. Social justice, equality, respect, and equal opportunities for all Indian residents have been top priorities for the Modi…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, May 30, 2023: India's urban unemployment soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, reaching a high of almost 21 per cent in the April-June 2020 quarter, while wages plummeted, Reuters reported. While the unemployment rate has gone down since,…
British supermarket Asda has said it would purchase the bulk of petrol station operator EG Group's UK and Ireland business to quicken its move into the convenience sector, setting up a company with combined revenue of around £30 billion. Both Asda, which is Britain's third-biggest grocer, and EG Group are…
