• Saturday, March 01, 2025

India Business Group joins hands with Sheffield City Council for…

The India Business Group, a leading strategic advisory entity from London with teams of specialist researchers and professional advisors across the UK and India, has come forward to help Sheffield City Council and regional partners with developing new pathways and partnerships to leverage emerging business opportunities in the UK and…

Uganda horror: Off-duty cop shoots Indian banker dead over loan…

In a shocking incident, a 39-year-old Indian money-lender was shot dead by a policeman carrying a stolen assault rifle in Kampala in Uganda last week over a loan of 2.1 million (£450) Ugandan Shilling. According to reports, the accused policeman identified as Ivan Wabwire, who was off duty, opened fire…

India in a spot as Taliban pick new envoy for…

The Narendra Modi government has found itself in a tricky situation after the Taliban regime of Afghanistan decided to recall Afghanistan's ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay and replace him with current trade counsellor Qadir Shah as the chargé d’affaires (acting ambassador). If New Delhi rejects the Taliban's appointment, it could…

Deadly Cyclone Mocha may have killed ‘hundreds’ in Myanmar, says…

A humanitarian ground carrying out rescue work in the areas of northwestern Myanmar and its neighbouring Bangladesh where Cyclone Mocha made landfall on Sunday (14) has said that hundreds of people had been killed while some camps housing the Rohingya refugees were destroyed, Al Jazeera reported. The cyclone, one of…

India among nations named by US official that target faith…

A senior US official on Monday (15) said governments of far too many countries, including Russia, India, China and Saudi Arabia, were continuing to freely target faith community members, as the state department released its Congressional-mandatory annual report on international religious freedom that documents the status of religious freedom in…

India’s new parliament likely to be inaugurated this month to…

India's new parliament is likely to be inaugurated later in May by prime minister Narendra Modi to mark his government's nine years. NDTV cited sources to say that Modi will inaugurate the new building, which is in its final stages, on May 28. Modi first took oath as the prime…

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit takes over as deputy chief of…

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took over as India's deputy chief of the air staff on Monday (15). He succeeds Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Dixit was Commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 6, 1986. He is…

India cricketer Mohammed Shami’s wife urges country’s top court for…

The Supreme Court of India on Monday (15) issued notice to concerned respondents on the plea filed by Hasin Jahan, the wife of the country's national cricketer Mohammed Shami seeking to frame guidelines for "gender-neutral religion-neutral uniform grounds of divorce and uniform procedure of divorce for all". A bench headed…

India economy & business news in brief for May 15:…

Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, May 15, 2023: Indian car manufacturers have agreed to remove import tax on a limited number of vehicles in a trade deal with the UK "if the need arises", Reuters reported citing a document that it saw.…

Imran Khan should have been hanged publicly, says Pakistan opposition…

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan should have been hanged publicly, the leader of the opposition in the country's National Assembly, Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan, said on Monday (15) as he slammed courts for granting bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo. “Imran Khan should have been hanged publicly, but…