- Saturday, March 01, 2025
South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday (11) said that it will invest Rs 200 billion (£1.9 billion) in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over the next decade to beef up production of electric vehicles (EVs) in the South Asian nation, Reuters reported. Chennai, the capital of Tamil…
Shortly after presenting his credentials to Indian president Droupadi Murmu, US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday (11) said he would focus on raising the bilateral partnership to "new heights" with both sides working together on "defining issues" of the time. The US embassy in India was without an…
South Africa has urged the leaders of the BRICS grouping to play a greater role in ending the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has shifted the focus off the global challenges elsewhere. South Africa is the chair of the five-nation BRICS that includes Brazil, Russia, India, and China.…
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (11) called the arrest of the country's former prime minister Imran Khan in a corruption case "unlawful" and asked him to appear before the high court of Islamabad on Friday (12). It also said that Khan, who leads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political…
Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan posted a heartfelt message for former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is currently leading Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, after meeting him on Wednesday (10). The former left-arm cricketer, who had played under Dhoni's captaincy, said in a tweet, “Jaha…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (11) expressed his "gratitude" towards the scientists and their "efforts" that resulted in the "successful Pokhran tests in 1998" on the occasion of National Technology Day which is observed on May 11 every year to commemorate the first of the series of nuclear…
Amid controversy over 'The Kerala Story' film, a tea-seller in Surat in the western Indian state of Gujarat has offered free tea and coffee to those who produce tickets of the film. The tea-seller has put up a poster of 'The Kerala Story' stating that those who show tickets of…
A top information-technology (IT) body in Pakistan has urged the government to restore the internet services that were suspended across the country in the wake of violent protests erupting after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (9). People in Pakistan have resorted to using various VPN…
Atul and Rajesh Gupta, the Indian-origin brothers accused of corruption in South Africa, are citizens of the Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu, its citizenship commission has confirmed, according to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). In a statement, chairman of the commission Robin Kapapa said that Vanuatu does not…
Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said that prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US in June is a "historic" one which will underscore that the partnership between the two nations is people-centric, people-driven and is good for the world at large. US president Biden will…
