- Thursday, April 24, 2025
Prime minister Narendra Modi thanked Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Monday (1) for his praise for "Mann ki Baat" (Inner Thoughts) and said the programme reflects the collective spirit of the people of India to make the planet better, something Gates is also "passionate" about. In the run-up…
His Holiness (HH) Mahant Swami Maharaj – a prominent global Hindu spiritual leader and president of BAPS, an international community-based Hindu fellowship affiliated to the United Nations -- will reach the UK on Tuesday (2) for a five-week visit to inspire faith, service and global harmony. His visit will bring…
NDTV, the Indian broadcaster which is part of the embattled Adani Group, on Monday (1) posted a 97.6 per cent drop in quarterly profit due to weak advertising demand, Reuters reported. The results were revealed as businesses globally look to control expenditures such as advertising to overcome an economic downturn…
India's legal, social and political circles witnessed a unique April this year as the country's Supreme Court started hearing a series of petitions from 18 LGBTQ+ couples, including three who are raising children together, seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage. According to the petitioners, the issue affects their lives adversely…
A five-member Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT) will probe the Giaspura locality gas leak incident in Ludhiana in the northern Indian state in which 11 people died after allegedly inhaling toxic gas, officials said on Monday (1). The tragedy struck the densely populated area in Punjab's industrial hub on…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) today has not only proved to be a game-changing technology but also something that enriches one's creativity. It has made it possible for human beings to imagine things that have almost no possibility to be real. Recently, one AI artist reimagined a world likewise where some of…
Jock Zonfrillo, judge on "MasterChef Australia", celebrity chef and author, has died. He was 46. In a statement shared on his official Instagram account, Zonfrillo's family said the Scottish restaurateur died in Melbourne on Sunday (30). “With completely shattered hearts and without knowing how we can possibly move through life…
Reacting to prime minister Narendra Modi's recent charge that he was "abused 91 times", Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (1) said the former should understand that the upcoming elections in the southern state of Karnataka was not about him. Asking the prime minister to speak about the…
In an environment-friendly move, the southern Indian state of Kerala has launched the country's maiden "water metro", connecting a number of islands with the busy centuries-old port city of Kochi. The state's government claimed that the clean-energy project is Asia's largest integrated water transport system. Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar remarked during his recent visit to the Dominican Republic that each of New Delhi's engagements has its own particular weight and focus, be it with the US, Europe, Russia or Japan, and the South Asian nation tries to ensure that all ties progress without…
