- Monday, February 24, 2025
SPAIN, Ireland and Norway formally recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday (28) in a coordinated decision slammed by Israel as a "reward" for Hamas, more than seven months into the devastating Gaza war. The three European countries believe their initiative has strong symbolic impact that is likely to encourage others…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi, who is still busy with campaigns for the general elections that are nearing the end, will reach the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday (30) for a spiritual sojourn. It has been reported that the leader, who…
NEARLY 10 days after a 17-year-old boy crashed his Porsche car into a motorcycle, killing two young IT professionals in the western Indian city of Pune, a new twist has emerged -- of tampering of evidence and attempts of covering up the matter. According to a report by Pune Times…
DESPITE a number of medical colleges in Bishkek, the capital of the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, started online classes up to the ninth semester following the recent violence in which four Pakistani students were reportedly killed while many from south Asia got injured, most of the Indian students were…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Monday (27) tried a light campaign for the upcoming general election on July 4 by playing football with minors aged between seven and 15 in Chesham in Buckinghamshire. The Conservative leader, who called a snap election last week surprising many since his own party is…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Monday, May 27, 2024: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's return to power for a rare third straight term will boost shares of defence, infrastructure, railway and capital goods companies, the chief of Indian brokerage Motilal Oswal Financial Services said.…
AT LEAST 19 people, including two children, have been killed in powerful storms that ravaged the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas in the central US, destroying homes and plunging thousands into darkness amid rising temperatures. Seven fatalities were reported in Cooke County in Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where…
AS her husband embarks on the campaign trail amidst a challenging electoral battle for the governing Conservatives, Akshata Murty, Britain's Indian-born first lady, has taken proactive steps. Following a rain-soaked announcement by Rishi Sunak about the date for the general election on the steps of 10 Downing Street last week,…
INDIAN opposition leader Rahul Gandhi averted a possible injury on Monday (27) when a portion of a stage where he was standing for campaigning for his Indian National Congress party and Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc with some other leaders crumbled. The incident happened in Paliganj on the…
MILLIONS of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday (27) surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 16 people, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities. Winds and torrential rain still hammered residents as they tried to salvage what…
