• Saturday, March 01, 2025

Modi’s constituency Varanasi to host G20 agri chief scientists meet…

Varanasi, the constituency of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, will host a meeting of agricultural chief scientists in the G20 grouping between April 17 and 19 and the platform will play a key role in exploring joint actions towards science-based solutions to achieve…

At least 12 killed as bus falls into gorge in…

At least 12 people were killed while 27 got injured after the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge on the old highway between the cities in Mumbai and Pune in Raigad district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra early on Saturday (15), police said. The ill-fated…

Japan PM Fumio Kishida safe after ‘smoke bomb’ at speech,…

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a port in Wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed in the incident, local media reported Saturday (15). Several reports, including by Kyodo news agency, said an apparent "smoke bomb" had been thrown but there were no immediate signs…

India economy & business news in brief for April 14:…

Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, April 14, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has come up with an interim order-cum-show-cause notice against Hyderabad-based Brightcom Group Limited and its directors for an alleged accounting fraud that involved manipulation of the…

Pakistan top court orders central bank to provide election funds…

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday (14) asked the country's central bank to provide Pakistani Rs 21 billion (£59.4 million) for holding elections in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the government failed to give the funds. On April 4, the apex court of the crisis-hit South…

India, Japan & France launch common platform for Sri Lanka…

India, Japan and France have announced a common platform for talks among creditors to address the debt restructuring programme of Sri Lanka which is grappling with its worst economic crisis. The representatives of the three creditor countries, including Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, held a press briefing on the margins…

India probe agency summons Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy scam…

India's elite Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe agency on Friday (14) summoned Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of the northern state of Delhi and convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday (16) in connection with an excise policy scam case, in which his former deputy chief minister…

English batter Harry Brook belts maiden hundred of IPL 2023

English batter Harry Brook on Friday (14) came up with a dazzling hundred after Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to become the first centurion of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) Hyderabad bought the 24-year-old cricketer for a whopping Rs 13.25…

In a first, all teams of cricket World Cup 2023…

In what will be a first in the history of men's 50-over cricket world cup, not a single captain from the previous edition played in England and Wales will be leading a team in this year's edition to be played in India in October -November. Players have retired and change…

India’s CBI files report against ABG Shipping associate firm for…

India's elite investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a first-information report (FIR) against PFS Shipping India Ltd, a ship-owning unit of ABG Shipping, for allegedly causing a wrongful loss of Rs 163.80 crore (£16 million) to a consortium of banks. PFS Shipping India, earlier known as ABG…