- Saturday, March 01, 2025
London mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday (14) announced that Vaisakhi celebrations will take place in the capital's Trafalgar Square on April 22. Vaisakhi, also spelled Baisakhi, is the biggest festival in the Sikh calendar and celebrates Sikh and Punjabi tradition, heritage, culture and the birth of the 'Khalsa' (modern day…
Indian politicians obsession for huge statues was seen once more on Friday (14) when the chief minister of the southern state of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao, unveiled an 125-feet tall statue of BR Ambedkar, the father of Indian Constitution and an iconic Dalit leader, in the state capital of Hyderabad…
India and Japan can work together to achieve greater coordination and synergy between G7 and G20 member countries, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Washington on Thursday (13). She is currently in the US on a week-long official visit. India holds the annual revolving presidency of G20 countries and…
A group named 'Hacktivist Indonesia' has claimed to have issued a list of 12,000 government websites in India, including both federal and state, which it may attack in the coming days, an alert issued by the Indian home affairs ministry's Cybercrime Coordination Centre (14C) has said. The alert, which was…
The appearance of England cricket team's head coach Brendon McCullum in online betting advertisements has landed him in a fix with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) investigating whether it violates the governing body's anti-corruption rules. The 41-year-old McCullum, a former New Zealand captain and wicket-keeper-batter, had appeared in…
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the world's most lucrative T20 cricket tournament and even national cricket boards find it challenging to get their players for national duty once the long tournament in India kicks off every summer. But now representatives of the government of Saudi Arabia have reportedly held…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has said that he believes cent per cent of women do not have penises. The Conservative leader made the remark amid a controversy over transgender issues and put himself at odds with opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer who said earlier this month during an interview that…
Climate change is increasing the intensity of forest fires, affecting vegetation and degrading natural habitats, forcing wild animals to move out and come into conflict with humans, conservationists said on Friday (14). India's National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in its latest all-India tiger estimation report released recently by prime minister…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rode a ‘Made in India' train in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, during his visit to the African country and held a "great green" conversation on expanding train networks, electric mobility and waterways connectivity with the country's transport minister. Jaishankar arrived in Maputo on…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, April 13, 2023: Sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) constituted more than half of India's record four million passenger vehicle sales in fiscal year 2022-23, data revealed on Thursday (13), signalling the growing popularity of the relatively costlier vehicles in a budget-conscious…
