- Saturday, March 01, 2025
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has led the country to win two world cup titles, on Wednesday (12) reached a massive feat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 while captaining Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in the southern state…
Twitter chief Elon Musk is all for free speech and zero censorship on the social media platform but at the same time, he also feels that it is not possible to uphold those principles in India and when it comes to choosing between the social media employees going to jail…
As the mercury soared in the cities of Surat and Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat, commuters found newly laid roads were melting under sweltering heat, so much so that moving on them became challenging. The maximum temperature in Ahmedabad went past 40-degree Celsius on Monday (10) and…
India on Wednesday (12) "specifically" conveyed to the UK its concerns over pro-Khalistani elements allegedly misusing their asylum status to abet terror activities, and requested increased monitoring of extremists and take proactive action. New Delhi's concerns over the breach of security of Indian high commission last month were also emphasised,…
Kolkata Metro Railways, India's oldest rapid transit system, on Wednesday (12) created history by conducting the first trial run on a new route under the Hooghly River in Kolkata, the capital of the eastern state of West Bengal. A senior official confirmed the news. The train, which was used in…
A British Pakistani diaspora group has written an open letter to British prime minister Rishi Sunak, urging him to clarify the remarks of home secretary Suella Braverman which, they say, stigmatised their community in relation to grooming gangs behind child sexual exploitation. The British Pakistani Foundation (BPF), which claims to…
Nada Choueiri, International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission chief for India, has said that consumption demand in the South Asian nation is cooling and its economy has almost caught up with the Covid-19 pandemic-induced slowdown, leaving lesser scope to cover for expansion. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg Television, Choueiri said…
Myanmar's ruling junta has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations (UN) and Western powers. UN rights chief Volker Turk said he was "horrified" by the deadly air strike, whose victims he…
Leaders of some of India's opposition parties, including the Indian National Congress, on Wednesday (12) came together to explore the possibility of putting up a united fight against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi which is looking to win the third straight term in the…
Two Indian-origin executives of a start-up in Chicago, US, have been convicted by a federal jury in that country of running a $1 billion (£806 million) corporate fraud scheme that targeted the company's clients, lenders and investors. Following a 10-week-long trial, jurors on Tuesday (11) found health technology company Outcome…
