- Saturday, March 01, 2025
Twenty-nine of India's 30 incumbent chief ministers (CMs) are 'crorepatis' (millionaires) with Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy having the highest assets totalling Rs 510 crore (£50 million), according to poll affidavits analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). One crore means Rs 10,000,000 which is equal to £98,125. West…
Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (11) met Gita Gopinath, the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during which they discussed debt vulnerabilities and other issues. Sitharaman is currently leading a high-powered Indian delegation to attend the annual Spring Meeting of the IMF and the…
Japan has come up with a proposal to develop an industrial hub in Bangladesh with supply chains to the northeastern states of India besides Nepal and Bhutan by developing a port and transport in the region, Reuters reported citing officials as saying on Tuesday (11). Northeastern Indian is a landlocked…
While Twitter chief Elon Musk is the most followed person on the microblogging site, he himself follows less than 200 accounts. Among those who he follows are Satya Nadella, Barack Obama and Emmanuel Macron. And now, Musk has started following Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. The news started drawing the…
Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), never stays too far away from headlines, thanks to controversial remarks, and now he is the news again for some unique act. On Tuesday (10), Patra was seen running on burning coal as a mark of obeisance at the…
In an incident that revived the memory of the 2016 terror attacks at the Pathankot air force station in the northern Indian state of Punjab bordering Pakistan, four soldiers were killed in firing inside the military station in Bathinda in the same state on Wednesday (12) morning. According to reports,…
India’s federal and state regulators recently conducted a major joint drive against manufacturers of substandard drugs in which licences of 18 companies were cancelled. The inspection was carried out across 20 states and Union Territories in India, official sources said, adding that action was taken against 76 companies in the…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, April 11, 2023: Apple is opening its first retail stores in India, beginning next week, the global tech giant which entered the country two decades ago announced on Tuesday, ANI reported. The Apple BKC store in Mumbai will open…
Pakistan on Tuesday (11) slammed India's decision to hold G20 meetings in Jammu and Kashmir in May, calling the move "irresponsible". Both nuclear-armed neighbours claim Kashmir in full but rule in part and have fought a number of wars over controlling the region. India is currently holding the presidency of…
With less than a month to go for the next assembly elections in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is yet to release its first list of candidates contesting the polls. Its rivals Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) have already released their…
