- Saturday, March 01, 2025
With India's Narendra Modi government set to celebrate its ninth anniversary in May, it is focusing on highlighting the "second order impact" of its various pro-poor schemes to keep the narrative about its welfare initiatives alive before entering into an election year. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2014 general…
Former US president Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday (4) in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as "an insult to our country." Hours earlier the 76-year-old former US president pleaded not guilty…
Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday (4) was released after arraignment in a hush-money case in a court in New York in Lower Manhattan. The 76-year-old was placed under arrest earlier in the day and taken to the district attorney's office for completing formalities before the court proceedings too…
Here are news related to Indian economy & news for Tuesday, April 4, 2022: India's housing and urban affairs ministry has set up a 14-member committee headed by Amitabh Kant, former CEO of the country's government thinktank NITI Aayog, to examine issues related to stalled real-estate projects and recommend various…
Indian embassies and consulates should be very proactive in reaching out to Indian students in their respective countries to make them feel that Indian missions are really a 'home away from home', a parliamentary panel in India said on Monday (3). In its latest report, the Parliamentary Committee on External…
India might be the world's biggest milk producer but the country might face a major challenge soon. Buying the white liquid is getting costly in India and the price could soar to an all-time high, forcing it to step up imports to boost supplies to ease pressure on consumers. According…
The World Bank on Tuesday (4) slashed India's gross domestic product (GDP) to 6.3 per cent as against an estimate of 6.6 per cent in fiscal 2023-24, citing high borrowing costs and slower income growth as among reasons behind the downgrade. "In India, South Asia's largest economy, high borrowing costs…
Imposing bans are not new in India but a community body in Banaskantha district of the western state of Gujarat has decided to include into the list of the forbidden things -- "fashionable" beards, celebrations of birthdays by cutting cakes and hiring disc jockeys (DJs) in marriage parties. According to…
In a development that could serve yet another blow to India's image of 'world's pharmacy', the Indian manufacturer of eye drops that were linked to three deaths and serious infections in the US, violated a number of safety norms, the North American country's top regulator has said, according to the…
Relatives of an Indian family which was found dead in a river marsh near the US-Canada border last week have said that they are still in shock, the BBC reported. Bodies of four Indians were found among eight that police personnel discovered from the St Lawrence river. According to authorities,…
