- Sunday, March 02, 2025
The Indian government on Friday (31) came out with it Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 which seeks to boost the country's exports to $2 trillion (£1.6 trillion) by 2030 by shifting from incentives to remission and entitlement based regime. Unlike the practice of announcing 5-year FTP, the latest policy has…
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), India's summer-time T20 cricket show, is set to kick off at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday (31) when defending champions Gujarat Titans will take on four-time winners Chennai Super Kings. While this year's edition will see the old…
Eight people have been arrested in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad for allegedly putting up posters targeting prime minister Narendra Modi, seeking his ouster. The arrests took place a day after the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a nationwide poster campaign against Modi. According to sources in the…
A staff member at a resort in Pernem in the northern part of Goa, one if India's top international seaside destinations, has been arrested for allegedly molesting and stabbing a Dutch tourist and attacking another person who went to help the tourist, police officers said on Friday (31). The accused…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, March 30, 2023: Unacademy, an Indian edtech startup, is laying off 12 per cent of its workforce, citing a funding winter and pressure to turn profitable, an internal mail from the company's chief executive seen by Reuters…
Violence and arson rocked life in two states of India -- West Bengal and Maharashtra-- on Thursday (30) when the Hindu festival Ram Navami was celebrated across the country to mark the occasion of Lord Rama's birthday. Two deaths were also reported from the two states. In Bengal, located in…
An internet user recently triggered nostalgia in the minds of several people on Twitter platform by sharing the British Indian passport of his late grandfather, which is more than nine-decades old. Needless to say, the prized document left many excited. https://twitter.com/anshumansingh75/status/1611531210353946624 Anshuman Singh, who among his many identities on Twitter…
India's specialty chemical manufacturer Aether Industries on Thursday (30) said it has entered into a pact with Saudi Aramco Technologies to manufacture and commercialise the converge polyols technology and product line. Aether Industries has inked a letter of intent (LoI) with Saudi Aramco Technologies to this effect, according to a…
The issue of disqualification of Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from the country's parliament following his conviction in a defamation case saw a new controversy erupting on Thursday (30) after Germany said that "fundamental democratic principles" should apply in the case of the former. In a press briefing the…
Tragedy struck the central Indian city of Indore during Ram Navami celebrations on Thursday (30) when at least 13 people died in an accident in a local temple. The deadly incident happened when the roof of the well which housed the shrine in Beleshwar Mahadev temple collapsed after several people…
