- Sunday, March 02, 2025
Daniel Mookhey has created history by becoming the first person of Indian origin and Hindu to become treasurer in the political history of Australia by taking up the post in the province of New South Wales on Tuesday (28). The 41-year-old took his oath on the holy Bhagavad Gita and…
In what might look as an indirect dig at China, India's national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday (29) emphasised on the need for the member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to respect each other's territorial integrity. Making his opening remarks at the SCO-level NSA meeting in Delhi,…
In a development that would give relief to millions of tuberculosis (TB) patients in India, those suffering from drug-resistant TB in India could soon afford critical medication after the authorities turned down an application by US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson to extend a patent. According to a report by…
Speculation is rife over the future of Wayanad, the parliamentary constituency in the southern Indian state of Kerala which fell vacant recently following the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi, who held it since his win in the 2019 general elections. However, the Election Commission of India, which on Wednesday (29) announced…
Assembly poll in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday (29), setting stage for a key Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) versus Indian National Congress electoral fight ahead of the…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, March 28, 2023: A parliamentary panel in India has asked the country's health ministry to finalise draft e-pharmacy rules and implement them without more delay, the Hindu BusinessLine reported. It also expressed concern over possible misuse of…
The western Indian city of Pune on Tuesday (28) played host to senior army and civil and defence officials for the first India-Africa Army Chiefs' Conclave, giving enough indication of the South Asian nation's deepening defence engagement with African nations. The meeting, which was organised on the sidelines of the…
India would be exporting defence equipment and material worth Rs 35,000 crore (£3.4 billion) to Rs 40,000 crore (£3.9 billion) by 2026, the country's defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday (28). He was delivering the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw memorial lecture in the western Indian city of Pune on…
India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out raids at a fintech company in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat that was allegedly using as many as 150 bank accounts to layer money generated from illegal betting. The accused, Rakesh R Rajdev and others, transacted Rs 170.70 crore (£16.8 million)…
Indian commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday (28) said that the country's exports went past $750 billion (£607.8 billion) and it was on track to achieve the export target of $2 trillion (£1.62 billion). Speaking at the annual session of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India…
