INDIA and the UK have amended their air service agreement, allowing carriers from both nations to operate an additional 14 flights per week from Heathrow to Delhi and Mumbai. Representatives from India's civil aviation ministry and the UK's department for transport (DFT) inked a memorandum of understanding on May 1,…
KISSING can be a tradition in many communities but in India, it's still considered a taboo, especially in the public. Recently, a marriage ceremony in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh saw a hullabaloo after the groom kissed his bride during their wedding, resulting in injuries on both sides. According…
IT seems the fire that broke out following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 that put the former champions out of the tournament is still raging. Former CSK player Ambati Rayudu hit back at RCB after Faf du Plessis's…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer on Thursday (23) kicked off their respective election campaigns with both claiming that only they can steer the country out of its economic and political problems. The former's Conservative Party has fallen back behind a resurgent Labour by nearly 20 percentage…
VIRAT KOHLI suffered more heartbreak on Wednesday as Royal Challengers Bengaluru were knocked out of the IPL after a four-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad. Rajasthan restricted Bengaluru to 172-8, a total they overhauled with six balls to spare in the do-or-die play-off at the world's biggest cricket stadium.…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Wednesday (22) called for a general election to take place on July 4. The Conservative leader's announcement came after economic data revealed a fall in inflation closer to the British central bank's two per cent target earlier in the day. Speaking at a news conference…
THE Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will win 305 seats (plus, minus 10) in the ongoing general elections, renowned American political scientist and global political risk consultant Ian Bremmer has told an Indian new channel in an exclusive interview. Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group,…
THE WALL Street Journal on Tuesday (21) released the list of the highest paid chief executives in the US and the second highest position was taken by Indian-born Nikesh Arora, who leads Palo Alto Networks. Trailing only Malaysian-born Hock Tan of Broadcom Inc, Arora has an impressive compensation figure of…
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU (RCB), who will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (22), called off their only practice session ahead of the crucial game reportedly due to security reasons. The team was scheduled…
THE LUXURY car which was involved in a crash that resulted in deaths of two information technology engineers in the western Indian city of Pune early on Sunday (19), was reportedly on the city's roads for months without a number plate. The registration of the Porsche Taycan car, priced at…