- Monday, March 03, 2025
India is a land of temples and among its most revered ones is Jagannath Temple located in the city of Puri in the eastern state of Odisha. Millions of devotees pay visit to the 12-century temple, which is considered one of the most revered Hindu pilgrimage sites, every year to…
Walmart Foundation on Wednesday (22) announced its plan to support an additional one million smallholder farmers in India, with at least 50 per cent women, in the next five years. The foundation also announced two new grants, which include $3 million (£2.4 million) to TechnoServe for reaching out to 30,000…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, March 22, 2023: Chemicals maker Anupam Rasayan India Ltd on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement with the government of the western Indian state of Gujarat for setting up three new plants in Surat and Bharuch with…
Security was heightened while barricades were erected outside the Indian high commission in London on Wednesday (22) ahead of a planned demonstration by some British Sikh outfits. Banners for a so-called "National Protest", organised by groups such as the Federation of Sikh Organisations (FSO) and Sikh Youth Jathebandia, have been…
Delhi Capitals (DC) reached the final of the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) with a five-wicket win over UP Warriorz at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday (21). Teenage England cricketer Alice Capsey's all-round show with the ball (three wickets for 26 runs) and bat (34 runs) helped Delhi…
A Sikh student from India was attacked last week by some unidentified men in the province of British Columbia in Canada in which his turban was ripped and he was shoved by his hair across the sidewalk. According to a report by The Quint, Gagandeep Singh, 21, was returning home…
The General Electric's (GE) proposal to share technology with India for fighter jet engines is a step in the right direction and both countries can work together to move forward on it, a top American military official said on Tuesday (21). Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall also said…
Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh, who gave the police slip on Saturday (18) following an intense car chase in Jalandhar district of Punjab and is yet to be caught, reportedly sought food and clothes from people at a gurdwara at gunpoint after escaping. A massive manhunt launched by Punjab Police to…
That the state of opposition unity in India a year before the next general elections was far from ideal became evident recently when Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and supremo of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), mocked Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi…
Two important developments took place in the realm of global politics this week. On one hand, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida visited India where he unveiled his plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific before heading for Ukraine. On the other, Chinese president Xi Jinping went to Russia to consolidate…
