- Monday, March 03, 2025
Indian-Americans from across the US have raised more than $300,000 (£249,272) for the victims of the powerful earthquakes that devastated Turkey and Syria in early February. At least 50,000 people are believed to have been killed in the disaster while several hundreds of thousands were injured. A fundraiser organised by…
The airport in Delhi is now a transshipment hub for export cargo from India's eastern neighbour of Bangladesh to other countries and the first batch of transshipment cargo was set to leave for Spain on Sunday (5). According to the airport's operator DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited), the cargo transshipment…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has praised India on his official blog GatesNotes over its "amazing ability to manufacture lots of safe, effective, and affordable vaccines, some of them supported by the Gates Foundation" and said they saved millions of lives during the Covid-19 pandemic besides preventing other diseases across the…
While the Tata-owned Air India stormed the headlines recently after entering mega deals with aircraft-manufacturing giants Boeing and Airbus, it seems the carrier's record could be eclipsed soon. If industry sources are to be believed, IndiGo, India's budget carrier, is in talks with both the companies to order more than…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Friday, March 3, 2023: The second meeting of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) under India's G20 presidency will be held in Hyderabad on Monday (6) and Tuesday (7), a top official said on Friday, PTI reported. The second…
Swami Brahmaviharidas met prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday (3) on behalf of His Holiness (HH) Mahant Swami Maharaj and BAPS worldwide and thanked him for personally inaugurating the centenary celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj (1921-2016) in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat last December. Swami…
Jason Roy struck a century while Sam Curran put in a fine all-round performance as England thrashed Bangladesh by 132 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Friday (3). The victory, giving holders England valuable practice on spinning, low-bounce South Asian pitches before the 50-over World Cup in…
The extradition of the Gupta brothers from the UAE to South Africa hangs in balance following a setback for the state in a trial which is the basis for the application of the business brothers. According to a report by South African daily The Sunday Times, the Nulane Trial, the…
Rajwinder Singh, accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley, a woman in Queensland more than four years ago, on Friday (3) faced a local court. He has been charged with the killing of Cordingley, 24, at Wangetti beach in the north of Cairns in October 2018. The 38-year-old Singh, a former nurse,…
The Australian government has been accused of overlooking uncomfortable issues by staying away from the human rights situation in India to boost ties in areas such as trade and security. According to Human Rights Watch, the "quiet diplomacy" approach pursued by the west failed to make any significant impact on…
