• Monday, March 03, 2025

How India government works under ‘captain’ Modi? Jaishankar uses cricket…

Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday (3) used cricket analogies to describe New Delhi's foreign policy under "captain" Narendra Modi and how the government functions. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, a flagship think-tank event organised by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with India's ministry of external affairs…

Reliance to set up 10 GW solar plant, invest £4b…

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Friday (3) announced plans for establishing a 10-gigawatt (GW) solar plant in the southwestern state of Andhra Pradesh as his oil-to-telecom conglomerate bets big on renewable sources that can be converted into carbon-free green hydrogen. Ambani, who was present at the two-day Andhra Pradesh Global…

Bengaluru woman brought her car for a wash but not…

It was another ordinary day for Keshav, who runs a car-washing shop in a busy locality of Bengaluru in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to start with. But he did not expect that he would face one of the most bizarre experiences of his life a few hours later.…

Major boost for India’s poll-bound Karnataka as 300 acre allotted…

Indian minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday (3) announced along with Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka, that a 300-acre land has been allotted to Foxconn, one of Apple's biggest iPhone maker, on the outskirts of state capital Bengaluru,…

UN panel won’t acknowledge submissions by Indian self-styled godman’s country…

The United Nations (UN) human rights office has said that submissions made by the representatives of the United States of Kailasa (USK), a country proclaimed by controversial self-styled Indian 'godman' Nithyananda were "irrelevant" and would not be considered in the outcome documents. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

South Africa’s Craig Fulton becomes new chief coach of India…

India on Friday (3) named South Africa's Craig Fulton as the new chief coach of the men's national hockey team that finished a disappointing ninth in the World Cup in January. Fulton, who has nearly 25 years of coaching experience, replaces Australian Graham Reid, who quit after India's dismal show…

Indian democracy under attack, politicians being watched: Rahul Gandhi at…

Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, one of India's major opposition leaders said in a lecture at the Cambridge university this week that the democracy in his country is under threat claiming that several politicians, including himself, were being watched. The 52-year-old made the comments during his lecture on 'Learning…

Put border issue in ‘proper place’, China foreign minister tells…

Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang told his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday (2) that the two countries should put their boundary issue in the "proper place" in bilateral relations and work together to being the situation at…

After losing 3rd Test to Australia, this is how India…

India's chances to make it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) received a blow on Friday (3) when Australia hammered them by nine wickets on a viciously turning pitch at the Holkar Stadium in Indore to make the four-game series 2-1 with one to go. The…

Third Test: Australia beat India on vicious turner by 9…

Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory Friday and only their second Test win in India since 2004. After Australia were thrashed in the first two Tests inside three days, the series now stands at 2-1…