- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and German chancellor Olaf Scholz held wide-ranging talks on Saturday (25) with a focus on boosting the bilateral ties in the areas of clean energy, trade and new technologies. The talks took place hours after Scholz arrived in New Delhi on a two-day visit to…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, February 24, 2023: The government of the Indian state of Gujarat on Friday presented a Rs 3.01 lakh crore (£30.3 billion) budget which imposed no new taxes. State finance minister Kanubhai Desai presented the budget for 2023-24…
India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe agency on Friday (24) seized assets worth Rs 305.84 crore (£30.8 million) of popular Kerala- based jewellery retailer Joyalukkas, days after five of the company's premises were raided by the former. The ED accused the company of violating provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act…
Sri Lanka's investment promotion body has approved two renewable energy projects of India's Adani Group to be set up in the north and eastern regions of the island-nation at a total investment of $442 million (£369.9 million). The wind-power plant in Mannar will operate at a capacity of 250 MW…
It might be just a matter of time before universities from Australia setting up offshore campuses in India under a fresh groundbreaking agreement which the country's education minister Jason Clare announced this week. Delivering an address at Universities Australia's dinner on Wednesday (22) evening, he said he would sign the…
Often escorted by armed supporters and donning a flowing white 'chola' and a navy-blue turban, radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh has been very active for some time in the northern Indian state of Punjab. On Thursday (23), the 29-year-old's supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke…
The Indian women's cricket team had a heartbreak on Thursday (23) at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, South Africa, as it lost to Australia in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup by just five runs. All focus was on India captain Harmanpreet Kaur after the game not…
In yet another incident of radical activities against the Indian community in Australia, the honorary consulate of India in Brisbane has been targeted by Khalistani supporters who raised the Khalistani flag at the office, a local media report said on Friday (24). The incident came just days after India's external…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has decided against playing the third Test match against India starting in Indore on March 1 due to family emergency. His deputy Steve Smith, a former Australia captain, will lead the visitors in his absence. Cummins flew back home after Australia lost the second Test match…
Eminent Indian-Americans on Thursday (23) praised US president Joe Biden saying the latter made an inspired choice by nominating Ajay Banga to the position of the president of the World Bank. They also called Banga a global leader in technology, data, financial services and innovating for inclusion. On Thursday, Biden…
