- Sunday, April 27, 2025
Bangladesh on Tuesday (21) observed the Language Martyrs' Day by paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives more than seven decades ago for the cause of the Bengali language. The country's president M Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina led it in paying respect to the martyrs by…
Noted Indian writer and poet Javed Akhtar recently slammed the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on the soil of Pakistan and his remarks that the terrorists were "roaming free" in the country and the bitterness in the hearts of Indians went viral on social media. The 78-year-old visited…
The finance minister of the devolved Scottish government, who spent some of her formative years in India where her parents worked as Christian missionaries, on Monday (20) threw her hat in the ring to be elected Scotland's first minister. Kate Forbes, 32, cut short her maternity leave to join the…
Smriti Mandhana hit a career-best 87 as India beat Ireland in a rain-affected match in Gqeberha on Monday (20) to book a semi-final meeting with Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. Replying to India's imposing 155 for six, Ireland 54 for two when rain ended play, handing India…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, February 20, 2023: Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Narendra Modi government is taking a number of steps to control inflation and will continue to focus on the issue. According to one report, when…
Adani Group firm Adani Ports & SEZ paid Rs 1,500 crore (£150.6 million) loan and promised to repay more as the embattled conglomerate mapped a comeback strategy after a sellout triggered by a damning report by US-based Hindenburg Research. Adani Ports and SEZ paid SBI Mutual Funds' due amount of…
A joint venture of Indian conglomerate Vedanta and electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has finalised the Dholera Special Investment Region near Ahmedabad city of the western Indian state of Gujarat for setting up their semiconductor and display manufacturing facility, a senior state government official said on Monday (20). In the biggest…
A US Congressional delegation led by Senate majority leader Charles Schumer on Monday (20) called on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and discussed new opportunities for consolidating the India-US ties in areas such as critical technologies and clean energy transition. Modi welcomed the Congressional delegation to India and appreciated the…
No one in India votes on the basis of the candidates' educational qualifications, the Supreme Court of India observed on Monday (20) while dismissing a plea against the election of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Harsh Vardhan Bajpayee to the assembly of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (20) lauded the Indian assistance and disaster relief teams that were deployed in quake-hit Turkey and said that in the last few years, India has strengthened its identity not just as a self-sufficient but selfless country. A total of three National Disaster Response…
