The PM GatiShakti initiative will play a significant role in reducing the logistics cost, increasing efficiency and benefitting businesses, a top official in India's Narendra Modi government said on Monday (23). On October 13 last year, prime minister Narendra Modi launched the Gati Shakti- National Master Plan aimed at developing…
Apple Inc is eyeing India to constitute up to 25 per cent of its production from about five to seven per cent now, the country's trade and commerce minister told a press conference in Mumbai on Monday (23). Pitching India as a competitive manufacturing destination, Piyush Goyal said, "Apple, another…
Tata Steel said on Monday (23) that it is studying the British government's support package plans for the steel industry and will consider it carefully before arriving at strategic decisions on the future of its UK business. It comes amid British media reports that UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set…
The bodies of all five Indians, who were killed in the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara on January 15, have been identified and handed over to their respective family members, hospital sources said on Monday (23). The five Indians -- identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha (25),…
Former world No.4 tennis player Jelena Dokic has lashed out at trolls for relentlessly targeting her over her body and said it is something that motivates her to keep fighting. The 39-year-old Yugoslavian-(now Croatia) born, who is doing commentary in the ongoing Australian Open, has spoken out about the constant…
Novak Djokovic demolished Alex de Minaur for the loss of just five games to sweep into a 13th Australian Open quarter-final and send an ominous warning Monday, showing few signs of his troublesome hamstring. The Serbian brushed past the Australian 22nd seed 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena to…
A new online petition has demanded an independent probe into a "serious breach" by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in its duties as a public broadcaster in the UK over the controversial documentary series on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. ‘Call for an Independent Investigation into the BBC over Modi…
Radicalisation, particularly of the Muslim youth, is one of the key challenges for national security and it is important to take moderate Muslim leaders and clerics into confidence to counter radical organisations, according to papers submitted at a security meet attended by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. The papers, written…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (23) named 21 largest islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the recipients of the country's prestigious Param Vir Chakra award at a ceremony on the occasion of Parakram Diwas, which is observed on January 23 every year since 2021 to commemorate the…
India suffered an early exit from the hockey World Cup after the hosts lost 5-4 to New Zealand on penalties in a dramatic crossover match on Sunday (22). Fancied India, led by defender Harmanpreet Singh, needed a win to make the quarter-finals of field hockey's biggest tournament and had the…