- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
A successful training launch of short-range ballistic missile Prithvi-II was carried out on Tuesday (10) from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur off the coast of the eastern Indian state of Odisha. A well-established system, the Prithvi-II missile, has been an integral part of India's nuclear deterrence. The missile struck…
American multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs has said in a report on Tuesday (10) that the upcoming budget to be presented by India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 is unlikely to witness any major reform(s) and instead could see rise in allocation for welfare spending measures and capex…
Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant attacking century to set up a convincing 67-run win for India in the opening one-day international against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Kohli hammered 113 off 87 balls to drive India to 373-7 after they were invited to bat first at the start of the three-match…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, January 10, 2022: Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were released from jail on Tuesday morning, a day after the Bombay High Court granted them interim bail in a loan fraud case,…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh which played host to the 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) convention this year, made an emotional appeal while addressing the event's valedictory session saying his heart felt heavy as the time…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Youth Festival in Hubbali in the south Indian state of Karnataka on Thursday (12), an event that is being held on the National Youth Day which is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of India's youth icons, to…
India is expected to witness a flurry of visits by top foreign leaders including German chancellor Olaf Scholz, French president Emmanuel Macron and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese in the next few months amid mounting global concerns over adverse impact of the Ukraine conflict on food and energy security. The…
Nepal's newly appointed prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Tuesday (10) won the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the prime minister for the third time on December 26 last year after he dramatically walked out of the…
A man from Mumbai in India found himself honey-trapped by a woman and was forced to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 28.10 crore (£2.8 million) from the African country of Ethiopia to India. According to the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), the matter came to light after the man was held with…
Underlining the contribution of non-resident Indians, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (10) said remittances sent to the country by overseas Indians were about $100 billion (£82.4 billion) for the year 2022, an increase of 12 per cent in one year. Speaking at a session during the Pravasi Bharatiya…
