- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
At the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) Convention in Indore in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday (9), Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said that the Indian diaspora are the brand ambassadors of India. "I call all Indian diaspora as brand ambassadors of India. You…
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz will launch 10 new vehicles in India in 2023 with majority in the over Rs 1-crore (£100,509) price category, which grew over 69 per cent last year, according to a senior company official. Mercedes-Benz India, which posted a record sales in 2022 at 15,822 units, had…
Suryakumar Yadav, the world's leading Twenty20 batsman, said Saturday (7) he was thriving in his role as a "game-changer" after smashing a blazing century in India's series-clinching 91-run win over Sri Lanka. The hosts rode on Suryakumar's unbeaten 112 off 51 deliveries to post 228-5 after electing to bat first…
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co Ltd has acquired an industrial and warehousing asset at Bhiwandi in the western Indian state of Maharashtra for Rs 130 crore (£13 million). Anarock, one of the leading real estate consultants in the country, facilitated the deal. Mirae Asset Global Investments has done…
KT Rama Rao, the IT and industries minister of the southern Indian state of Telangana on Friday (6) met with Microsoft executive chairman and CEO Satya Nadella in state capital Hyderabad and the two discussed business and biriyani. "Good start to the day when two Hyderabadis get to catch up…
Former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died of pancreatic cancer aged 58, sparking a stream of tributes to a player who was stylish on and off the pitch. Vialli was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 but was still able to play a significant role in Italy's European…
Ever since Rohit Sharma became India's all-format captain in early 2022, he hasn't featured in many of the matches that the country has played across the three formats -- 39 out of 68. While the Indian cricket board has followed a rotational policy for workload management, the 35-year-old batter has…
In a major fallout from the mid-air urinating controversy in an Air India flight between New York and Delhi in November last year, Air India on Saturday (7) grounded and issued show-cause notices to four cabin crew members and one of the pilots of the flight, NDTV reported. In the…
Chinese magnate Jack Ma will no longer be the controlling person of Ant Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday (7), citing a statement put out by the Chinese fintech giant. The changes are made to reduce Ant's reliance on the flamboyant Chinese billionaire, who co-founded Alibaba Group Holding…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India will have to invest a significant share of its gross domestic product (GDP) to improve rural roads access. The IMF in a book -- South Asia's Path to Resilient Growth -- said gradually raising rural access to 90 per cent by 2030…
