Highlighting the country's potential to further strengthen its economy, Kotak Mahindra Bank MD and CEO Uday Kotak on Thursday (8) said India's rise would depend on its performance in absolute GDP and absolute per capita income, current account and fiscal management. Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Global…
India Global Forum (IGF) on Thursday (8) announced that the India Global Forum UAE 2022 - Partners for Global Impact to be held in the UAE from December 12-16, 2022 will be inaugurated by India's external affairs minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The week-long high-profile gathering will bring together leading political, business,…
In a revelation that would shock environmentalists, India saw a major jump in extreme weather events in 2022 in terms of heatwaves and lightning strikes and deaths caused by them reached their highest in three years, the country's government data showed on Wednesday (7), Reuters reported. Scientists have blamed climate…
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday (8) congratulated Indian prime minister Narendra Modi over his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) emphatic victory in Gujarat elections while saying that projects "taken away" from the neighbouring state of Maharashtra contributed to the result. The result in Gujarat was on…
India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday (8) arrested wanted accused Bikramjit Singh after his extradition from Austria. Singh, who is also known by different aliases like Bikkar Panjwar and Bikkar Baba, had formed a terror gang to carry out terror attacks in the northern Indian state of Punjab,…
Brazil were gearing up for a showdown with Croatia while Argentina prepared to face the Netherlands as anticipation mounted on Thursday on the eve the World Cup quarter-finals. After three weeks of pulsating action, just eight teams are left standing as the 32-nation tournament heads into the final rounds of…
Cristiano Ronaldo said Thursday (8) that Portugal were "too united to be broken by outside forces" after it was reported he had threatened to walk out on the squad after being benched against Switzerland. The 37-year-old striker was dropped for the last-16 clash earlier this week, with his replacement, Goncalo…
Indian fans were left deeply dejected after their favourite team failed to find the nails after finding Bangladesh in the coffin in the second one-day international (ODI) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday (7) but India captain Rohit Sharma received a massive shout-out on social media…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (8) thanked the people of Gujarat, his home state which went to polls this month, after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a landslide victory. He said he was "overcome with a lot of emotions". He also went to the BJP's headquarters in…
Fintech unicorn BhartPe has filed a criminal suit against its former MD and co-founder Ashneer Grover and his family, seeking up to Rs 88.67 crore (£ 887 million) in damages for alleged cheating and embezzlement of funds. The suit, running into 2,800 pages, alleges that Grover, his wife Madhuri Jain…