- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Import of coal by the power sector has increased in ongoing financial year and the sector imported 38.84 million tonne (MT) of the dry fuel in April-October period, the Indian parliament was informed on Wednesday (7). "...import of coal by the power sector increased during current financial year of 2022-23.…
Indian president Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (7) said India and Zimbabwe should make more efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation and facilitate more interaction between their parliamentarians. The president made the remarks during an interaction with a parliamentary delegation from Zimbabwe led by Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda, speaker of the National…
GMR Airports Ltd and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) on Wednesday (7) announced a financial partnership under which NIIF will invest in three airport projects. The investment by NIIF will include the Rs 631 crore (£63 million) in the greenfield international airport at Mopa (Goa), which is set for…
Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu endured wrist pain to grab a silver medal at the World Championships and in the process beat Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua, in Bogota, Colombia. The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist, competing in the 49kg (kilograms) category, managed to lift 87kg in snatch and in 113kg…
Mehidy Hasan Miraz hit his maiden one-day international century and took two key wickets as Bangladesh prevailed in a five-run win over India that clinched the series on Wednesday (7). The all-rounder made an unbeaten 100 and put on 148 runs for the seventh wicket alongside Mahmudullah Riyad to pull…
While thousands of Indian workers employed on temporary visas in the US got fired in recent layoffs in the tech industry, they have found support in their peers who have come together to help them find work in the country, the BBC reported. Amit (name changed), a software engineer, recently…
India's relations with China cannot be normal as long as Beijing tries to unilaterally change LAC and continues to build up forces along the border, the country's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Wednesday (6). Replying to queries by MPs after his suo motu statement on foreign policy in…
The Indian National Congress party may have its eyes firmly set on the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' (Unite India March), but it kept its fingers crossed as it waited for Thursday's (8) counting of votes for the assembly elections in the states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The grand-old party, which…
Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday (7) justified the government's support to Sri Lanka, saying India would be shirking its responsibility if it did not step forward to support a crisis-hit neighbour. The economic support that India offered to Sri Lanka during its worst post-independence economic crisis was…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder Melinda Gates on Wednesday (6) said the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh could be a model not just for India but the world. During a special meeting with chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence, she discussed furthering the foundation's technical cooperation…
