- Monday, April 28, 2025
Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar are among six Indians who have made it to the Forbes' annual list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Ranked at number 36, Sitharaman has made it to the list for the fourth time…
The pre-quarter final stage of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar came to an end on Tuesday (6) with eight teams advancing to the quarter-finals. The four quarter-final games will be played on Friday (9) and Saturday (10) in which the four semi-finalists will be decided. The eight teams…
Goncalo Ramos justified the shock decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring a hat-trick on his full debut as Portugal demolished Switzerland 6-1 on Tuesday to power into the World Cup quarter-finals. The 21-year-old Ramos, who started instead of Ronaldo, became the youngest player to strike three times in a…
Border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, two of India's most industrialised states, has seen a serious escalation of tensions with protesters in each state targeting vehicles belonging to the other. While those bearing registration numbers of Maharashtra were being attacked in Belagavi area of Karnataka, those from Karnataka were being…
India is home to a great diversity of faiths and the Joe Biden administration will continue to encourage it to uphold its commitments to protect religious freedom for all, a top US official has said, days after the US designated 12 countries, including China and Pakistan as "countries of particular…
A tiger was found dead under suspicious circumstances with its carcass hanging from a tree in a clutch-wire trap near the Panna Tiger Reserve in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a forest official said on Wednesday (7). The clutch wire (found in vehicles) is generally used by poachers…
Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency and soon the country could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit, according to a new report. The…
In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi, India's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bagged the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election, ending 15 years of rule of the saffron party. The results were out after more than five hours of counting. The high-stake…
Achraf Hakimi struck the decisive penalty to send Spain crashing out and Morocco into the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, winning 3-0 in a shoot-out on Tuesday after a 0-0 draw. Spain coach Luis Enrique had claimed his players prepared by taking 1,000 penalties as homework but Pablo…
The World Bank has revised India's 2022-23 GDP (gross domestic product) growth forecast upward to 6.9 per cent from the earlier estimate of 6.5 per cent, due to robust economic activities according to Dhruv Sharma, senior economist at the World Bank. India's real GDP growth is expected to be at…
