- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Neil Basu, the senior-most Indian-origin Scotland Yard officer as the UK's former counter-terrorism chief and even tipped for the top job as head of the UK's largest police force, has spoken out against racism and revealed how he faced racist attacks as a schoolboy in the 1970s. In his final…
French-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game as Tunisia claimed a famous 1-0 win over holders France at the World Cup on Wednesday, but it was not enough for them to reach the last 16. France coach Didier Deschamps, whose team were already through to the knockouts,…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, November 30, 2022: Foreign investors are exhibiting growing interest in India, as Asia’s third-largest economy increases its manufacturing capacity and upgrades infrastructure, Santanu Sengupta, chief India economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said, according to Bloomberg. As…
Jiang Zemin, China's first head of state to have visited India in 1996 and heralded a new era of constructive cooperation between the two countries by signing a crucial agreement to reduce the tensions along their disputed border, passed away on Wednesday (30). Jiang, who was China's president from 1993-2003,…
With India set to assume the G20 presidency on Thursday (1), the country's Narendra Modi government has planned to flag off the diplomatic calendar with a series of cultural events. Among the various initiatives that have been decided upon are: interaction with 75 educational institutions; lighting up 100 monuments across…
Rajwinder Singh, an Australian citizen of Indian origin who has recently been arrested in India on charges of murdering a young Australian woman on a beach in Queensland in 2018, appeared at Delhi's Patiala House court on Wednesday (30) as authorities sought to extradite him Down Under to face trial.…
Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the 2022 film 'The Kashmir Files', Israeli director and IFFI (International Film Festival of India) international jury chair Nadav Lapid said he stands by his remarks as he "knows how to recognise propaganda disguised as a movie". Reacting to the backlash…
Voting will be held on Thursday (1) for the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections in 89 seats spread across 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and southern parts of the state where 788 candidates are in the fray. Campaigning for the first phase of the elections in the Bharatiya Janata Party…
For Iranians, their football team's World Cup loss against the United States was cause for either sadness or exuberant joy, depending on where they stand on a two-month-old protest movement. Caught between the clerical regime and calls to show solidarity with protesters, the national team pressed near-relentlessly in the second…
Bilkis Bano on Wednesday (30) moved the Supreme Court of India challenging the premature release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping her and killing several members of her family, including three-year-old daughter, during the riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The convicts were sentenced to life by…
