- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE residents of London will have to wait for more hours after voting to elect the city's next mayor concluded on Thursday (2). The ballots cast by the people for the mayor, London Assembly Constituency members and London Assembly members will be verified and counted two days after the polling,…
WHILE the Indian general elections of 2024 are largely being projected as a battle between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), there are also parties that are not in either camp and…
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD stole an unlikely one-run victory over table-toppers Rajasthan Royals in a tense Indian Premier League encounter on Thursday. Needing two off the final ball, Rajasthan's Rovman Powell missed a full toss and was trapped in front of the wicket by India international Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The right-arm swing bowler,…
THE Indian opposition Indian National Congress arrived at a decision about its candidates from the two key constituencies of Amethi and Rae Bareli in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on the 11th hour on Friday (3), hours before the deadline for filing nominations ended. It was decided that former…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Thursday, May 2, 2024: Bharat Biotech on Thursday asserted that its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin is safe and devoid of any side-effects amid AstraZeneca's admission that Covishield could cause complications in rare cases. In a statement, the company stated that…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, who will seek his re-election in the country's presidential election in November, on Wednesday (1) courted controversy by remarking "xenophobia" from China to Japan and India is hurting their growth, Reuters reported. The octogenarian leader said this while arguing that migration has been good for the…
IN A bizarre turn of events, a leader of India's opposition Indian National Congress has claimed that prime minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) put pressure on a former minister in the neighbouring Pakistan to praise his party's leader Rahul Gandhi so that they could benefit from…
THE Indian selectors' decision to ignore Rinku Singh, a hard-hitting middle-order batter, for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States has been criticised in various quarters. Chief Indian selector Ajit Agarkar on Thursday (2) faced the media along with captain Rohit Sharma at the…
THE government of Australia has emphasized its strong relationship with New Delhi, notwithstanding reports that two Indian spies were expelled from its soil in 2020. In 2021, the chief of Australia's intelligence acknowledged that foreign agents were operating on his country's soil the preceding year, but stopped short of revealing their…
VAUGHAN GETHING, the first minister of Wales, joined an event of the Indian government to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colour and love, at Cardiff Castle on Sunday, April 28. The 50-year-old, who took the office in March succeeded Mark Drakeford, enjoyed the occasion and was drenched in bright…
