- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Amid controversy over Maharashtra losing some big-ticket industrial projects, Indian National Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday (1) said the country was heading towards a new license-permit raj. Political instability makes investors nervous, the former chief minister told reporters in Pune in the western state. "The current Maharashtra government is…
India on Tuesday (1) refused to endorse China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the only country in the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) not to support the pet project of Chinese president Xi Jinping. In a joint communique issued at the end of the 21st Meeting of the…
Former Tata Steel managing director (MD) Jamshed J Irani, who was widely known as the 'Steel Man of India', passed away late on Monday (31) in Jamshedpur’s Tata Main Hospital. He was 86 and is survived by his wife Daisy and three children. “We are deeply saddened at the demise…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, November 1: Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the issue of regulating cryptocurrency will be brought in the upcoming G20 meeting, Asian News International reported. "We have not come out with any plan to…
In a revelation that would make India's artificial intelligence (AI) experts elated, companies in the South Asian country have now gone past those in the US and UK in making use of AI, a firm specialising in the field has said. And this has happened despite American companies having a…
A British cabinet minister on Tuesday (1) vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration as record numbers make the treacherous crossing of the Channel in small boats. "We... now need to look at some more radical options to ensure that our laws are appropriate, that economic migrants are returned…
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday (1) said Indian prime minister Narendra Modi commands respect globally because he leads the country of Mahatma Gandhi. "When PM Modi goes abroad, he gets so much respect. He gets the respect because he is the prime minister of the country of (Mahatma)…
The Delhi Police has raided the premises of a news website which is known for criticising the Narendra Modi government over a retracted article about a politician who is in charge of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) social media campaigns. It was reported that police officers went to the…
Clinical England rescued their Twenty20 World Cup campaign as they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by 20 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday (1). England, who had been facing almost certain elimination had they lost, moved into the top two in Group 1 along with their…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (1) visited the site in Morbi in the western state of Gujarat where a suspension bridge collapsed on Sunday (30), resulting in the death of more than 130 people. Indian news channel NDTV reported that hours before Modi's visit, a government hospital was…
