- Friday, March 07, 2025
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday (28) defended his heavily criticised decision not to attend next month's COP27 climate change summit, saying he had to focus on "pressing" economic problems. In an interview with Sky News a day after Downing Street announced he was skipping the summit, the prime…
Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal, who is eyeing power for his party in the western state of Gujarat where elections will be due soon, on Saturday (29) launched a campaign in the state to pick the AAP's chief ministerial candidate. Putting the ball in…
India's aviation regulator said Saturday (29) it was probing an engine fire that broke out on a passenger jet just as it was about to take off from Delhi airport. The IndiGo airlines flight was carrying 184 people to tech hub Bengaluru and had just begun its thrust on the…
India on Saturday (29) pitched for global efforts to stop possible misuse of new technologies such as encrypted messaging and crypto-currency by "non-state actors" with external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar cautioning that the social media platforms have turned into potent instruments in the "toolkit" of terror groups. In an address…
Nine people have been booked in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly forcing 400 people to convert to Christianity. It was reported that the victims approached the police and complained that they were lured to make the religious conversion. The incident happened in Malin village…
Three of microblogging site Twitter Inc.'s top executives who were said to be removed after Elon Musk took over the platform, are set to gain more than $100 million (£86.3 million) in severance and payouts of equity awards that were granted previously, Bloomberg reported. Parag Agarwal, who took over as…
Former president Donald Trump hailed the sale of Twitter to the "sane hands" of tech billionaire Elon Musk in a statement that notably didn't commit to rejoining the platform. The world's richest man saw his $44 billion (£40 billion) bid to buy the company concluded late Thursday after months of…
British teen tennis star Emma Raducanu has fast evolved as a role model for young tennis players across the world, especially after winning her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open last year where she entered as a wildcard. The Canadian-born is always aware of the following she has…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, October 28, 2022: The Indian government on Friday tweaked information technology rules to the pave way for setting up grievance appellate panels, which will settle issues that users may have against the way social media platforms initially…
As billionaire Elon Musk completed the takeover of Twitter, Twitterati in India on Friday (28) seemed divided with those against content moderation welcoming the development and others weary of the future of the social media platform that has had run-ins with the government in the country. With the social media…
