• Sunday, March 09, 2025

World leaders laud Modi as he launches Mission LiFE to…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (20) received congratulatory messages from several countries such as the UK, France, Argentina, Georgia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Estonia, among others, on the occasion of launching the Mission LiFE movement (Lifestyle for the Environment) at Kevadia in the western state of Gujarat. United Nations secretary-general…

Bengal: Minor girl tries to sell blood to buy smartphone;…

That the young generation's obsession for gadgets is far from over has been proved once again and this time, it is a youngster from the eastern Indian state of West Bengal who travelled nearly 30 kilometres to sell blood to buy a smartphone. When the 16-year-old girl was questioned about…

Liz Truss government in more turmoil as home secretary Suella…

British prime minister Liz Truss lurched deeper into chaos Wednesday as her hardline interior minister quit, forcing the new leader to turn to one of her strongest critics to shore up her tottering government. Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly after using her personal email to send an official…

In Gujarat, UN chief slams China over blocking proposals to…

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres, who is currently on a tour of India, on Thursday (20) remarked that China's move to bar the listing of Pakistan-based terrorist Shahid Mahmood a political one. At the inauguration of India's Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) along with prime minister Narendra Modi at Kevadiya…

India warns citizens against travelling to Ukraine as war situation…

India on Wednesday (19) issued an advisory asking all its citizens to avoid travelling to Ukraine, citing the 'deteriorating security situation' in the country. "Indian citizens, including students, currently in Ukraine are advised to leave Ukraine at the earliest by available means," the Indian Embassy in Ukraine said in a…

India economy & business news in brief for Oct 19:…

Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, October 19, 2022: The Adani Group informed both exchanges, BSE and NSE, that its indirect subsidiary, Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Limited, had made an open offer to the public shareholders of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), on Wednesday,…

SpiceJet’s Diwali bonanza for pilots: Airline announces steep salary hike

SpiceJet has announced a revised salary structure for its captains ahead of Diwali, in which the carrier increased their monthly remuneration by around 55 per cent to Rs 7 lakh for a total of 80 hours of flying. “Captains’ salaries revised to INR 7 lakh-a-month for 80 hours of flying.…

5G will take India’s education system to next level: PM…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (19) said the 5G telecom service would take the education system in the country to the next level as the latest technology will go beyond "smart facilities, smart classrooms, and smart teachings". He also asserted that the New Education Policy (NEP) will pull…

Booed by MPs, British PM Truss says she’s a fighter,…

British prime minister Liz Truss insisted she would not quit on Wednesday (19) as she faced questions from booing MPs at her first Question Time session since abandoning her disastrous tax-slashing economic policies. Truss faced hostile questioning from opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer, who asked the House of Commons: "What's…

Revival of Congress has ‘truly begun’, says Shashi Tharoor after…

Senior Indian National Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor, who lost the presidential election in the party against Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (17) by some distance, praised the latter after the results were declared and said that he felt the revival of the party "has truly begun today". Speaking of Kharge, 80,…