- Sunday, March 09, 2025
For many in the west, India is still seen as a country of the snake charmers and it was proved again when a newspaper in Spain came up with a unique caricature of a snake charmer to reflect the growth of the South Asian nation's economy. La Vanguardia's choice of…
Virat Kohli has been the fittest Indian cricketer by a distance and a testimony to that is a BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) report which revealed that at least 23 centrally contracted Indian cricketers, except the former skipper, required a visit to NCA (National Cricket Academy) for…
The government has accorded the highest priority to its engagement with the diaspora community and it is clearly evident in the plethora of initiatives taken since 2014, the country's external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday (13). He said there are over 32 million overseas Indians, of which nearly…
Two Indian nationals went missing in Kenya in July and India has been in touch with the Kenyan authorities on the matter, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Friday (14). The Indians have been identified as Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Zaid Sami Kidwai, according to MEA spokesperson Arindam…
The Indian cricket team may tour Pakistan after a gap of 15 years, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has indicated ahead of its all important annual general meeting (AGM) on October 18 in Mumbai. The BCCI has shared with all its state unit representatives a lowdown…
The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, India's information technology capital, remained witness to history on Friday (14) as the world's biggest passenger plane -- Airbus A380 -- landed on its soil for the first time ever. The massive double-decker plane, which is owned by Emirates Airlines, landed in Bengaluru,…
India's foreign exchange reserves rose to $532.87 billion (£476.3 billion) in the week through October 7, the country's central bank -- the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement said on Friday (14), Reuters reported. The reserves rose by $204 million (£182.3 million) from the previous week, the first…
India's strategic-strike submarine INS Arihant carried out successful launch of a ballistic missile on Friday (14), the defence ministry said. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and it impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with high accuracy, validating all operational and technological parameters, it said.…
The Election Commission of India on Friday (14) announced the election schedule of the northern state of Himachal Pradesh but not that for Gujarat, the western state which is also set to go to polls around the same time. Himachal Pradesh, which is ruled by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday (14) named seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami as injured Jasprit Bumrah's replacement in the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. "The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah's replacement in India's ICC…
