- Monday, March 10, 2025
India's ban on smart TV imports two years ago, and tax incentives for domestic producers from federal government and many states, have boosted local manufacturing, said an official at Viera group, one of the fast-growing producers of smart TVs. In July 2020, prime minister Narendra Modi's administration imposed restrictions on…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (29) inaugurated the 36th National Games at a grand opening ceremony that took place at a stadium named after him in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, his home state. Among other dignitaries that were present during the ceremony were Indian youth affairs and sports minister…
Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan who till recently was a leading candidate in the race for the next president of the Indian National Congress, said on Thursday (29) that he will not be a part of the contest any more. The veteran leader's…
India will require all passenger cars to have a minimum of six airbags from Oct. 1, 2023, a year later than originally planned, the road transport minister said on Thursday (29). The move, aimed at improving safety in a country that has the world's deadliest roads, was initially planned for…
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (29) held a roadshow in Surat and said the city will emerge as the safest and convenient diamond trading hub in the world once the Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City project is…
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on Thursday (29) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Google to ease searching the internet in Sanskrit and provided the search engine giant one lakh (0.1 million) commonly used sentences in the language with their English and Hindi translations. The MoU was…
For Sourav Ganguly, it was like riding the time machine. Twenty years ago, the former India cricket captain and the current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had a memorable experience at the iconic balcony of the Lord's Cricket Ground. On July 13, Ganguly had…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Wednesday (28) that India will continue to maintain a relationship with China that is based on "mutual" sensitivity, respect and interest. He made the remarks while responding to a question on the consistent comments from Beijing about how things are "okay" between…
India's Olympic gold-winner javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Wednesday (28) seen in a new avatar as he took part in a Garba celebration during the ongoing Navratri festival in Vadodara in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The 24-year-old athlete, who has backed up his historic medal at the…
Reliance Industries Ltd's retail unit launched its first in-house premium fashion and lifestyle store on Thursday (29), as the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led company continues to grab a bigger slice of India's luxury market. The new store chain called Azorte, the first of which was launched in Bengaluru, will compete with…
