- Monday, March 10, 2025
The death toll from the boat accident in northern Bangladesh has climbed to 64 on Tuesday (27), with at least 20 passengers still missing two days after the disaster struck when the overcrowded vessel carrying Hindu devotees to a centuries-old temple capsized. The devotees, including women and children, were heading…
India's Adani Group will invest more than $100 billion (£92.4 billion) over the next decade, most of it in the energy transition business, its chairman Gautam Adani said on Tuesday (27), as the ports-to-energy conglomerate accelerates an already aggressive expansion plan. After founding the group in 1988 as a commodities…
India and Pakistan are both partners of the US with different points of emphasis, the Joe Biden administration said on Monday (26), a day after visiting external affairs minister of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, questioned the rationale behind the latest American F-16 security assistance to Islamabad. Referring to the argument made…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (27) extended his heartfelt condolences to his dear friend "Abe San", late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated during a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, in July. He was 67. In his opening remarks to Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Tokyo,…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, September 26, 2022: Film exhibition company PVR Cinemas will invest up to Rs 350 crore (£40.1 million) to open 100 new screens in FY23, a top official said on Monday, PTI reported. It also expects its mega-merger…
Not too long ago, Virat Kohli was in the news for not hitting his bat's sweet spot as frequently as he and his countless fans would have expected. But things have changed since the Asia Cup in the UAE as the ace batter hit back form. He slammed a century…
Indian employers are likely to raise staff pay by 10.4% next year, almost on par with the 10.6% so far in 2022, Aon PLC said on Monday. The prospects of a double-digit salary increase comes as the south Asian country grapples with soaring inflation amid fears of a global economic…
India is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with its home-grown navigation system within months, worrying the likes of Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple who fear elevated costs and disruptions as the move requires hardware changes, according to two industry sources and government documents seen by Reuters. In line with…
The Supreme Court of India on Monday granted relief to actor Shah Rukh Khan as it upheld Gujarat High Court which quashed the case against him related to the 2017 stampede in Vadodara railway station in the state. A bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice CT Ravikumar rejected the…
The Indian government on Monday (26) said it has decided to extend the existing Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) (2015-20) by another six months till March 2023. The current Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) was to end on September 30. Additional secretary in the department of commerce, Amit Yadav, said there were…
