• Monday, March 10, 2025

India’s junior IT minister backs moonlighting after software majors refuse…

Indian minister of state for electronics and information technology (IT) and skill development Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday (23) spoke on moonlighting, an issue which has created a controversy in the country's IT world at the moment, saying companies should not restrict employees' dreams. “Today’s youngsters have every sense of confidence…

Indian automajor Mahindra & Mahindra in talks to raise up…

Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is in talks with global investors to raise between $250 million and $500 million to accelerate its plans to build electric vehicles (EVs), a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Mahindra is in early talks with global green funds and private equity…

Days after Bengaluru sinks in heavy rain, it’s time for…

Schools were closed in parts of India's northern state Uttar Pradesh and Gurugram in Haryana because of heavy rainfall on Thursday (22) and Friday (23). Private offices were asked to instruct their employees to work from home. At least 13 people were killed while 11 were injured in incidents of…

Will Indian opposition Congress’s new chief do as the Gandhis…

Amid the buzz over who would become the next president of India's major opposition Indian National Congress, the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (23) took potshots at the former saying its presidential poll is nothing but an eyewash as the next party chief would be remotely controlled…

Independent review into Leicester violence soon; British home secretary meets…

An independent review is set to take place into the recent violence in Leicester which saw arrest of 47 people since August 28 after tensions spread between the local Hindu and Muslim communities, BBC has reported. The situation worsened over the weekend following an earlier protest. Leicester mayor Sir Peter…

Pakistan level T20 series in style as Rizwan-Azam crush England…

Openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan put on an unbeaten 203-run partnership as Pakistan claimed a remarkable 10-wicket victory over England in the second T20 international in Karachi on Thursday. Azam hammered 110 not out for his second T20I hundred while Rizwan scored an undefeated 88 as the pair completed…

Is insurgency-hit Kashmir really India’s hottest tourism destination now?

Standing on a fortified Kashmir street, an Indian tourist poses triumphantly for her husband's camera, clutching the National Flag in each hand and flanked by two soldiers carrying rifles. India's hottest new travel destination is also the site of its deadliest insurgency, where regular skirmishes break out between separatist militants…

BRICS, which includes India & China that are at odds…

The BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have rejected "double standards" in the global fight against terrorism and called for the expeditious finalisation and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism within the UN framework. Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Alberto Franco Franca; Russian foreign minister…

Has Hindu RSS line changed after its chief met a…

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's visit to a mosque and his meeting with the head of an organisation of imams were not a deviation from the outfit's line, its senior leader Indresh Kumar said on Friday (23). He slammed the Indian National Congress for saying Bhagwat's meeting with…

India cautions its nationals in Canada: ‘Sharp rise in hate…

The Indian ministry of external affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian nationals and students in Canada to remain vigilant as incidents of crimes and anti-Indian activities in the country are on the rise. The ministry also said that Indian missions in the North American nation have taken up…