• Monday, March 10, 2025

The other Adani: Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Shantilal Adani…

While Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani often steals the news headlines by rocketing through the ranks of the world's wealthiest people (recently he even became the second-richest in the world trailing only Elon Musk albeit briefly), this time it is his elder brother Vinod Shantilal Adani who has also claimed…

A day after Modi govt’s action against ‘radical’ PFI, outfit…

A day after leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested in a massive country-wide raid in India, the outfit called a dawn-to-dusk strike on Friday (23) in the southern state of Kerala and disturbances were witnessed across the state. A number of protesters were also detained. Incidents…

Cheetahs’ homecoming has created new enthusiasm in India: PM Modi

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (23) said that a new enthusiasm has returned to the country from the homecoming of cheetahs in the central state of Madhya Pradesh a few days ago. He added that today India is a rapidly developing economy, and is continuously strengthening its ecology.…

F-16 aid to Pakistan not to be seen as message…

The US has said that its decision to provide a $450 million (£405 million) sustenance package for Pakistan's F-16 fleet is not designed as a message to India rather it is associated with America's defence partnership with Islamabad which is primarily focused on counterterrorism and nuclear security. On September 8,…

Rupee’s fall & fall: Indian currency touches another lifetime low,…

Rupee tasted yet another lifetime low on Friday (23) morning after the US dollar index strengthened to a two-decade high this week, on hopes that demand for safe-haven currency such as the dollar would pick up. In the morning, the rupee opened 25 paise lower from the previous session to…

No hijab, no interview! Iran president snubs US journalist even…

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday cancelled the scheduled interview with the US journalist as she refused to wear a hijab (head cover worn by Muslim women) for the interaction. This comes amid massive protests in Iran that escalated after the death of a woman in police custody for breaking…

As part of countering China, US to develop drones with…

The US and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday (22), as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China. India will build these aircraft and export them to other countries in its region, this official said. Delhi wants to diversify its weaponry,…

When Modi called up foreign minister Jaishankar at midnight and…

Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is currently in New York, recently recalled one of his conversations with prime minister Narendra Modi over an attack near the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan in January 2016. Applauding Modi's capacity of crisis management, Jaishankar recalled India's evacuation effort in Afghanistan…

US continues to be glad over Modi’s anti-war advice to…

The US is heartened by the recent remarks made by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to Russian president Vladimir Putin that this is not the time for war in Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official has said. Modi met president Putin in Uzbek city of Samarkand on the sidelines of the…

Why Adam Gilchrist feels Rishabh Pant should be in India…

For his sheer "courage and dare", Rishabh Pant should be a part of India's starting XI during the T20 World Cup, feels former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. There has been a debate if it should be Pant or Dinesh Karthik in India's playing XI and it seemed that Gilchrist's vote…