- Monday, February 24, 2025
HERE are news in brief for Indian economy and business for Friday, April 19, 2024: Arvind Panagariya, chairman of India's Sixteenth Finance Commission, on Friday said he would be casting his vote for the first time when Delhi goes to the national polls on May 25. "The young are not the…
INDIA captain Rohit Sharma is "not a big fan" of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) 'Impact Player' rule as he feels it is hurting the country's all-rounders by not allowing cricketers like Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube to showcase their bowling prowess. The 'Impact Player' Rule, introduced in the 2023…
IN a tragic incident, two Indian students who were pursuing Master's degrees at Dundee University in Scotland, drowned this week while going for a hike at a popular tourist destination in Scotland, local reports said. The deceased were identified as Jitendranath Karuturi, 26, and Chanhakya Bolisetti, 22, and they hailed from…
POLLING for the first phase of India's marathon national elections on Friday (19) concluded with nearly 64 per cent voter turnout. The figure was nearly 70 per cent in the first phase of the previous elections held in 2019. The Election Commission of India said an aggregate 63.89 per cent…
INDIA on Friday (19) fulfilled its commitment under a 2022 pact to deliver the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines. The transfer was made under a $375 million (£301 million) agreement signed two years ago and the first export of the missile by India. The Indian…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (19) took an indirect dig at neighbour Pakistan saying a country which was a supplier of 'aatank' (terror) is struggling for 'aata' (flour) nowadays. Speaking at an election rally in Damoh in the central state of Madhya Pradesh the day India's general elections…
INDIA'S premier airline Air India on Friday (19) suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel till April 30 in view of the current flare-up in the Middle East as Iran and Israel renewed their rivalry. In a pinned post on X, the airline said, "Our flights to…
VIOLENCE was reported from West Bengal and Manipur, two eastern states of India, as voting began across the country for the first phase of the much awaited general elections 2024. Nearly a billion people will cast their ballots in the marathon election lasting 44 days to elect the new government…
GOOGLE DOODLE on Friday (19) commemorated the beginning of the 18th general elections in India, the world's largest democracy, by depicting the left index finger marked with ink. Anyone who casts his/her ballot in an Indian election gets a mark of the indelible ink on his/her left index finger that…
INDIA began voting Friday (19) in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines. A total of 968 million people are eligible to take part in the world's biggest vote -- a staggering…
