- Monday, March 10, 2025
The laying to rest of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign witnessed the aftermath of World War II, the Cold War and dizzying technological change, marks a further step in a leave-taking with the 20th century. The British monarch exercises little real power but Elizabeth was a titanic figure on…
The Indian government has initiated the process of privatising 2 subsidiaries AIASL and AIESL of erstwhile national carrier Air India, an official said. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has initiated investor meetings and roadshows to gauge interest in AIASL and AIESL. We will soon invite EoIs…
Japanese auto major Honda expects its India business to get back on growth path as it gears up to re-enter the high-selling sports utility vehicle segment next year, according to its India CEO. The company, which is present through a wholly-owned subsidiary in the country, currently does not have presence…
Adani Green Energy Limited has commissioned a 325-megawatt wind energy plant in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. With the commissioning of this plant, its operational generation capacity has increased to 6.1 gigawatt (GW), Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) said in a statement on Monday (19). "Adani Wind Energy MP One…
World football governing body president Gianni Infantino might visit India next month and call on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to discuss the way forward for Indian football. This was revealed during the executive committee meeting of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in Kolkata in the state of West…
Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (19) at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners. Huge crowds gathered in near silence to watch as the queen's flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial…
A major controversy broke out in the northern Indian state of Punjab after media reports claimed that the state's chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, was deplaned from a Lufthansa flight at Frankfurt airport in Germany as he was "too drunk to walk". Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Punjab deputy chief minister and…
The chimes of the Big Ben fell silent and hymns rang out as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was carried into Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of Britain's longest-serving monarch on Monday (19). Her son and heir King Charles III followed the coffin in solemn procession, accompanied by…
Indian president Droupadi Murmu and foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra formed the official Indian delegation at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday (19). The president and the foreign secretary arrived at the Abbey in a procession alongside other Commonwealth heads of state and…
While several world leaders gathered in London, UK, on Monday (19) to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on September 8, the prime minister of India was absent. Narendra Modi, the leader of the most populous nation in the Commonwealth and was once called the jewel…
