- Monday, March 10, 2025
The Indian government is stepping up scrutiny on digital lending apps in an attempt to weed out ones which conduct unethical lending and recovery practices, the government said in a notification on Friday (9). The central bank has been asked to prepare a list of legal digital lending apps while…
The Premier League announced on Friday that all matches had been cancelled this weekend following the death of Queen Elizabeth II but Test cricket and golf will resume. English top flight clubs took the decision despite guidance from the British government that cancelling sporting events was not compulsory during a…
Hours after Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96, organisers of a Durga Puja in faraway Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal decided to dedicate their puja this year to the late queen by designing the Durga…
Russian president Vladimir Putin is not planning on going to Queen Elizabeth's funeral, his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in his daily press briefing on Friday. Although "Russians respected her for her wisdom," Peskov said, Putin's attendance at the Queen's funeral "is not being considered".
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) that failure to hold elections and not addressing governance issues could result in its suspension. This is the second time in two months that the international sports body has warned the IOA of consequences if it did not…
The Indian rupee hit a more than one-week high against the US currency on Friday (9), as the dollar index fell further from a two-decade high scaled earlier this week. The rupee was trading at 79.6350 per US dollar, as of 0502 GMT, up from 79.71 in the previous session.…
Star Indian javelin throw athlete Neeraj Chopra made history on Thursday (8), becoming the first-ever Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League trophy, a top-tier athletics competition, achieving the best throw of 88.44 metres (m) to clinch one of the biggest wins of his career. His best throw of 88.44…
Indian conglomerate Tata Group is in talks with Taiwanese supplier Wistron Corp to establish a joint venture to assemble Apple's iPhones in India, Bloomberg News reported on Friday (9). The venture would be the Indian salt-to-software group's latest push into technology manufacturing as it taps Wistron's expertise in product development,…
Ahead of India's upcoming G20 presidency, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday (8) thanked prime minister Narendra Modi for a great meeting and congratulated on India's strong economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Georgieva wrote, "Thank you @PMOIndia @narendramodi for a great meeting.…
India suffered a major blow ahead of the T20 World Cup starting next month in Australia as their ace all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was reportedly ruled out of the tournament due to a 'freak injury'. While the left-arm cricketer missed the Super Four phase of the Asia Cup in Dubai, it…
