Here are some news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, August 17, 2022: Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore (£870 million/$1.04 billion) to the telecom department towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions, the company said on Wednesday,…
Tata Sons shareholders are eyeing a separation of posts of the chairman of Tata Trusts and Tata Sons soon, Business Standard reported on Wednesday (17). They are expected to hold a voting on the new articles of association. As per the Tata Sons annual general meeting notice, the Standard report…
Here are some news in brief related to India politics for Wednesday, August 17, 2022: Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar who took oath for a record eighth time last week, faced questions over reports of an arrest warrant against his new law minister Kartikeya…
The social media in India erupted on Wednesday (17) after pictures of eleven men, convicted in the Bilkis Bano rape case during the Gujarat pogroms of 2002, were greeted with garlands and fed sweets at the office of the Hindu right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Ahmedabad after the remission policy…
The suspension of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) by the International Football Federation (FIFA) earlier this week over 'third party influence' shocked the country's innumerable sports lovers but former India captain Baichung Bhutia, who is also one of the best footballers that the country has produced, was not entirely…
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (17) asked the Narendra Modi government to take "proactive steps" with International Football Federation (FIFA) or the football's international governing body to ensure that the suspension imposed on the country's football board is listed and India gets to host the Under-17 women's world…
Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (17) said nearly 60 per cent of all the vaccines used in the world are produced in India and over the decades, the country has made remarkable contribution to vaccinating the world. India today is double dosing every citizen and produced Covid-19 vaccines…
With an eye on 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday formally unveiled his Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national ambition with the launch of ‘Make India No 1' campaign, saying the country cannot be left to those who have been ruling till now if it has…
It's only two rounds of games but a supercomputer has already predicted how things will end up in the points table of the ongoing Premier League 2022. Manchester United, who have won the title the most number of times (13) but haven't lifted the crown since 2012, have had a…
The two candidates battling to be Britain's next prime minister vied to present themselves as defenders of Scotland's place in the United Kingdom on Tuesday (16), promising more scrutiny of Scotland's government to undermine a new push for independence. The Scottish National Party (SNP), which heads Scotland's semi-autonomous government, wants…