- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
As India prepares to host United Nations Security Council members for a special meeting on counter-terrorism in October, a top UN official has expressed hope that the event will help further enhance and strengthen multilateral and multi-dimensional counterterrorism efforts. India is currently the chair of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee…
The West Midlands region of Britain, the focal point of an automotive industry that had once generated a million jobs, is lobbying India's Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. industrial conglomerate to set up a motorcycle factory in the area as mayor Andy Street eyes restoration of its manufacturing clout, Bloomberg reported.…
Tech Mahindra said it acquired entire stakes in its two South African joint ventures -- Tech Mahindra South (Pty) Limited and Tech Mahindra Holdco Pty Ltd -- for about Rs 30 crore (£3.1 million). According to a BSE filing, the company will acquire 49 per cent stake in Tech Mahindra…
KV Kamath, chairperson of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), a major development financial institution (DFIs) for infrastructure financing, has recently said that India has moved from a capital-deficit to a capital-neutral to a capital-surplus nation. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 in an interview, Kamath, a former chief of…
Nitish Kumar, the mercurial chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, on Tuesday (9) resigned from his post and submitted his resignation letter to state governor Phagu Chahuan. Kumar, who leads the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), also submitted a support letter of 160 lawmakers to stake claim…
India and China are likely to set up a hotline between their respective air forces to prevent any possible escalation of the situation and to directly discuss issues between them on the border. "The issue of having a direct hotline between the Chinese and the Indian Air Force (IAF) had…
The US's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raided Donald Trump's private club and residence in Florida and broke open a safe as part of a reported probe into the handling of presidential documents, including classified materials, triggering an angry outburst from the former US president who called it an…
Former South African umpire Rudi Koertzen, labelled the 'slow finger of death' by the media, has died in a car accident, a family member told AFP on Tuesday. He was 73. "Rudi suffered fatal injuries after an accident near Stilbaai between Cape Town and Gqeberha," said the family spokesperson, who…
From its inauguration in 1927 to witnessing the foundation laying of a new Sansad Bhavan (parliament building) ahead of the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, the multi-chequered history of the old parliament building will now be frozen in time, with the Monsoon session perhaps being its last legislative sitting. The…
Singapore on Tuesday (9) declared its iconic green site Padang, from where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave the slogan of 'Delhi Chalo' (Let's storm Delhi) in July 1943, as its 75th national monument as the city-state celebrates its 57th National Day. The large field, popular for sporting events such as…
