- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
At least three lenders have termed loans issued to Indian carrier SpiceJet under "high-risk category", Reuters has reported citing informed sources. Among the three are IDFC Bank and Yes Bank, two private lenders, and the state-owned Indian Bank, the report added. It was said that the lenders are concerned about…
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched the country's second badminton gold of the day, defeating Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong in the final of the men's singles category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Monday (8), the concluding day of the Games. Sen won the match 19-21, 21-19, 21-16.…
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has slammed outgoing premier Boris Johnson and the current finance minister Nadhim Zahawi for refusing to reduce their holidays as he suggested capping the power bills as a measure to control inflation which the country's economy is nervously staring at. The Labour leader also…
Major Indian automaker Tata Motors is set to buy a Ford manufacturing unit in the western Indian state of Gujarat for Rs 7.26 billion (£75.3 million). The deal comes as the Indian carmaker plans to boost its vehicle-production capacity to meet rising demand. Tata saw a massive jump in its…
Trade between China and India reached $79.77 billion (£66 billion) in the first seven months of 2022, up 18 per cent year-on-year, data released by the General Administration of Customs of China said on Sunday (7). According to a report by China's state-run Global Times that cited the data, Beijing's…
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has issued an apology for the timer error during the women's hockey semifinal between India and Australia at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday. "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) took cognisance of the shot-clock error during the Indian women's hockey team's semi-final…
The Indian women's hockey team claimed the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022 after superb win over New Zealand via a shootout in Birmingham. In the regulation time, Salima Tete (29') scored the goal for India, only for Olivia Merry (60') to score a late goal for New Zealand…
Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu clinched on Monday (8) India's first gold medal in Badminton at the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 and the first women's singles CWG gold medal of her career by defeating Canada's Michelle Li in the final. Sindhu, who has two Olympic medals to her credit,…
Is a new crisis brewing in the coalition government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar? Indian home minister Amit Shah and JP Nadda, the national president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have assured the state's chief minister, Nitish Kumar, that he would remain the face of the…
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday (8) demolished an encroachment at a housing society in Noida area by Shrikant Tyagi, a self-proclaimed member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who recently made the headlines for allegedly abusing and assaulting a woman. On Monday, bulldozers,…
