• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Taiwan tension turns worse as official heading island’s missile production…

Amid tension between the US and China over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, a top official who led the missile development team of the self-governed island country was found dead in a hotel room, media reported on Saturday (6). The official, Ou Yang Li-hsing, the deputy head…

CWG 2022: India make a hat-trick of gold as wrestlers…

India saw a gold rush at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday (5) with its wrestlers winning as many as three golds, two bronzes and a silver in different categories of the sporting event. Deepak Punia completed the hat-trick of golds after won the top medal in the…

India politics news in brief: Amit Shah says Congress’ Aug…

Indian home minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the Congress, saying the party chose August 5 for protest and its leaders wore black clothes because they "want to give a subtle message to further promote their appeasement politics" on a day prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation…

What Elon Musk revealed about Modi government in court fight…

Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk, who is locked in a court battle with Twitter over a failed acquisition bid that Twitter now intends to force through, said that the social media giant jeopardised its third-largest market by failing to disclose "risky" litigation against the Indian government. In a countersuit…

‘Biryani party’ held to celebrate murder of man who supported…

The two new accused arrested in the murder case of Amravati-based pharmacist Umesh Kolhe were present at a "biryani party" held to celebrate the killing, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court here on Friday (5). The NIA made the allegations while seeking the custody of the accused,…

India unlikely to be hit if Taiwan situation worsens, says…

Shaktikanta Das, the governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday (5) said India is unlikely to be impacted by any adverse developments in Taiwan. The governor said Taiwan accounts for only 0.7 per cent of India’s overall trade and the capital flows from the island are also not…

India economy & business news in brief for Aug 5:…

Here are some news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, August 5, 2022: India's central Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has retained its GDP growth forecast of 7.2 per cent for FY23, governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday, Moneycontrol News reported. Das, who was delivering his…

Why India would witness disaster if China-Taiwan crisis escalates into…

The growing tension over US politician Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan might hit India not geopolitically but in the automobile sector. The aftereffects of Pelosi's high-profile visit to Asia and China's protest against it could trigger yet another semiconductor crisis which has already pegged the automobile industry back in times…

Andhra Pradesh seeks £3.3b investment in electric vehicle segment

The southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is seeking to position itself as the lighthouse destination and attract investments to the tune of $4 billion (£3.3 billion) in the electric vehicles segment over the next few years. As a first step in this direction, the state government is holding a…

J&K police sub-inspector recruitment scam: CBI raids 30 sites

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India's elite investigative agency, on Friday (5) conducted searches at 30 locations in connection with alleged irregularities in the selection of police sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said. The searches were launched at 28 locations in Jammu and…