• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

India agency ED raids crypto exchange platform WazirX, freezes bank…

India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (5) conducted searches at the premises of one of the directors of Zanmai Labs Private Limited which owns and operates WazirX, an cryptocurrency exchange platform. The ED reportedly froze bank assets worth Rs 64.67 crore (£6.7 million) during and after the search operation. WazirX…

India talks tough to China over Ladakh air space violations,…

India and China held a special round of military talks on Tuesday (2) at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point in Eastern Ladakh to discuss air space violations and provocations by the Chinese side in that area in the last 45 days. The talks were held after the Indian Air Force…

Taiwan tensions: Now, China sanctions Nancy Pelosi & her immediate…

China's foreign ministry announced sanctions against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday (5), after her visit to Taiwan this week prompted fury and shows of military force from Beijing. The ministry said Pelosi was "seriously interfering in China's internal affairs and seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity" with…

The patriarchy called India: Husbands of elected women take oath…

In an incident that raises many questions, the husband of a newly elected woman sarpanch allegedly took the oath of office instead of his wife in a gram panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district following which the district authorities have sought a detailed report in the matter. The matter pertains…

Anti-Boris Johnson commentator says Liz Truss becoming PM is an…

Former Leading Britain's Conversation (LBC) presenter Matthew Stadlen on Thursday (4) lashed out at the current succession procedure going on in the UK's ruling Conservative Party saying if one had suggested that Liz Truss would be favourite to lead Britain before Boris Johnson became the prime minister, he/she would have…

Asia Cup clash: Pakistan favourites as India have captaincy issues,…

The second half of 2022 is set to be an exciting time for cricket lovers as arch-rivals India and Pakistan, who play each other less for other reasons, will be locking horns on more than one occasion. The earliest date when the men in blue and green will take on…

India offers to sell 18 home-made ‘Tejas’ combat jet to…

India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) 'Tejas' to Malaysia, the defence ministry said on Friday (5), adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines were also interested in the single-engine jet. The government last year gave a $6 billion (£4.94 billion) contract to…

Euro hero Chloe Kelly reacts after British Airways upgrades her…

Sometimes, to be a lookalike pays off in a big way. A female football fan in England recently got the happiest surprise of her life after she was upgraded to business class by British Airways because she was mistaken for Chloe Kelly, the 24-year-old footballer who gave the country the…

Days after Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, China ends cooperation with…

China on Friday (5) said it was cancelling several defence meetings and suspending key climate talks with the United States after a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan this week. China will "suspend the China-US climate change talks" and nix plans for a call between military leaders…

It’s Modi vs Gandhi in India today: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra…

In dramatic scenes on the streets in New Delhi on Friday (5), police personnel were seen detaining Indian National Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi, along with other leaders of the party who were protesting against the Narendra Modi government over a range…