- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
An out-of-tune Bangladeshi singer with a huge internet following was hauled in by police at dawn and told to cease his painful renditions of classical songs, sparking a furore on social media. "Hero" Alom, as he styles himself, has amassed nearly two million Facebook followers and almost 1.5 million on…
Amid speculation that a number of countries from various parts of the world are showing interest to join the BRICS group which comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the Russian ambassador to Venezuela has said that the South American nation has not spoken to Moscow about its possible…
The two are known to be polar opposites in India's political circles. While prime minister Narendra Modi initially tried to win West Bengal's firebrand chief minister Mamata Banerjee over, the latter has always been extremely critical of the PM and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is the main opposition…
Indian para-powerlifter Sudhir on Thursday (4) clinched gold in the men's heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with the best weight of 212 kilograms. After the accomplishment, Sudhir said he would go to London for some shopping and city hopping. This was the first time that India…
With the Indian National Congress, one of India's main opposition parties, ramping up attack against the Narendra Modi government over inflation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) among other issues, its former president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the country's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (5), calling…
India's central bank on Friday (5) hiked interest rates for the third time in four months, as Asia's third-largest economy contends with a widening trade deficit and weakening currency. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its key lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.40 percent -- a level…
The Nepali government on Thursday (4) set a general election date for November, as the landlocked Himalayan country faces growing economic pressure from falling tourism income and lower overseas remittances. Those issues have reduced the cash available to pay for imports, with the country's trade deficit widening and foreign exchange…
Here are some news related to India's economy and business news for Thursday, August 4, 2022: Indian telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said 5G services in the country were expected to kick off in October and that the telecom sector will remain one of the most affordable in the world, even…
Here are some news in brief related to Indian politics on Thursday, August 4, 2022: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is "horrified" by the AAP's rapid growth in Gujarat and wondered if it is planning…
Indian minister Jitendra Singh assured the members of the Rajya Sabha or Upper House of the country's parliament on Thursday (4) that there is better nuclear safety in India as compared to many other countries and there are enough safeguards in the Indian nuclear plants. Responding to supplementaries during the…
