- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
FIVE more Indian sites -- three from Tamil Nadu and one each from Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh -- have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, taking the number of such sites in the country to 54, the country's environment ministry said on Tuesday (26). The…
THE Indian defence ministry on Tuesday (26) signed the 100th contract for defence innovation under a framework called iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) that was launched by prime minister Narendra Modi in 2018. The flagship initiative of iDEX was rolled out to encourage start-ups and other such entities engaged in…
INDIA is on the path to become a $30 trillion (£25 trillion) economy in the next 30 years on the back strong GDP (gross domestic product) growth, said the country's commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, on Monday (25). India is currently a $3-3.5 trillion (£2.49 trillion to £2.9 trillion) economy and…
THE ongoing monsoon session of the Indian parliament has witnessed frequent disruptions due to protests held by the opposition parties and on Tuesday (26), the Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of the parliament saw one of its lowest points in history when as many as 19 members were suspended…
INDIA led by Shikhar Dhawan have clinched the three-match one-day international (ODI) series against the West Indies in their den by winning the first two games -- both of which were thrillers. The two teams will now play the third and final ODI at the Queen's Park Oval on Wednesday…
IN a viewpoint that would leave the experts worried, French multinational investment bank Societe Generale on Monday (25) said that India is the most vulnerable economy in the Asia emerging market (EM) space at a time of high inflation and twin deficits, Moneycontrol News reported. India economist Kunal Kumar Kundu…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the newly elected Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe for his election and assured full support to the people of Sri Lanka. "I extend my congratulations to you on your election as the 8th President of Sri Lanka. You have assumed the high office…
A CLOSE associate of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday (26) asked why the Maharashtra government was in a hurry to dismantle a Covid-19 care centre in Mumbai to make way for a bullet train station. There are several cases of coronavirus and H1N1 virus (swine flu) in Mumbai…
WITH the race in the Conservative Party to pick the next prime minister of Britain getting intense and Rishi Sunak, one of the two candidates, taking a tough stance on China ahead of his television debate with Liz Truss on Monday (25), Beijing has reacted saying the British politicians were…
IN India, filmstars are often revered as demigods. But at the same time, when a controversy erupts over any of their word or action, the same followers go crazy. Recently, star actor Ranveer Singh stormed into the headlines after posing naked in an exclusive photoshoot for Paper magazine and it…
