- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
IN a proof that India's informal sector has come under a financial stress during the Covid-19 pandemic and has lost a major market share, an Indian minister told the country's parliament on Monday (25) that nearly 10,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) closed down between 2019 and 2022. Bhanu…
IN a shocking incident, a man in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh allegedly got his 59-year-old father murdered for money after hiring a killer through Facebook, police said on Monday (25). The victim, Mahesh Gupta, was shot dead on the intervening night of July 21 and 22 when…
A TOP Indian epidemiologist has slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) saying the latter's announcing the monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency was premature since the disease poses low severity with a rate threat of increased outbreak worldwide. Raman R Gangakhedkar, former head scientist of epidemiology and communicable diseases…
A RACKET promising a seat in the Rajya Sabha or Upper House of the Indian parliament for a whopping Rs 100 crore (£10 million) has been busted by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the NDTV news channel said citing informed sources. The elite probe agency nabbed the accused just…
THE high-voltage race for the post of the British prime minister seems to have been hit by the China factor even though the respective camps of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in the ruling Conservative Party did not want a hard stance on countries such as China and Russia to…
CHINESE president Xi Jinping on Monday (25) congratulated his Indian counterpart Droupadi Murmu on assuming office, saying he stands ready to work with her to enhance political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation and properly handle differences. In a congratulatory message, Xi pointed out that China and India are important neighbours…
CHINA represents the "largest threat" to Britain and the world's security and prosperity this century and there is evidence to suggest it has targeted countries from the US to India, UK prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said on Monday (25). The 42-year-old former Chancellor set out a series of plans…
SOURCES in Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday (25) said an attempt was made by Ukraine's Main Directorate Intelligence to hijack Russia's Aerospace Forces aircraft with backing of the western intelligence and primarily the British special services, Russia's state-run TASS news agency said citing another channel report. "It is…
ON the eve of demitting the office of the Indian president Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday (24) urged citizens to contemplate Mahatma Gandhi's life and teachings at least for a few minutes every day. In his farewell address to the nation, Kovind, who was succeeded by Droupadi Murmu as India's…
PARTHA CHATTERJEE, a leader of India's Trinamool Congress (TMC), one of the country's major opposition parties, who was arrested on Saturday (23) by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a teacher recruitment scam in the eastern city of Kolkata, has a luxury flat exclusively for his pet dogs. The investigative…
