TWO Indian brothers and their Indian-American friend have been charged in the US in the first-ever cryptocurrency insider trading scheme in which they made illicit profits totalling over a million dollars. Ishan Wahi, 32, and his brother Nikhil Wahi, 26, are citizens of India and were residing in Seattle while…
STORIES of couples succeeding with commendable team work are not rare but a duo from the southern Indian state of Kerala have perhaps beaten them all. Giri Gopinath and Thara have recently stolen all the limelight on social media for the reason that they operate a government bus in Alappuzha…
ACE Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who made history last year by winning an Olympic gold in Tokyo, on Friday (22) created another history by qualifying for the final of the men's javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships with his first throw at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon,…
SENIOR Sri Lankan politician Dinesh Gunawardena was on Friday (22) sworn in as the 15th prime minister of the island-nation which is currently witnessing an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to civil unrest and political instability. The 73-year-old, who was once a schoolmate of president Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took…
HERE are some news in brief related to India's economy and business for Thursday, July 21, 2022: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its growth forecast for India to 7.2 per cent for 2022-23 from a projection of 7.5 per cent made in April, citing higher than anticipated inflation…
GREEN finance could become a bright and robust strand of the growing India-US economic relations in the next 25 years, India’s envoy in Washington has said, asserting that the two countries have the intent and will to lead the global fight against climate change. The green economy is diverse globally,…
THE three Indian states of Karnataka, Telangana and Haryana have been ranked as the top three among major States in Indian government think tank NITI Aayog's third innovation index. NITI Aayog's India Innovation index 2021 examines innovation capacities and ecosystems at the sub-national level. The index, released by NITI Aayog's…
INDIA remained witness to a historic moment on Thursday (21) when Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from the eastern state of Odisha, emerged victorious in the country's presidential election defeating opponent Yashwant Sinha by a big margin. The 64-year-old's win was not unexpected for many quarters, given the support she…
DROUPADI Murmu, who was backed by the National Democratic Alliance led by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, is set to be elected as the 15th president of India, having already got 50 per cent of the total value of valid votes at the end of the third…
MAHARASHTRA deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured Fukahori Yasukata, the consul general of Japan in state capital Mumbai, of fast-tracking infrastructure projects like bullet train, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Fadnavis, a former chief minister of the state but now is serving as deputy to chief…