- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
ARVIND Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and the convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Thursday (21) promised that his party will provide free electricity up to 300 units per month if it is voted to power in the western state of Gujarat where polls are due later…
SRI LANKA, one of Asia's top cricket-playing nations, have withdrawn as a host for the Asia Cup tournament in August-September citing its ongoing crisis. According to reports, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the island-nation's cricket-governing body, told the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) about its inability to host the contest which…
THE counting of votes to elect India's 15th president was underway on Thursday (20) and Droupadi Murmu, the candidate nominated by the National Democratic Alliance led by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), looked favourite to win as she led her opponent Yashwant Sinha, a former cabinet minister, in the…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden is known for his regular faux pas and on Wednesday (20), his audience remained witness to yet another one. The Democratic leader, who would turn 80 this November, appeared to claim in a speech he made at a former coal plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, over climate…
AS many as 75 parliamentarians of India's opposition Indian National Congress, including leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha or Upper House of the parliament Mallikarjun Kharge, former ministers such as P Chidambaram, Shashi Tharoor and others and several workers were detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday (21) for holding…
LIZ Truss, the British foreign secretary who will lock horns with Rishi Sunak for the post of the country's prime minister Boris Johnson who stepped down earlier this month, started off her campaign with a blunder on Wednesday (20). The 46-year-old Truss, who overtook rival Penny Mordaunt, the minister of…
SRI LANKA'S six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday (21) as president of the crisis-hit island nation, with plans to form a unity government to manage the turmoil. The 73-year-old veteran politician, who was overwhelmingly elected as head of state in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, took his oath…
INDIA Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara emulated a feat of one of the most celebrated Indian batsmen of all time in scoring a double century for Sussex against Middlesex at Lord's on Wednesday (20). The last Sussex batsman to post a double century at the Home of Cricket was India opener…
THE West Indies and India commence a three-match One-Day International series at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Friday (22) with the visitors, even without their most prominent players, favoured to get the better of a struggling home side. Fresh from a 2-1 series triumph in England, the Indians have…
HERE are some news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, July 20, 2022: India's central bank -- the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is ready to sell a sixth of its foreign exchange reserves to defend the rupee against a rapid depreciation after it plumbed record…
