- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
AS many as 1,578 people have died in elephant attacks in the country in the last three years, with Odisha recording 322 such deaths, according to data shared by the country's environment ministry in Lok Sabha of the Lower House of the parliament on Tuesday (19). The ministry said 585…
AMERICAN economist Steve Hanke on Tuesday (19) slammed the firing of a civic service staff member in India for carrying pictures of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. The incident happened in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (16). In a tweet,…
KERALA police on Tuesday (19) registered a case in connection with an alleged incident in which a student was asked to remove her innerwear before appearing for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) in the state's Kollam district. A case was registered under sections 354 and 509 of the Indian…
FORMER England skipper Nasser Hussain has slammed the crammed cricket calendar and termed it "madness for players" after star all-rounder and 2019 Word Cup final hero Ben Stokes abruptly decided to retire from one-day internationals (ODIs). The 31-year-old shocked everyone with the announcement. He said playing three formats had become…
Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh, known for crooning classics like 'Naam Gum Jayega' and 'Dil Dhoondta Hai', died on Monday (18) due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a city hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said. He was 82. During his decades-long journey in the film industry, the…
THREE candidates were nominated Tuesday (19) to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his residence. The winner will take charge of a bankrupt nation that is in talks with the IMF for a bailout, with its 22 million…
THE Indian rupee fell to more than 80 per US dollar for the first time on record Tuesday (19), as the greenback extended its rally and foreign capital outflows intensified. The rupee hit 80.0600 against the greenback soon after trading started, compared with the previous close of 79.9775, Bloomberg data…
LEGENDARY India batter Sunil Gavaskar feels he can help the out-of-form Virat Kohli regain touch by sorting his batting woes, especially his weakness outside off stump. Kohli is enduring a wretched run with the bat and has failed to score a century since November 2019. He could manage just 76…
HERE are some news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, July 18, 2022. Reliance Jio Infocomm has put in Rs 14,000 crore (£1.46 billion) as earnest money deposit (EMD), more than half of the amount submitted by the bidders for the 5G spectrum auction, official data…
INDIA reported the second confirmed monkeypox case from Kannur district on Monday (18), confirmed officials from the country's health ministry and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). As per Kerala Health minister's office, a 31-year-old male has been infected with the virus. He is undergoing treatment in Pariyaram Medical College…
