- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
RETIRING once was a less-strenuous job for sportspersons as it marked a definite conclusion to their journey -- big or small. But nowadays, even finishing off the journey, especially for those who had it big, is not easy. In the world of cricket, especially, quitting is not an easy decision,…
THE world will not respect our indigenously developed weapons unless we do it ourselves, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Monday (18). Speaking at Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) seminar 'Swavlamban' at Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, Modi said, "If you do not give love and respect…
THE Indian opposition seemed to have received yet another blow over the presidential election which was held on Monday (18) as one top leader from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh claimed that a large number of legislators of the Samajwadi Party (SP), one of the major anti-Bharatiya Janata Party…
WHILE experts have expressed concerns over the falling Indian rupee vis-a-vis the US dollar, the country's finance minister has pointed out various factors such as the Ukraine war and rising crude oil prices that have caused the currency to witness the fall. Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (18) said in a…
INDIAN traders and shopkeepers will hold a nationwide protest next week against a hike in taxes on a range of products and services, including food grains and household items, that went into effect on Monday (18), a top official of a leading traders’ group said. "The 5% tax on a…
THE Indian parliament, which saw the beginning of the monsoon session of the year on Monday (18), paid special tributes to late Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe before the procedures kicked off officially. Om Birla, the speaker of the Lok Sabha or Lower House of…
ACE England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Monday (18) announced his decision to quit one-day internationals (ODIs) saying the game against South Africa in Durham on Tuesday (19) will be his final fixture in the format as he could not give 100 per cent in the same anymore. The 31-year-old, who…
ARVIND Kejriwal, the chief minister of the Indian state of Delhi, on Monday (18) demanded the Narendra Modi government to withdraw the Goods and Services Tax (GST) it has freshly imposed on pre-packed and labelled food items. "The entire country is facing a steep price rise and the Centre has…
VIETNAM'S budget airline VietJet Aviation will launch 13 new routes between the Southeast Asian country and India later this year, the company said on Monday (18), noting it also planned to add more Airbus A330 planes. The new routes to be launched from early September to early December will link…
INDIA'S real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the 2022-23 financial year is likely to be above seven per cent, despite global headwinds, the country's junior finance minister told the parliament on Monday (18). In a written response to a lawmaker's query in the Lok Sabha or the Lower House…
