- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
EMBATTLED Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the crisis-ravaged island-nation with his wife and security on Wednesday (13) to the Maldives, was heading to Singapore after spending a day in Male, the Maldivian capital, the Press Trust of India reported. Sources also said that Rajapaksa departed from the Maldives…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will join US president Joe Biden, his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates president Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the first virtual summit of the four-nation grouping 'I2U2' on Thursday (14). The leaders are expected to discuss joint economic projects to bolster…
RUSSIA'S first India-bound cargo reached the Iranian territory on Tuesday (12) via the North-South transit railway, the West Asian nation's IRNA news agency said, citing its roads and urban development minister Rostam Ghasemi. As per the report, the train carrying 39 freight containers entered Iran through the Sarkhas railway station…
INDIA'S trade with Sri Lanka has nearly stopped following the unrest in the island nation, leaving exporters worried about their payments. "Our exports and imports have come to a complete standstill. Exporters are very cautious because of the political crisis and payment issues," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) vice-chairman…
POLICE officers in a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh -- the country's most populous one -- were shocked to see an auto-rickshaw, a three-wheel commercial vehicle -- carrying as many as 27 people of different ages. A video tweeted by a journalist showed the passengers --…
ACE India batter Virat Kohli, who was not part of the playing XI that obliterated England in the first one-day international (ODI) at the Oval on Tuesday (12), is likely to miss the second match at the Lord's on Thursday (14). The 33-year-old former India captain, who is having the…
MILITANCY in Kashmir will not end until the government wins the hearts of the people in the Valley and seeks a solution by talking to Pakistan, National Conference president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday (13). Condemning the killing of a police officer…
Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani will continue to influence mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in India as the nation's richest people look for targets to diversify their businesses, Barclays Plc has said, Bloomberg reported. “We’ve seen both Adani and the Reliance Group have ventured into several newer areas,” Pramod…
WITH the investor interest in startups as investment continues to grow, Surat is fast solidifying its position as the startup investment hub of western Indian state of Gujarat. It was evident when over 300 investors from across the country participated in the first-of-its-kind 'Startup Investment Summit 2022' organised on the…
HERE are some news related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, July 13, 2022: Kerala, the southern Indian state with a strong diaspora all over the world, stands to benefit from the continuing fall of the Indian rupee against the dollar and West Asian currencies, as it is expected…
