- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
INDIA has extended by two weeks a deadline for the export of 800,000 tonnes of sugar as annual monsoon rains make it tough for many producers to move stocks from factories to ports, the government said on Friday (8). Mills in the country are now allowed to export the sweetener…
HERE are economy and business some news in brief from India for Friday, July 8, 2022: India’s first dedicated branch for start-ups to come up in Bengaluru: The State Bank of India (SBI) and Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would enable…
WHILE the Chinese government on Friday (8) expressed shock and sympathy over the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in the city of Nara in Japan during a campaign rally by an armed individual, the country’s netizens gloated calling for “champagne celebrations”. Abe was shot while delivering his…
IN a fresh twist to the Nupur Sharma controversy, hackers from Muslim-majority nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia have reportedly started a cyber war against India over the controversial remarks made by Sharma, a former spokesperson of the South Asian country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Prophet Muhammad. The…
THE Indian Railways has terminated the services of NHSRCL (National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited) managing director (MD) Satish Agnihotri who was in charge of the Narendra Modi government's prestigious bullet train project, senior officials said on Thursday (7). Rajendra Prasad, director, projects, NHSRCL, has been handed over the charge…
IN a shocking revelation, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has shown that while 307 crore people across the world could not afford a healthy diet in 2020, India is home to almost a third of this struggling population. To be more precise, 97 crore (0.97 billion) Indians…
IN a horrific incident, nine people, most of them tourists, were killed when the car they were travelling in was swept off a bridge by an overflowing river following heavy rains, police said. One was rescued alive. The tragedy took place in Ramnagar in Nainital in the northern Indian state…
THE Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is set to return to the physical format for its 2022 edition which will have legendary cricketer Kapil Dev as the guest of honour. The film gala will be held in the Victorian capital from August 12-20, both in person and virtually, the…
FORMER England spinner Graeme Swann feels India should send their B team for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia as the Asian giants have problems to address in the run-up to the marquee tournament. The 43-year-old’s remark came after India thrashed England by 50 runs in the first T20…
A CHINESE Air Force jet flew very close to a friction point in eastern Ladakh sector on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India border in the last week of June, reports revealed. The Indian Air Force responded to the incident swiftly as per standard operating procedures, it…
