- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
THE income tax department Wednesday (6) conducted searches at the premises of pharmaceutical company Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of Dolo-650 tablet in Bengaluru, India, which was widely used by Covid-19 patients during the last over two years, on charges of alleged tax evasion. Officials said the department is looking…
SRI LANKA will hold road shows in five key Indian cities to attract more visitors from its populous northern neighbour in a bid to bring more foreign currency into the crisis-hit island, its tourism minister said on Wednesday (6). Known for its rolling hills, pristine beaches and laidback seaside towns,…
A VOLUMINOUS dossier by the Indian Army has brought to the fore Pakistan’s terror designs aimed at India, the country’s India Today website has reported. The publication has reported that the 33-page dossier shows in details how the Pakistani establishment, including its army, conducts infiltration bids across the border with…
HERE are news in brief about Indian economy and business for Wednesday, July 6, 2022: RBI announces measures to boost forex inflows amid rupee’s fall: India’s central bank -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) -- on Wednesday announced measures to boost foreign exchange (forex) inflows amid the rupee’s slump.…
AUSTRALIA is seeing a major shift in its religious, demographic and cultural character, the country’s 2021 census has confirmed. It is for the first time in the history that in Australia, those who identify themselves as Christians, have now reduced into a minority with just 44 per cent, a decline…
WITH the Rajya Sabha term of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi ending on Thursday (7), the BJP will have no Muslim member of parliament (MP) among its 395 MPs. Naqvi, who resigned from the cabinet on Wednesday (6), was among the three BJP Muslim MPs whose term…
MAHARASHTRA chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday (6) hit back at his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, also from his own party Shiv Sena, by referring to his past as an auto-rickshaw driver and said “auto-rickshaw has left Mercedes behind”. In an exclusive interview with Asian News International, Shinde, who took oath…
AFTER the big blow of losing his chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid in quick succession, a flurry of junior ministerial and government aide resignations hit embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (6) as he fought the latest challenge to his leadership. Will Quince, who was…
FOR the first time in more than 110 years of Uttar Pradesh's Legislative Council, the country's oldest party Congress will have no representative as its only member in the state's Upper House is set to retire on Wednesday. The Uttar Pradesh legislative council had come into existence in 1887 and…
FOR former UK chancellor of exchequer Rishi Sunak, the case of ministers being briefed incorrectly about the appointment of a member of the British parliament known for misconduct to a key government post proved too much. While the 42-year-old, who is the first Indian-origin politician to hold the high UK…
