- Thursday, February 27, 2025
GLASGOW on Wednesday (29) said it would return seven Indian cultural artefacts looted during British colonial rule, calling it a first for a UK museum service. Six of the items were stolen from northern India in the 1800s, and a seventh was illegally purchased after being stolen from its original…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will release the assessment report of the States and Union Territories under 'Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), 2020' in the presence of Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday (30). The BRAP report includes 301 reform points that cover 15 business regulatory areas such as…
THE Economic Survey of India revealed that at least 14,000 new start-ups were recognized by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) under the Indian commerce and industry ministry in the fiscal year 2022 alone, rising by 20 times in the past five years. This extraordinary figure…
THE cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to have an extended 10-week window in the next international calendar to allow top cricketers from across the world to take part in the popular T20 tournament. Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), confirmed…
FORMER England captain Kevin Pietersen has warned the Three Lions that their Test match against India at Edgbaston starting July 1 will not be easy despite the recent 3-0 win they scripted over Test world champions New Zealand at home. The match between England and India will be the fifth…
THE Election Commission of India on Wednesday (29) announced that elections, if needed, to choose the next vice president of India will be held on August 6. It said that the counting of votes will also take place on the same day. The last date for nominations for the vice…
THE rupee depreciated 18 paise to close at a record low of 79.03 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday (29), weighed down by persistent foreign capital outflows, a strong dollar overseas and surge in crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 78.86…
A DAY after a Hindu tailor was brutally murdered by two self-radicalised Muslim men in a busy market area in broad daylight in Udaipur in the north-western Indian state of Maharashtra, Arif Mohammad Khan, the governor of southern state Kerala made an explosive observation. The veteran leader said on Wednesday…
THE Bangladesh police have arrested two men for social media posts deemed critical of a new bridge that had been trumpeted by the government as one of its greatest achievements. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge was inaugurated on the weekend in a ceremony attended by almost a million people, after a…
PROMINENT Muslim organisations have condemned the the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur, calling it "un-Islamic" and asserting that no person has the right to take law into one's hands. Bodies like All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind issued statements condemning the murder of Kanhaiya…
