- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA on Friday (24) successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from an Indian naval ship off the coast of Chandipur in the eastern coastal state of Odisha. "Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) is successfully flight tested today by Defence Research…
SRI LANKA accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India Friday (24) as the island-nation battles an unprecedented economic crisis that has left supermarket shelves and pharmacy cabinets empty. A critical shortage of foreign currency has left Sri Lanka unable to pay for enough imported food, fuel and medicines…
THE Supreme Court of India on Friday (24) dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Indian National Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then chief minister of Gujarat and currently the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi,…
REBEL leader Eknath Shinde is appearing to be holding a tight grip on the Shiv Sena, as the strength of the members of legislative assembly (MLAs) supporting him is expected to cross 50 as more legislators are likely to reach Guwahati in the north-eastern state of Assam on Friday (24)…
ENGLNAD spinner Adil Rashid is set to miss his country's white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of Islam, the Hajj is meant to be undertaken by all Muslims who are able and have…
CONTINUING with her anti-India tirade, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has introduced a resolution that calls the US Secretary of State to designate India as a country of particular concern for alleged violation of religious freedom. Co-sponsored by Congresswomen Rashida Talib and Juan Vargas, the resolution urges the Biden administration to…
THE Gupta brothers, who have been accused of corruption in South Africa, siphoned off along with their related firms nearly R73 billion (£3.7 billion) from the African nation’s government through state capture and the figure might not still be the exact one. The Guptas were recently arrested in the United…
INDIA'S bowlers choked the Sri Lankan women’s team after Jemimah Rodrigues’s vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory in the first T20 International in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on Thursday (23). The visitors took 1-0 lead in a three-match series with the win. Defending a modest 139, left-arm…
MEMBER countries of the BRICS grouping on Thursday (23) issued a declaration stating that they discussed the situation in Ukraine and supported the negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. The Beijing Declaration of the XIV BRICS summit issued on Thursday reads: "We have discussed the situation in Ukraine and recall our…
BULLDOZERS often make the headlines in India’s media circles nowadays but not for the right reasons. In a number of states ruled by the Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), properties of people belong to the minority community and accused of rioting have been targeted by the giant machine. Such…
