- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIAN automaker Tata Motors said on Thursday (23) it was investigating an "isolated thermal incident", after a video on social media showed the company's electric car engulfed in flames. The video, which has gone viral, showed firefighters trying to put out the fire in Tata Motor's Nexon EV car in…
POLITICAL drama in India is not new. History is replete with instances where coalition governments failed to complete their full term, be it at the national or state level. There has been an instance in the past when a national government fell after losing a no-confidence motion by a solitary…
NEWSPACE India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play. Built by Indian Space Research Organisation for NSIL, the satellite was successfully placed into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5…
THE political drama in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has continued as the Shiv Sena, leader of the ruling MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Development Front) government has witnessed a serious internal crisis. Uddhav Thackeray, the state’s chief minister, has found himself engaged in an intense tug-of-war with…
ASSAM (Indian National) Congress parliamentarian Gaurav Gogoi hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (23) saying prime minister Narendra Modi should visit flood-hit Assam instead of toppling the Maharashtra government. "If there's a crisis, it's that of floods. BJP has gone blind for power. There're floods in…
CHINA National Space Administration (CNSA) has revealed more details on cooperation in joint observation and data-sharing of remote-sensing satellites among the members of the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – as the 14th BRICS summit kicked off in Beijing on Thursday (23), the host nation’s…
INDIA batter Cheteshwar Pujara said his spell in English county cricket with Sussex has enabled him to regain top form ahead of next week's rescheduled fifth Test against England. Pujara was dropped from India's Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka in March after a poor run with…
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (22) called for a strengthening of ties with the influential club of BRICS emerging economies, amid unprecedented Western sanctions imposed over Ukraine. "Businessmen of our countries are forced to develop their business under difficult conditions where Western partners neglect the basic principles of market…
TWITTER went abuzz on Wednesday (22) over a picture shared by controversial Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya showing himself and ace West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle from a party held in the UK. Mallya, who used to own the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for which Gayle played…
INDIA's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), its former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, director Dheeraj Wadhawan and others for bank fraud of Rs 34,615 crore (£3.6 billion), making it the biggest such case probed by the agency, officials said Wednesday (22). Following the registration of…
