- Thursday, February 27, 2025
THE French Development Agency (AFD) said on Wednesday it committed Rs 20,103 crore (2,512 million euro or £2.08 billion) investments to various projects in India during the year 2021. The French Development Agency published its 2021 financial results, highlighting 995 new projects financed to the tune of 12.15 billion euros…
Here are the top news in brief from India on Wednesday, June 22, 2022: Crisis in Maharashtra snowballs, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray says he is ready to quit but sets condition: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday (22) offered to quit and extended an olive branch to rebel Shiv Sena…
WITH the political crisis in the western Indian state of Maharashtra snowballing and could eventually see the collapse of the current Shiv Sena-led MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Development Front) coalition government, an Indian actor started trending on Twitter. With the ruling party witnessing a serious internal trouble and…
THE parents of Sai Charan Nakka, who died following an apparent gunshot wound in the US, said on Wednesday (22) they did not want their son to go to the US, leaving them here and insisted that firearm licences should not be given "indiscriminately" by the US government to its…
WHILE India is a key member of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) forum, it also faced a big challenge in the bloc as it has two major anti-US forces in its ranks, namely, Russia and China. Since New Delhi has gone closer to Washington in recent years,…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan on Wednesday (22) urged the government to provide free NHS care for everyone living in the UK to prevent another potential Windrush scandal. On Windrush Day (June 22), Khan called for an end to the NHS charging regulations for migrants which impacts undocumented Londoners as they…
RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (22) said Moscow supports the draft BRICS’ Beijing Initiative during his welcome address to BRICS Business Forum, Russian news agency TASS reported. Putin, who is currently under the world’s scanner over his country’s invasion of Ukraine, said, “Russia supports the draft Beijing Initiative to…
VICTORIA has become the earliest state in Australia to ban the public display of ‘Swastika’ -- the Nazi symbol – for its role in anti-semitism and hate. According to NRI Affairs website, the Summary Offences Amendment (Nazi Symbol Prohibition) Bill 2022 was cleared on Tuesday (21) and it makes the…
INDIAN National Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was hospitalised for over a week for COVID-19 complications, on Wednesday (22) wrote to the Enforcement Directorate seeking postponement of her appearance in the National Herald case by a few weeks till she recovers completely. The 75-year-old Congress leader, who was discharged from…
JAMIE Overton will make his England Test debut in the third and final match of the New Zealand series at Headingley, captain Ben Stokes announced Wednesday (22). Overton replaces fellow paceman James Anderson after England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker was ruled out with an ankle injury. England have an unassailable…
