• Monday, February 24, 2025

Xavi feels Barca starlets Yamal, Cubarsi can define world football…

XAVI Hernandez, the coach of Barcelona, on Friday (29) opined that teenage talents Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi have the potential to shape an entire era in world football. Yamal's impressive performance against Brazil in a recent friendly for Spain, along with Cubarsi's debut for La Roja against Colombia last…

‘Racist’ cartoon, posts target Indian crew of vessel that rammed…

AFTER six people were presumed to be dead after a cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday (26), a wave of racist posts and memes against Indians flooded the social media since it was reported that the entire crew of the vessel, Dali, were…

Tech can play big role in agriculture, education, health: Modi…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (29) pinpointed agriculture, education, and health as the three sectors where he sees the promise in leveraging technology the most. During a 45-minute-long discussion with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at his official residence in New Delhi on various topics such as…

India, Ukraine foreign ministers discuss global, bilateral issues

THE foreign ministers of India and Ukraine held talks in New Delhi on Friday (29) as part of a bilateral agreement and amid a two-year military conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the latter's soil. They also discussed global and regional matters. Both Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and…

Savitri Jindal, India’s richest woman, joins Modi’s BJP after quitting…

INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received a shot in the arm on Thursday (28) when Savitri Jindal, the country's richest woman, joined it after quitting the opposition Indian National Congress the day before. The 84-year-old, who is a former minister in the northern state of Haryana, took the step…

India railway minister shares bullet train’s ballastless track video

INDIAN railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday (28) shared on X a video of the country's first ballastless track system which is being developed for the bullet train project between the western cities of Mumbai, India's financial capital, and Ahmedabad. He said significant progress has been made for the mega…

IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant’s Delhi lose 2nd match in a…

RIYAN Parag's unbeaten 45-ball 84 propelled Rajasthan Royals to 185-5 and sealed a 12-run win over the Delhi Capitals in IPL on Thursday (28). Rishabh Pant-led Delhi won the toss and chose to field first and maintained a stranglehold over the game until the second half of the Royals' innings.…

United Nations reacts to Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest: ‘We hope that…

AFTER countries such as Germany and the US, the United Nations has spoken over the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, one of India's major opposition leaders and the chief minister of Delhi. A spokesperson for the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has said that the international body is optimistic that in…

Now, PhonePe users can now make UPI payments in UAE

HERE are news related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, March 28, 2024: Indian fintech firm PhonePe App users travelling to the UAE can now make payments using UPI at Mashreq's NEOPAY Terminals, the Walmart group digital payments firm said on Thursday. The transactions will be facilitated by the…

AI to take India IT sector to next level of…

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is set to take the Indian information technology (IT) sector to the next level of global services, the top official of a cyber security company said on Thursday (28), while addressing a global economic convention in Singapore. Addressing the Lokmat Global Economic Convention in Singapore, Prakash Jain,…