- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA on Friday (28) said that it pursues an independent foreign policy which also applies to its defence acquisitions and supplies that are guided by national interest. The ministry of external affairs said this a day after the United States expressed concern over New Delhi buying the S-400 missile system…
THE Narendra Modi government on Friday (28) appointed Dr V Anantha Nageswaran as the new chief economic advisor (CEA). His appointment came just days ahead of the presentation of the national budget on February 1. The CEA, who is a secretary-rank official attached to the country’s finance ministry, is traditionally…
ALPHABET Inc’s Google is set to invest up to $1 billion (£746 million) in Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel as the US technology giant expands its base in India. The development sent shares of Airtel as much as 6.6 per cent higher on Friday (28). The investment is…
INDIA and five Central Asian countries on Thursday (27) said they would form a joint working group for giving aid to Afghanistan to deal with its humanitarian crisis and the issue of granting recognition to the Taliban who stormed back to power in Kabul last August, an Indian official said.…
RAHUL GANDHI, former president of the Indian National Congress -- the country’s main opposition party – has complained to social media giant Twitter about “strange” activity on his account and accused it of being the “unwitting” ally of the Narendra Modi government in curbing free speech. The 51-year-old leader wrote…
INDIA'S BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) on Friday (28) signed a contract worth $375 million (£280 million) with the Philippines’ national defence department for the supply of shore-based anti-ship missile system to the South-east Asian archipelagic states, Indian defence ministry said. The BAPL is a joint-venture company of India’s Defence…
DAYS after Saurashtra captain and left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat said that lack of practice in red ball has started diminishing both batters’ and bowlers’ skills with the red cherry, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri said the Ranji Trophy is the backbone of Indian cricket and the premier domestic…
THE upcoming World Cup in women’s 50-over cricket will go ahead as per schedule across six venues in New Zealand starting March 4, tournament chief executive officer Andrea Nelson has said. On Sunday (23), New Zealand’s bilateral series for the rest of the season were shifted to a condensed list…
A DAY after India’s national carrier Air India was handed over to Tata Group, Indian civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday (28) said a 69-year-old mistake has been corrected. He said the mistake had started through the wrong step of nationalising an airline that belonged to the private sector.…
INDIAN scientists have spotted thousands of tracks on Mars' surface created by tumbling boulders, India Today reported. Scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad believe that these boulder tracks can be used to pinpoint recent seismic activity on the planet, the report added. Dr S Vijayan, assistant professor with…
