• Thursday, February 27, 2025

Indian boy in UAE scores perfect 1600 in SAT test

AN Indian teen has created history in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, by scoring a perfect 1600 in the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) standardised test which is organised for university admissions in the United States. Ahaan Shetty, who is a Grade 11 student at GEMS Modern Academy in Dubai, answered…

Conspiracy to kill policemen: Indian actor gets court relief from…

THE high court of the southern Indian state of Kerala on Thursday (27) granted Malayalam actor Dileep and four others protection from arrest till February 2 in a case related to the alleged conspiracy to kill the police officers who had investigated the case of abduction and sexual assault of…

Covid times saw India’s business integrity slip: study

THE Covid-19 pandemic has posed direct challenges to healthcare and economy but there are also other negative impacts it has caused, one of them being a steep rise in fraud and unethical conduct which has hit the image of business integrity in India. According to EY’s Global Integrity Report 2022…

India’s renewable energy sector can employ 1m people by 2030:…

INDIA'S renewable energy sector has the potential to employ around a million people by 2030, a study has said, adding that most of the new jobs would be generated by small-scale renewable energy projects. If the estimate by the independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water…

China returned Arunachal teen to our army: Indian law minister

INDIAN law minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (27) said China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has handed over the missing teenager from the country’s north-eastern-most state of Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Army. On January 18, the 19-year-old Miriam Taron of Jido village in Upper Siang district of the state went…

Why not all Hindus in Uttar Pradesh are happy with…

COW vigilantism has turned out to be a burning issue in India’s socio-political life in which Hindu right-wing outfits have been mercilessly attacking those who have dared to ‘insult’ the animal considered sacred by the country’s majority community. But there is also a story on the other side and people…

US-Canada border deaths: Indian cops detain six

POLICE in the western Indian state of Gujarat have detained six people in a crackdown in connection to “illegal” immigration after four Indians were found dead in extreme cold conditions near the border between the United States and Canada last week, Reuters reported citing official sources. Several Indians, mostly from…

Job seekers burn train coaches down over ‘flawed’ Indian Railways…

THOUSANDS of youth in India have vented anger on empty train compartments this week by burning them down besides disrupting railway traffic to protest what they alleged irregularities in recruitment by the country’s huge railway ministry which is among one of the world’s biggest employers. Student bodies have called for…

Rohit Sharma returns to lead India against West Indies at…

ACE India opener Rohit Sharma, who has been picked as the country’s captain in the white-ball formats replacing Virat Kohli, has returned to lead the side in twin series coming up against the West Indies at home. The 34-year-old, who missed the recently concluded tour of South Africa because of…

Tata officially takes over Air India: ‘Delighted to have it…

INDIAN multinational conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday (27) officially took over the reins of national carrier Air India from the Indian government. N Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons who met prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of the official handover, said, “We are totally delighted to have Air India back…