• Thursday, February 27, 2025

System being created in India where there is no discrimination:…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (20) said an India whose thinking and approach are new and decisions progressive is emerging. Speaking at an event, he said that a system is being created in which there is no place for any discrimination. Delivering the keynote address at the national…

No Indian in ICC men’s T20 & one-day teams of…

No Indian cricketer found a place in the men’s T20 and one-day international teams of the year for 2021 which have been unveiled by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan captain Babar Azam was chosen as the captain of both the curated teams. In the T20 international team, besides Azam,…

In India’s MP, Hindutva activists drag Muslim man travelling with…

IN a shocking incident, a Muslim man and a married Hindu woman who were travelling together were forced to get off from a train by members of the Hindu right-wing Bajrang Dal and handed over the railway police personnel. It happened on January 14 in Ujjain in the central Indian…

5G: Air India resumes 6 India-US flights after Boeing clearance

INDIA'S national carrier Air India said on Thursday (20) that it resumed six India-US flights on Boeing B777 aircraft the same day after the plane manufacturer gave clearance to fly them. The carrier had cancelled as many as eight flights on routes to the US on Wednesday (19) due to…

India seeks Chinese Army assistance to locate missing youth

THE Indian Army has sought cooperation from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to trace a missing boy on their side and return him under the established protocol, sources in the country’s defence establishment said on Thursday (20). The boy, Miram Taron, hails from the north-eastern most state of Arunachal Pradesh,…

5G deployment hits US flight services, jeopardises travel

TRAVEL plans for thousands of passengers, including those travelling to India, were hampered after various airlines cancelled or curtailed some flights to and from the United States over the issue of deployment of new 5G service, scheduled to begin from Wednesday (19). Several international airlines, including Air India, announced that…

Omicron poses limited threat to Indian economy: economists

ECONOMISTS polled by news outlet Reuters feel that there is less downside risk to the Indian economy from the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the remaining months of the current financial year. They also said that the Indian government should focus on fiscal prudence in the upcoming budget on February…

1st one-day: South Africa thump India by 31 runs despite…

INDIA'S poor start in cricket in 2022 continued into the white-ball format as they lost to South Africa by 31 runs in the first match at Boland Park, Paarl, on Wednesday (19). Winning the toss and batting first, the home team scored 296 for 4 in 50 overs. In response,…

Lata Mangeshkar stable, says her spokesperson

LEGENDARY Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was admitted in the intensive care unit of Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra earlier this month, is reportedly stable, her spokesperson on Wednesday (19) said. The 92-year-old singer, who has sung several thousand of songs over the decades…

‘1993 Mumbai blasts crime syndicate enjoying 5-star treatment in Pakistan’

THE crime syndicate which is responsible for the serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 are enjoying five-star hospitality in Pakistan and given state protection, the Indian envoy at the United Nations has said in a veiled dig at D-company chief Dawood Ibrahim. T S Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to the…