- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
A KEY panel of the US Congress has voted in favour of Eric M Garcetti, the mayor of the city of Los Angeles, to become the country’s ambassador to India. US president Joe Biden nominated Garcetti as his envoy to India last July. If confirmed by the Senate, the 50-year-old…
The UK government on Thursday (13) announced the launch of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with India, calling it as a “golden opportunity” to put British businesses at the “front of the queue” of the Indian economy. British prime minister Boris Johnson said an FTA would take London’s historic partnership…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (12) offered "heartfelt apologies" for attending a lockdown-breaching party held in his Downing Street garden, but deflected calls to resign. It comes a day after he skipped an urgent question session in the Commons, instead sending Paymaster General Michael Ellis to answer on…
NEW DELHI on Tuesday (12) ordered the closure of non-essential offices and restaurants and bars due to the rising Covid-19 cases but at the same time, offered free online yoga classes to those who are in home quarantine. Authorities in India fear that a devastating wave like that of April-May…
APPLE Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday (12), more than three weeks after it was closed because of protests over workers falling sick. An official of the company said on condition of anonymity that the factory reopened with one shift and 120 workers…
JASPRIT Bumrah made a memorable return to Cape Town, the venue where he had made his Test debut four years earlier, on Wednesday (12) when he picked a five-wicket haul to bring India back into the third and deciding Test against South Africa. The visitors bowled out the Proteas for…
THE Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (12) said investigations into the alleged security breach that left prime minister Narendra Modi’s convoy stranded on a flyover in the poll-bound state of Punjab for 20 minutes last week will be led by a retired judge, Justice Indu Malhotra. Officials of India’s…
AS UK secretary of state for international trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday (12) to formally kick-start free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, business and industry chiefs on both sides on Tuesday were ecstatic over a “win-win” deal. Trevelyan is set to meet India’s commerce and industry…
INDIAN actor Siddharth on Tuesday (11) apologised to ace badminton player Saina Nehwal after being accused of making sexist remarks against the latter. He made the remarks against Nehwal in response to her observation on the recent controversy around the alleged compromise of the security of prime minister Narendra Modi…
THE Indian Army will continue to deal with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in a firm and resolute manner in eastern Ladakh and it has been maintaining the highest level of operational preparedness in the region, Indian Army chief general MM Naravane on Wednesday (12) said. Speaking at a press…
