- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIA'S Amul fresh milk is set to make its debut beyond the country's borders as the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) introduces four milk variants into the US market within a week. This move aims to serve the Indian diaspora and the Asian population. "We have been exporting dairy…
POLITICIANS quitting one party for another after being denied tickets to contest elections is not new in India. But now, a leader has made the headlines for leaving his party after it did not give his wife a ticket to contest the upcoming general elections. Bharat Chandra Narah, who has…
PAKISTANI foreign minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has announced that his country is contemplating the revival of trade relations with India, which have been inactive since August 2019. The declaration, made during a press conference in London after attending the Nuclear Energy Summit held in Brussels, Belgium, last week suggests a…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (25) said the outbreak of fire at a temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on the day of Holi, the Hindu festival of colour, was very painful and wished those injured a speedy recovery. The fire broke out in the 'garbha…
HOLI, the Hindu festival of colours, was being celebrated with pomp across India and abroad on Monday (25). People were smearing each other with vibrant colours and engaging in dance and music. In many places, dry Holi was being celebrated only with 'gulal' (powder colours) because of water scarcity. On…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by prime minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday (24) its fifth list of candidates for the general elections beginning on April 19 and they include names of prominent actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil and industrialist Naveen Jindal. Ranaut, who is a vocal…
GUJARAT Titans edged out Mumbai Indians by six runs in an IPL thriller on Sunday (24) as Hardik Pandya suffered a defeat as Mumbai captain after he controversially replaced Rohit Sharma. Rohit (43) and Dewald Brevis (46) shone in Mumbai's chase of their 169 target with a third-wicket stand of…
THE Indian defence minister, Rajnath Singh, on Sunday (24) joined soldiers of the Indian Army in Leh in the Himalayan Union Territory of Ladakh to celebrate Holi, the festival of colours. He commended the soldiers for their dedication in safeguarding the nation against adversaries despite facing harsh weather conditions. Originally…
THE fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in the northern state of Rajasthan on Sunday (24) remained witness to a bizarre incident. The match had to be stopped for some time…
INDIA'S external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday (23) rejected China's repeated claims on its north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh as "ludicrous" and asserted that the border state was a "natural part of India". In what was probably his first public remark on Beijing's frequent claims on Arunachal Pradesh and…
