• Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Modi government to launch Brand India Campaign

WITH India’s outbound shipments set to cross $400 billion in the current fiscal, the country’s commerce ministry is thinking of launching Brand India Campaign to give a momentum to exports of services and products in new markets, an official source said. The campaign would be an “umbrella campaign” for promoting…

2nd Test: Shardul wrecks South Africa, breaks Donald record

INDIA seamer Shardul Thakur on Tuesday (4) excelled with the ball against South Africa in the second Test match at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and took seven wickets for 61 runs to prevent the hosts from taking a big lead. India were 85 for 2 at stumps on Day…

Message to China? Indian Army unfurls Tricolour in Galwan Valley…

THE Indian Army personnel unfurled the Tricolour in Galwan Valley in Ladakh on the occasion of New Year. According to sources in the security establishment, the personnel hoisted the National Flag on New Year’s Eve. The move took place amid reports in the media that claimed that Chinese troops displayed…

India challenges WTO panel ruling on sugar export subsidies

INDIA has appealed against a ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) trade dispute settlement panel which said that the country’s domestic support measures for sugar and sugarcane are inconsistent with global trade norms, an official said. The appeal was filed by India in the WTO’s appellate body, which is…

Shardul Thakur’s 5-for makes 2nd Test vs SA interesting

INDIA seamer Shardul Thakur picked a five-wicket haul on the second day of the second Test match against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday (4) to help his team claw back into the game after the visitors were skittled out for 202 runs on the first…

Indian student arrested for Muslim women’s fake auction

INDIAN cops have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a controversial app that shared photographs of more than 100 women from the minority Muslim community saying they were on “sale”. The accused is an engineering student from Bengaluru, India’s information technology capital, and his identity was not revealed. The…

Mumbai mayor warns about lockdown as Covid cases rise

WITH Covid-19 cases going up fast in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai, the Maximum City’s mayor on Tuesday (4) said if the daily cases cross 20,000-mark, lockdown will be imposed in the city. “We will have to impose lockdown in Mumbai if daily COVID cases…

Covid: Delhi imposes weekend curfew, CM Kejriwal tests positive

AUTHORITIES in Delhi on Tuesday (4) asked people to stay indoors over coming weekends after Covid-19 cases quadrupled in a week with the state’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he was also affected by the virus just a day after addressing an election rally without wearing the mask. Kejriwal, who…

Northeast will become India’s major growth driver: Modi

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (4) said the country’s northeastern states will become major drivers of growth in the coming years with Manipur as the main source of the growth trajectory. Modi said this while addressing an inauguration programme of development projects in Imphal, the capital of Manipur…

Dubai’s Emaar Group to build shopping mall in J&K

DUBAI-BASED realty firm Emaar Properties on Monday (3) said it will develop a five-lakh (0.5 million) square feet shopping mall in Srinagar, the summer capital of the northern Indian union territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the governments of Dubai and…