- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIAN foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has raised matters related to the country’s security with the State Administration Council of the eastern neighbour of Myanmar in a first high-level outreach to the ruling military junta there. The envoy, who is on a two-day working visit to Naypyidaw, the capital of…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (23) chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the country along with the Omicron variant and asked officials to ensure that health systems in the states are strengthened to meet any challenge posed by the new variant. Modi passed the…
THE much-debated anti-conversion bill in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, officially called Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, was passed by the state’s legislative assembly on Thursday (23) amid much din. The opposition Indian National Congress opposed the bill calling it “anti people”, “inhuman”, “anti-constitutional”,…
THE STATE BANK OF INDIA (UK) Ltd has launched a range of green mortgage products for applicants who are purchasing or re-mortgaging property that has an ‘A’ or a ‘B’ EPC rating. With an urgent need to increase the current rate of energy efficient building renovation from 1 to 3…
THE school curriculum in the western Indian state of Gujarat is set to witness the introduction of Vedic mathematics, considered an easier and faster way of solving arithmetic problems, from the next academic year, the state government has said. State education minister Jitu Vaghani made the announcement on Wednesday (22)…
THE Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston (EGMH) has received a grant of $475,000 (£353,708) from Fort Bend County in Texas under the American Rescue Plan and it would make a major contribution towards completing the construction of the first museum in the United States dedicated to preserve and promote Mahatma Gandhi’s…
ONE person was killed while five suffered serious injuries in a blast that took place inside a court complex in the city of Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Thursday (23) afternoon. The chief minister of the poll-bound state, Charanjit Singh Channi, said the blast was carried…
A NEWBORN baby in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh was left to fend for herself in a cold night without any clothing but she was ‘saved’ by some adorable puppies and their mother who cuddled close to her to keep her warm. It has been reported that the child…
FRANCHISE cricket has done women’s cricket a world of good and a full-fledged Indian Premier League (IPL) is the “next step” for its growth, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine feels. While a women’s IPL is still not a reality, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hosts a…
AIR FRANCE-KLM and India’s IndiGo on Thursday (23) announced that they have reached a codeshare agreement that allows each airline to sell seats on the other’s flights. Under the new partnership, Air France and KLM will offer their customers access to 25 new destinations in India, a joint statement revealed.…
