- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (16) took part in the reception ceremony of ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaals’ at the National War Memorial in New Delhi on the occasion of the 50th Vijay Diwas. He was accompanied by defence minister Rajnath Singh. The prime minister also laid a wreath at…
THE Narendra Modi cabinet on Wednesday (15) passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage of women in India from 18 to 21 years, as it is in case of men. The move came more than a year after prime minister Narendra Modi had announced in his Independence…
US E-COMMERCE giant Amazon has told the Competition Commission of India, the country’s antitrust body, that revoking its 2019 deal with Future Group would send a wrong signal to foreign investors and allow local retail behemoth Reliance to “further restrict competition”, Reuters reported citing a legal document. The CCI is…
INDIA'S Chief Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday (15) said the concept of investigative journalism is fast vanishing in the Indian media landscape. To back his claim, the top judge said while newspapers earlier used to expose scandals creating ripples in the society, there are hardly any such explosive story nowadays.…
META (formerly Facebook) founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday (15) said India’s entrepreneurial spirit and massive scale is fuelling optimism about the future and the opportunities that the country presents to the outer world. Speaking at Meta’s Fuel for India 2021, Zuckerberg said he is excited about the role that India…
INDIA will take on Pakistan in their opening match of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, in Tauranga, New Zealand, on March 6. The showpiece event will kick off on March 4 at the same venue with hosts New Zealand taking on the West Indies.…
SERUM Institute of India (SII) has pledged £50 million to the University of Oxford for establishing a research campus that would also house the institute behind the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 jab, Reuters reported. SII is the world’s largest vaccine-manufacturer. The university on Wednesday (15) said the investment was made through Serum…
THE Narendra Modi cabinet on Wednesday (15) approved a budget of Rs 76,000 crore (£7.5 billion) for designing and manufacturing semiconductor chips in India. The country’s information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur confirmed that the cabinet has sanctioned the amount for the project named ‘Programme for Development of Semiconductors and…
PERSONAL trainer and wellness coach Lavina Mehta was on Tuesday (14) awarded an MBE at the Windsor Castle for services to health and fitness during Covid-19 pandemic with a special focus on the Asian community and elderly people. The 43-year-old Mehta from Watford, who is also a noted speaker, has…
THE High Court in London on Tuesday (14) began hearing jeweller Nirav Modi's appeal on the grounds of his mental health against extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering. Modi is accused of defaulting on loans estimated to be worth $2 billion from Punjab National Bank…
