- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIA'S biggest syringe and needle maker has urged prime minister Narendra Modi to scrap an order made to suspend production, part of a broader factory closure instructed by a state regulator to curb heavy pollution, Reuters reported. Syringe shortage in times of Covid vaccination? Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD)…
RETAIL giant Lulu has announced investment worth Rs 2,000 crore (£199 million) to develop a shopping mall near Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The United Arab Emirates-based company will investment as part of its plans to expand business in India, Mint reported. The Lulu Group has signed…
FORMER India batter VVS Laxman praised Australia spinner Nathan Lyon after he became the first off-spinner outside Asia to complete 400 wickets in Tests on Saturday (11) when he took the wicket of England’s Dawid Malan in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. In a tweet on the same day,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised” and was secured later after the issue was escalated to the social media giant, the prime minister’s office (PMO) on Sunday (12) said. Modi is one of the most followed world leaders with more than 73 million followers on…
MANOHAR Lal Khattar, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana, on Friday (10) courted controversy saying members of the Muslim community should not offer Friday prayers in open spaces in Gurgaon, a city located in his state and officially called Gurugram. Khattar, who belongs to prime minister…
INDIAN telecom company Bharti Airtel on Thursday (9) said the launch of ‘Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge’ in partnership with Invest India, a non-profit venture under the department for promotion of industry and internal trade, the commerce and industry ministry. It focuses on sector-specific investor targeting and development of new…
STATE force should never be used to either browbeat a political opinion or journalists, the Supreme Court of India has said, calling for “introspection from the political class across the country” over debasement in dialogue even as it advised mediapersons to be more responsible in the age of Twitter. A…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will take a final call on the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in the country amid conflicting viewpoints on the matter, The Financial Times daily on Friday (10) reported. The country’s finance ministry has finalised the draft bill for cryptocurrencies but certain sections of the government…
INDIAN regulators are probing an incident involving a Boeing 737 Max in which the plane had to be turned back to the city of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra soon after it took off for the Kolkata in the eastern state of West Bengal, located more than 1,000 miles…
IN what would shock the workers’ rights activists, security guards at the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales, have claimed that they are forced to urinate in bottles and soil themselves after being denied toilet breaks while on duty. An investigation by ITV Wales has made the revelations. Current…
