- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
EBRAHIM Ismail Ebrahim, one of South Africa’s anti-Apartheid veterans, passed away on Monday (6) aged 84, the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement. He died at his residence in Johannesburg following a prolonged illness, the party added. Ebrahim is survived by his wife Shannon, a celebrated…
INDIA'S Reliance Industries and Abu Dhabi state-owned Chemicals Derivatives Company (TA’ZIZ) have decided to begin a chemical production partnership in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, worth more than $2 billion (£1.5 billion). In a statement, TA’ZIZ said that the joint venture is called TA’ZIZ EDC & PVC and…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi is known to be a tough taskmaster and expects members of his government and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to lead by example. On Tuesday (7), Modi’s fellow members of parliament (MPs) got to see the hard disciplinarian in the former when he emphasised on…
ADAR Poonawalla, the chief executive officer of Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest manufacturer of vaccine for coronavirus, has said that political leaders around the globe and more particularly in Africa are stalling on purchasing jabs despite the fact that only a small percentage of their people have…
MEHBOOBA Mufti, former chief minister of the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and supremo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday (7) said the India of Gandhi is turning into an India of Godse. Referring to the recent incidents when action was initiated against those who cheered…
INDIA'S largest oil firm Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has renewed a deal to purchase up to two million tonnes of crude oil in 2022 from Russian oil producer Rosneft, the Russian oil producer said. In February last year, IOC had signed a deal with Rosneft to import up to two…
IN a shocking incident, 17 girls of Standard 10 from Muzaffarnagar district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have alleged that they were drugged and molested by the principal of their schools and his associate who asked them to stay in the school building to prepare for “practical…
INDIA on Tuesday (7) said it was “disturbed” by neighbouring Myanmar’s conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi, its deposed leader, and called for the rule of law and democratic processes to be valued. Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of India’s ministry of external affairs, said in a statement, “We are disturbed at…
US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris has been accused to be a “bully” who has made her office staff members face “constant soul-destroying criticism”, The Washington Post reported. The daily recently came out with a piece after interviewing 18 people connected to Harris and it alleged that the latter would fail…
CRICKET South Africa (CSA) on Monday (6) announced an updated schedule of India’s tour of the African nation with Centurion hosting the first of the three Tests starting on Boxing Day, December 26. The CSA, along with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced last Saturday (4)…
