- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
DIFFERENCES have cropped within the UK government ahead of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with India, according to a media report. Britain’s environment secretary George Eustice raised concerns over food safety standards in India, City A.M. reported, citing Whitehall sources. “George is certainly in favour of free trade, but he…
MAMATA Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal who has emerged as one of the major anti-Narendra Modi faces in the country ahead of the 2024 general elections, on Wednesday (1) lashed out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Mumbai over the “victimisation”…
A TOTAL of 27 players were retained by the eight existing franchises (two new teams to join next year) of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the deadline for the retention of the players for the 2022 edition ended on Tuesday (30). The franchises spent Rs 269 crore (£27 million)…
IN an update that will leave India’s security establishment deeply anxious, the top leadership of the Border Security Force (BSF) has alleged that small Chinese drones carrying narcotics are flying over from across the border into Punjab and Jammu regions. Talking to reporters on Tuesday (30), the eve of the…
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl suffering from a rare heart ailment in Mumbai has received a new lease of life after the heart of a 41-year-old farmer from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was flown to India’s financial capital and transplanted in her, Press Trust of India quoted official sources…
INDIA'S Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a statutory body which regulates the country’s civil aviation, on Wednesday (1) delayed the resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger airline services to or from India, saying it will formally announce its decision on the same in some time. In a meeting in…
THE Serum Institute of India (SII) has sent doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Indonesia in its first export of the Novavax shot through the COVAX network, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (1) said, Reuters reported. The Pune-based SII, which is the world’s largest vaccine-maker, exported to Indonesia 137,500 doses…
PILOTS of Air India have given a three-day ultimatum to the management of the carrier to meet their demands related to pay cut and other issues and said if their grievance is not addressed within the deadline, they will resort to industrial action for justice. On Monday (29) evening, the…
THE global sugar supply balance is likely to take a hit in the 2021-22 season which kicked off in October due to higher use of sugarcane for producing ethanol in India and lower yields in Brazil, StoneX, a New York-based institutional-grade financial services network, said on Tuesday (30). The season…
THE government of South Africa has praised Indian cricketers for their “solidarity” ahead of the Asian country’s upcoming tour. The government has also pledged to “take all precautions necessary” as concerns over the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have put the African country in a spot. The Omicron or B.1.1.529 variant…
