- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
GERMAN ambassador to India Walter J Lindner on Wednesday (24) said that the Glasgow climate conference held earlier this month has shown that nations require each other and added that there’s no solution to world challenges excluding India. “Glasgow conference has shown that nations need each other. We can't do…
IN a bid to improve their image, especially online, the Delhi Police has decided to rope in a social media analytics and outreach management body which will, among other things, will create a YouTube channel that will showcase the cops’ “good work”. In a report, Indian daily Indian Express said…
INDIA on Thursday (25) won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur. Ajinkya Rahane, who is captaining the host team in the first game in the absence of Virat Kohli, will be missing some key players in the ranks…
THE office of the US trade representative on Wednesday (24) said it will terminate its trade retaliation case against India and Washington and New Delhi reached a consensus on a global tax deal transition arrangement that will withdraw the Asian country’s digital services tax, Reuters reported. The US trade envoy…
THE United States is yet to determine any potential Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) waiver to India in relation to its purchase of S400 missile-defence system from Russia, the Joe Biden administration on Tuesday (23) said. The US state department made the remark a week after India started…
INDIA is carefully weighing various options in terms of its trade ties with northern neighbour China to protect its economy from any vulnerability, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the country’s foreign secretary, said on Wednesday (24) while making remarks in the backdrop of the two nations’ border confrontation in eastern Ladakh. Speaking…
AN alarming fall in testing for Covid-19 threatens to undermine India's efforts to contain the pandemic, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday (24) in a letter to state governments, as worries grew over fresh waves of infection abroad. India reported on Wednesday 9,283 new Covid-19 cases, a day after…
THE Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (24) said the air-pollution crisis in Delhi needs a scientific study and “ad-hoc measures” will not help. It also said that the situation in the Indian capital was not sending a worthy signal to the world. It said in a stern warning that…
THE Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which faced criticism over its recommendation to Indian cricketers to consume only ‘halal’ meat, on Tuesday (23) broke its silence over the controversy. BCCI treasurer Arun Dhamal rubbished reports about the national team’s ‘halal’ meat diet plan, clarifying that no such…
FORMAL negotiations for an India-UK free-trade agreement (FTA) are set to kick off imminently and will be a comprehensive affair covering all aspects of the two countries’ bilateral relationship, Lord Karan Bilimoria, the president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Wednesday (24) said. The India-born Bilimoria said this…
