- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (23) reached Jammu as part of an outreach programme and is set to launch several new schemes. On her arrival, she met several entrepreneurs and self-help groups who have gained under various schemes and the Narendra Modi government’s industrial policy. ALSO READ: UN…
NEW ZEALAND coach Gary Stead on Tuesday (23) gave hint that if the conditions demand, his side may field as many as three specialist spinners in the first Test against India starting at the Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday (25). The two teams will play two Tests after India…
THE southern Indian state of Kerala witnessed a sharp decrease in live births in the first nine months of 2021, a time when the state battled the Covid-19 pandemic and work from home remained the norm and several thousands of expatriates returned to the state. Data from the state’s chief…
AT a time when the Indian National Congress is facing internal trouble, a new book written by the party’s senior parliamentarian and former central minister Manish Tiwari has added fuel to the fire. The book, titled ‘10 Flash Points; 20 Years - National Security Situations That Impacted India’, has triggered…
INDIA'S resumption of supplying Covid-19 vaccines to the global COVAX vaccine-sharing platform after eight months faced a delay on Monday (22) when its northern neighbour Nepal requested to postpone it, informed sources told Reuters. The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer, was scheduled to ship its…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (23) spoke to Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to take stock of the flood situation there caused by heavy rain. Bommai, who belongs to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), told the prime minister about the relief…
THE arrest of Khurram Parvez, a prominent human rights activist in Jammu and Kashmir, by India’s federal National Investigation Agency (NIA) has earned a backlash from various rights groups, including the United Nations. Parvez was arrested late on Monday (22) on charges of terror-funding, an Indian official told Reuters. His…
UNICOMMERCE, an e-commerce-focused information technology firm, has planned to invest $5 million (£3.7 million) to strengthen its international operations in various nations in Southeast Asia and the Middle East with a target to achieve 400 per cent growth in business, the company said on Tuesday (23). The software-as-a-service provider has…
COPS in India have charged executives from the local arm of US e-commerce giant Amazon on charges that the company’s online portal was used to smuggle and sell marijuana. Two persons were arrested last week for possessing 21 kilograms (46 pounds) of the drug in the central Indian state of…
UNITED STATES Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday (22) said that India and the US have shared challenges in areas such as climate change, vulnerability of supply chains and promoting market-oriented principles and structures. Tai, who is on a two-day visit to India, attended a reception in New Delhi hosted…
