- Tuesday, May 06, 2025
HEAVILY polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third in some countries, a World Bank report said Tuesday (20), calling for action to address human and environmental harm. The report relied on what the Bank said was the biggest-ever database assembled on global water quality using monitoring…
INDIA'S cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday (21) it will earn 58 per cent more per match for the next four years as Paytm retained the title sponsorship rights for international and domestic matches, underlining the game's undiminished popularity in the country. Cricketers are the highest-profile athletes and enjoy rockstar…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, about violent demonstrations over Kashmir outside the Indian embassy in London, the foreign ministry said. Thousands of people, many waving Pakistani and Kashmiri flags, protested outside the embassy last week, on India's Independence Day, against Modi's withdrawal…
INDIAN fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth's ban for alleged spot-fixing has been reduced to seven years, with the sanction period coming to an end on September 13, 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said. The decision comes after the Supreme Court of India set aside the…
PAKISTAN said on Tuesday (20) it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice after New Delhi revoked the special status of Kashmir earlier this month. Islamabad reacted with fury to that decision, cutting trade and transport links and expelling India's ambassador. "We have…
BRITAIN said on Tuesday (20) it was "extremely concerned" by reports that a staff member at the consulate in its former colony of Hong Kong had been detained in mainland China. Simon Cheng did not return to work on August 9 after visiting the neighbouring mainland city of Shenzhen the…
CONTROVERSIAL Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologised on Tuesday (20) for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia after police banned him from speaking in public and questioned him for hours over the comments. Naik, who faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, has come under fire for…
TATA MOTORS-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is moving ahead with its plan to build a large vehicle parts distribution warehouse in the Midlands. The move by Britain’s largest carmaker has been described as the latest in a £2.5 billion cost-cutting programme amid turbulent automotive market conditions. If the authorities give…
INDIA'S Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday (20), executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon. After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. The insertion "was…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi told US president Donald Trump that he is hopeful that representatives from the two countries will meet again soon to discuss trade issues, the government said in a statement on Monday (19). Modi expressed the hope that India's commerce minister and the US trade representative…
