- Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A 'plastic cafe' has been set up in front of the Dahod tehsil panchayat in Dahod district, Gujarat, to provide free snacks and tea in exchange for plastic waste. This is the first such cafe in the state of Gujarat. The 'plastic cafe' has been set up as part of…
WITH a thrust on counter-terrorism operations in urban and semi-urban areas, the Indian and British armies will conduct a joint military exercise at Salisbury Plain from February 13 to February 26. This will be the fifth edition of the joint military exercise, named Ajeya Warrior-2020, which is held annually in…
A BRITISH court has ordered shutdown of a company which used Indian call centres in India to sell vitamins and healthcare supplements using “aggressive sales tactics”. The UK's Insolvency Service said on Monday (10) that it had conducted confidential investigations after receiving complaints on the business modus operandi of Young…
LIQUOR baron Vijay Mallya on Tuesday (11) appeared before the Royal Courts of Justice in London for his appeal against extradition to India, where his lawyer claimed “multiple errors” in a magistrates’ court order favouring the Indian government. The former Kingfisher Airlines boss, who remains on bail since his arrest…
AS China reels under deadly coronavirus outbreak, prime minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to Chinese president Xi Jinping India's readiness to provide assistance to the country to deal with the situation. In a letter to Xi, Modi expressed solidarity with the president and people of China over the outbreak of…
IF India had not been partitioned, the Muslim League would not have allowed the country to function and there would have been more “Direct Action Days”, said Congress veteran K Natwar Singh said in Delhi on Sunday. “I am glad that India was partitioned,” said the former foreign minister at…
AN INDIAN-AMERICAN woman, who raised her voice against alleged discrimination in the admission of Asians in Ivy League schools, has announced that she will run for the US House of Representatives, saying she wants to be a “voice, not a noise” for the community, particularly the Hindus in the US.…
AMERICA is India’s preferred trade partner in its journey to become a $5 trillion economy by 2024, said the new Indian envoy to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Addressing a gathering of the American business community at a reception hosted by the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum on Friday (7),…
