- Monday, May 06, 2024
INDIA’S minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan visited the construction site of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi. Muraleedharan, who was greeted by Brahmavihari Swamiji and other swamis, observed the ongoing construction of the temple and witnessed the installation of an intricately carved marble pillar, central to the…
THE curry and fundraising dinner had been an annual event for Vale for Africa charity, until the lockdown due to Covid-19 happened. But it returned on October 2 this year, with friends and supporters of the charity coming together. Vale for Africa, a Vale of Glamorgan charity raises funds for…
MORE THAN two decades after a fight with Rupert Murdoch, Indian media tycoon Subhash Chandra has picked up another corporate battle for 'millions of viewers', according to a report in Bloomberg. Chandra and his supporters are now fighting Atlanta-based Invesco Developing Markets Fund, Zee’s biggest shareholder with an 18 per…
FARMERS in India are gathering in the largest rice crop in history, which promises record exports, while making sure to keep up their longest-running protest, set to turn a year old next month. The sit-in against controversial agriculture reforms is taking place in New Delhi. "We'll not budge until the…
STUCK in a village in southern India for nine months and unable to return to his job in Saudi Arabia, Sugathan PR is hoping the World Health Organization will approve the Indian Covid-19 shot Covaxin, paving the way for his trip back. Like Sugathan, millions of Indians have taken Covaxin…
A torrent of social media abuse was aimed at India's only Muslim player, the bowler Mohammed Shami, after his side were thrashed by arch-rivals Pakistan at the cricket T20 World Cup. Violence against Muslims was also reported after the emphatic 10-wicket win on Sunday (24), Pakistan's first against India at…
UK foreign minister Elizabeth Truss has said that her country and India believe in freedom and democracy and can make the world safer and prosperous. She was speaking in Mumbai at a reception held on the HMS Defender where industrialists from the UK and India met. "Countries like the UK…
INDIAN celebrities from Bollywood and cricket are increasingly launching digital memorabilia through non-fungible tokens (NFT), hoping to rake in thousands of dollars by cashing in on growing interest in such assets. NFTs are a type of digital asset which use blockchain to record the ownership of items such as images,…
INDIAN oil-to-telecoms giant Reliance Industries reported quarterly earnings that beat analyst estimates, helped by a strong recovery across its diversified businesses. The conglomerate, which is owned by Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, reported a net profit of Rs 36.8 billion ($1.8bn) between July and September, 43 per cent higher than…
INDIAN paramilitaries shot dead a civilian in Kashmir on Sunday (24), residents said, as authorities tightened security across the disputed territory for a visit by a top Indian minister. The victim, a milk seller in the southern Kashmir Valley, is the 12th civilian killed by militants or security forces this…
