- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
OPENER Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram hit half-centuries to set up a tense 12-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants against IPL heavyweights Mumbai Indians on Friday (4). Five-time champions Mumbai suffered an early blow when former skipper Rohit Sharma missed the match due to an injury to his knee during…
TAMIL NADU BJP President K Annamalai on Friday (4) said he was not in the race for the post of state unit chief since there is no scope for a contest or competition in his party and the president is elected unanimously. When asked by reporters in Coimbatore whether he…
THE RECIPROCAL tariffs by the US on Thursday (3) has put Apple's shares into a downward spiral as the iPhone maker's Asian supply chains and production hubs in markets like China, India and Vietnam face levies ranging from 24-54 per cent. The US imposed tariffs have hit Cupertino, California-headquartered company's…
PUNJAB police have dismissed a woman constable from service a day after she was arrested for carrying 17.71 grams of heroin in Bathinda district. The arrest came amid the state government's ongoing anti-drug drive 'Yudh Nasheian Virudh' (war against drugs). Acting on a tip-off, police along with the Anti-Narcotics Task…
THE TELANGANA GOVERNMENT has decided to constitute a committee of ministers to engage in discussions with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) executive committee, civil society groups, students, and other stakeholders to address and find a solution regarding the land parcel adjacent to the varsity. In a post on X, chief…
CONGRESS party MPs on Friday (4) protested in Parliament House complex against the imposition of reciprocal tariffs or import duties by the US and demanded that the Modi government should answer on this issue in Parliament. Congress and other opposition MPs raised the issue as the Lok Sabha proceedings began…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi held talks with the interim leader of Bangladesh in Thailand on Friday (4), the first such meeting since a revolution in Dhaka ousted New Delhi's long-term ally Sheikh Hasina and soured relations. Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, 84, took charge of Bangladesh in August 2024 after…
FORMER Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has described the Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs on about 60 countries as "self goal" and said its impact on India will be "smaller". US president Donald Trump has announced the imposition of additional ad-valorem duties ranging from 10 per cent to 50 per cent…
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE on Friday (4) conducted searches at the premises of Kerala-based businessman Gokulam Gopalan, a chit fund company promoter and one of the producers of Malayalam movie "L2: Empuraan", for alleged foreign exchange violation of ₹10 billion (£90.30 million). The searches are being undertaken at five premises in…
COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has asked the Indian startup community to shift their focus from grocery delivery and ice cream making to high tech sectors like semiconductor, machine learning, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He also said there is a need for more Indian investors into the startup ecosystem.…
