- Thursday, June 26, 2025
THE HIGH-LEVEL meeting between senior ministers of India and Singapore has set the stage for prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city-state. Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan said that Modi will soon visit the country. The senior ministers from the two countries held a "productive" round of discussions at…
MESSAGING app Telegram, which has over five million registered users in India, may face a ban for its alleged role in a range of criminal activities. The Indian government has launched an extortion and gambling probe against the company. Home Affairs and Electronics and Information Technology ministries are carrying out…
SKIPPER Harmanpreet Kaur remained optimistic that India can grab their maiden global title in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, and said conditions in the UAE could work to their advantage. The International Cricket Council has recently shifted the showpiece, to be held between October 3 and 20, to…
KATE WINSLET is set to star in, and executive produce a new series titled "The Spot" for Hulu. The show is developed by Ed Solomon, known for writing films like "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Men in Black." The plot centres around a successful surgeon (played by Winslet) and…
ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) and Sony Pictures Networks India on Tuesday said they have settled their six-month-long dispute related to the failed $10-billion (£7.57bn) merger and have agreed to withdraw all claims against each other. As part of the "comprehensive non-cash settlement" between ZEEL and Culver Max Entertainment Pvt…
IN THE wake of various sexual abuse allegations cropping up against many of its members, all office-bearers of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), including its president and top actor Mohanlal, resigned from their positions on Tuesday. In a statement, the Association said the current administrative panel resigned as…
INDIA has developed its indigenous RT-PCR testing kit for mpox, a highly contagious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same group of viruses as smallpox but is less harmful. Developed by Siemens Healthineers, a healthcare unit of Siemens, the IMDX Monkeypox Detection RT-PCR Assay has received…
BANGLADESH'S garment industry, a vital economic pillar, is facing a severe crisis due to a volatile mix of political unrest and catastrophic flooding. The textile and garment industry, which accounts for over 80 per cent of Bangladesh's total export earnings and contributes approximately 11 per cent to the nation's GDP,…
THE SUPREME COURT on Tuesday granted bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan noted that Kavitha has been in custody for around five months and…
INCESSANT heavy showers battered several parts of Gujarat on Monday, inundating low-lying areas, with three people dead and seven missing in rain-related incidents and hundreds shifted to safer places. The administration is geared up for more showers as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy to very heavy…
