- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Wednesday, May 1, 2024: The Vedanta Group is aiming to invest $20 billion (£16 billion) across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. The group will sell the steel…
INVESTMENTS worth more than NRs nine billion (£54.4 million) have been approved for four projects in Nepal as a key investment summit, which witnessed the participation of hundreds of investors from various countries, including India, concluded in Kathmandu on Monday (29). Prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Sunday (28) inaugurated…
TARUN GHULATI, London's Indian-origin candidate for mayor in the local elections on Thursday (2), has said the brutal sword attack on the streets of the city in which a 14-year-old boy lost his life, has strengthened his resolve that the British capital needs a crime fighter to lead it. On…
NOTHING could have been more ironic than the fact that the Indian National Congress, India's major opposition party, is yet to finalise candidates from two of its historical bastions -- Amethi and Rae Bareli -- in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Workers and supporters of the party, which is…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (1) greeted the people of the two western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat on the occasion of their statehood day. Both the states were carved out of the erstwhile Bombay State on May 1, 1960, after the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect…
INDIAN students in the US and their families back home were feeling increasingly worried and uncertain with protests and disruptions escalating at several universities in America surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. According to a report by the Economic Times, the Indian students in the US have faced various challenges in recent…
THE founding family of India's 127-year-old Godrej Group, which spans from soaps and home appliances to real estate, has reached an agreement to split the conglomerate, with Adi Godrej and his brother Nadir keeping Godrej Industries that has five listed firms, while cousins Jamshyd and Smita getting unlisted Godrej &…
ALL-ROUNDER Marcus Stoinis smashed 62 after he took a wicket on Tuesday (30) to guide Lucknow Super Giants to an IPL win on the eve of Australia's T20 World Cup team announcement. Stoinis top-scored in Lucknow's modest chase of 145 against Mumbai Indians as the home team achieved their target…
IN a major development, nearly 100 schools in Delhi and India's National Capital Region sent students home early after receiving a bomb threat over an email. Police personnel were on the school sites conducting thorough search operations but did not find anything suspicious. The incident happened in the middle of…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Tuesday, April 30, 2024: Air India on Tuesday said it has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv till May 15 amid tensions in the Middle East. On April 19, the airline said Tel Aviv flights…
