- Sunday, May 04, 2025
INDIA'S civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday (13) issued a clarification on reports of Adam Harry, the country's first transgender pilot from the southern state of Kerala, who has been declared "unfit" by the former body on medical grounds. In a statement, the DGCA said…
THE Indian tech industry has directly generated revenue worth $103 billion (£86 billion) and gave direct employment to 2,07,000 people in the US with an average wage of more than $1,06,000 (£88,798), which marks a 22 per cent rise in employment since 2017, a report from The National Association of…
MORE than 60 firms have registered with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ever since prime minister Narendra Modi "unlocked" the country's space sector, India's minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh said recently. While some of the start-up concepts are related to nanosatellites, launch vehicles, ground systems,…
AN investigation by India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has found that Chinese smartphone maker Oppo evaded customs duty worth Rs 4,390 crore (£463 million), a government statement said on Wednesday (13). Indian investigators found evidence that Oppo wrongfully used duty exemptions for items imported for use in mobile phone…
TWITTER has sued Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk after he decided to back out of the $44 billion (£37 billion) takeover deal. As per The Verge, the lawsuit was filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday (12), accusing Musk of hypocrisy. "Twitter brings this action to enjoin Musk…
CRICKET over the years has become a game of muscular batters and it has put spectators in the gallery in danger. On Tuesday (12), India captain Rohit Sharma was on the rampage as he slammed 76 not out in only 58 balls to make the first one-day international against England…
JOURNALISTS doing their duty in public places often face challenges. They have a big task in maintaining their composure while carrying out their professional work, despite facing odd disturbances. One woman journalist in Pakistan, however, failed to remain calm while doing live reporting recently and ended up hitting a young…
IT'S less than a month since he had to step down from the chief minister's post in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, thanks to a revolt in his Shiv Sena and what many said was an invisible pull from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). And now, Uddhav Thackeray has…
AT least 18 people, including six children, were killed in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh while thousands were evacuated and forced to stay in shelter homes amid continued heavy rains in the states on Tuesday (12). Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds lashed Mumbai and suburbs and…
INDIA , which is poised to become the world's most populous country next year eclipsing its northern neighbour China, has lashed out at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's decision to roll over the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform to the next session of the body, calling it…
