- Monday, May 05, 2025
THE Indian rupee hit a record low against the US dollar on Tuesday (5) as concerns of a wider current account deficit came to the forefront after the country's trade deficit hit an all-time high in June. Data late on Monday showed India's June trade deficit widened to a record…
AT a time when Hindus in India and in other parts of the world have slammed the poster of a film made by an Indian-born woman which shows Goddess Kaali smoking and even India’s diplomatic circles have made moves over the sensitivity of the matter, an Indian parliamentarian has backed…
INDIA had three great days in the just-concluded fifth Test match against England at Edgbaston but an ordinary fourth day saw them losing to a power-packed batting line-up that the home team has. Chasing 378 to square the series, the Three Lions had no problems whatsoever apart from a brief…
INDIA lost their plot against a resurgent England in the fifth and final Test of the 2021 series which was rescheduled this month as the home team thrashed them by 7 wickets to level the series 2-2. The final Test was rescheduled after the 2021 series was halted mid way…
THE Indian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has urged the country's authorities to take down all "provocative material" related to a controversial film after it received complaints from leaders of the Hindu community in the North American country about the “disrespectful depiction” of Hindu gods on the poster of the…
THE controversy around former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma has taken a new twist with India’s Supreme Court now coming under the scanner over its scathing observations over her viewpoints that saw a massive backlash both in India and abroad. As many as 15 former judges, 77 former…
INDIA'S Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (5) conducted searches at 44 places across the country in a money-laundering investigation against Chinese smartphone manufacturing company Vivo and related firms, officials said. The searches are being carried out under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at locations in several…
DAYS after the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) gave Bengaluru, India’s ‘Silicon Valley’, a poor ranking in the list of liveable cities, the opposition Indian National Congress in the state of Karnataka slammed the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the list proved that it failed to deliver during its…
AN aircraft of India’s SpiceJet airline, which took off from Delhi for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday (5), landed in Karachi in Pakistan after developing a technical snag. The SpiceJet SG-11 flight had to make the unscheduled landing and all passengers were reported to be safe.…
AT least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park in the American state of Illinois on Monday (4). More than two dozen were injured in the attack and were undergoing treatment in local hospitals, officials said. Some of the…
