- Monday, May 05, 2025
INDIA imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday (1) in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more. The country generates around four million tonnes of plastic waste per year,…
INDIA'S stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah is relishing the challenge of being in "deep water" against revitalised England. Bumrah has replaced regular skipper Rohit Sharma for the long-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston after the opener was ruled out on Thursday with a bout of Covid-19. The fast bowler has been preferred…
HERE are some news in brief about India for Thursday, June 30, 2022: Eknath Shinde takes oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Thursday took oath as the 20th chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra after a rebellion in the…
ENGLAND captain Ben Stokes said on the eve of the crucial fifth Test match against India that the home team will try to “operate in the same way” as they have this summer in the rescheduled game against the Asian side. India, who will be led by seamer Jasprit Bumrah…
AT least eight people were killed and over 70 others went missing after a massive landslide occurred at a railway construction site in Manipur's Noney district, officials said on Thursday (30). The incident took place at Tupul yard railway construction camp on Wednesday night. Eight bodies have been retrieved so…
IN its second successful mission within a week, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched three Singapore satellites in precise orbit from the spaceport in Shriharikota in the south-eastern coastal state of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday (30). PSLV-C53 is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the…
HERE are some business and economy news in brief from India for Thursday, June 30: Micro, small and medium enterprises one-third of India's economy, budget raised 650% in 8 years, say PM Modi: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) constitute a…
IN a dramatic turn of events that would even put a script of India’s Bollywood film fraternity to shame, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde emerged as the next chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, backed by the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is also…
INDIGO, India's biggest carrier, have resumed with Turkish Airlines their codeshare agreement that allows each airline to sell seats on other's flights, a statement said on Thursday (30). "Currently, Turkish Airlines operates a daily flight on Delhi-Istanbul and Mumbai-Istanbul routes, whereas IndiGo operates a daily flight on Delhi-Istanbul route and…
EKNATH Shinde, the rebel leader of Shiv Sena who led the revolt against his own party’s leadership and the MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Development Front) coalition government including the Nationalist Congress Party and the Indian National Congress till it collapsed on Wednesday (29), became the new chief minister…
