- Monday, May 05, 2025
GAUTAM Adani, one of Asia’s richest businessmen, on Thursday (23) pledged along with his family to donate Rs 60,000 crore (£6.2 billion) to various social causes on the occasion of turning 60. He will reach the milestone on Friday (24). The corpus will be administered by Adani Foundation, reports said.…
IN a first in India, the international airport in Varanasi, a city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, has added Sanskrit language to make announcements cautioning about Covid-19 pandemic. The new addition created a buzz online as the passengers have been familiar with Hindi and English announcements so far.…
Here are news in brief from India on Thursday, June 23, 2022: Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena shows signs of giving in as Maharashtra political crisis deepens: “We are ready to walk out of MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Development Front) government in Maharashtra, but party rebels should return to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (23) addressed the 14th BRICS summit where he said that the member nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- of the grouping have a similar approach regarding the governance of the global economy. "BRICS members have a similar approach regarding…
AFTER Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that his party is ready to exit the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) or Maharashtra Development Front) government if the rebel MLAs are willing, the Indian National Congress on Thursday (23) called a meeting of its leaders in the evening. According to sources, Congress…
RAYMOND Zondo, the chief justice of South Africa who is leading the State Capture Commission which is looking into the alleged corruption in times of former president Jacob Zuma, has found that the latter breached the Executive Ethics Code at the time of his involvement in the formation of ANN7,…
IN a natural disaster that doesn’t have much parallel, Afghanistan has seen at least 1,000 people dying and 1,500 others getting injured. An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude in Paktika province destroyed more than 3,000 houses and left several thousands, who are already coping with political and economic difficulties, in utter…
INDIAN Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi ahead of Thursday’s (23) virtual BRICS summit hosted by Chinese president Xi Jinping in which Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was set to take part. This was Rawat’s first meeting with Wang after he took charge as…
SOUTH AFRICAN president Cyril Ramaphosa said ahead of the 14th BRICS summit hosted by China that his country is aiming to strengthen ties with other nations of the bloc for its growth and employment creation. Chinese president Xi Jinping virtually hosted the summit on Thursday (23) under the theme of…
IKEA India has planned to source more products locally to combat growing inflation, as the Swedish furniture company looks to cater more to the country’s burgeoning middle class with the launch of its latest store on Wednesday (22). According to a Reuters report, the company’s fourth and biggest store in…
