Cape Town (South Africa) Fantastic unbeaten knocks by Jemimah Rodrigues (53 not out off 38) and Richa Ghosh (31 not out off 20) led India to an impressive seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Newlands Cricket Ground, here on Sunday. Riding on brilliant performances by Bismah […]
New Delhi The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended to the Centre the appointment of Chief Justices of the High Courts of Allahabad, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and Manipur. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, in a statement, said it, on January 31, recommended the elevation of Allahabad High Court’s Chief Justice […]
Bengaluru Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 on Monday in Bengaluru. During the programme, the Prime Minister will participate in a roundtable interaction with global oil and gas CEOs. He will also launch multiple initiatives in the field of green energy. The IEW, which is a G20 event, will be […]
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Market participants are asking Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reconsider the proposal to discontinue tax sops on mutual funds and insurance. Ravi Kumar, Founder & CEO, Upstox said to encourage more retail investing and insurance adoption, “we wish that the Finance Minister would increase tax savings for investments and reconsider the […]
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Having failed to meet the disinvestment target of Rs 65,000 crore for the current fiscal, the government on Wednesday scaled down the target for 2023-24 to Rs 51,000 crore. The disinvestment target was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the union budget on Wednesday. For 2023-24, the budget has […]
New Delhi, Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s comments in his book that Sushma Swaraj was not an important player in the Indian foreign policy team, and describing her as “goofball” and “heartland political hack” have drawn flak from External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Reacting to Pompeo’s comments made in his book ‘Never Give […]
New Delhi In two power-packed emotional statements — on India’s Independence Day and on the installation of Netaji Subhas Bose’s statue at India Gate — his daughter Anita Bose Pfaff wanted closure on her father’s myth and legacy. In the second, she wrote with great verve and felicity on her father’s larger-than-life personality and how […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A group of retired judges, bureaucrats and armed forces veterans on Saturday released a statement rebutting the BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘delusions of British Imperial resurrection’. “Not this time. Not with our leader. Not with India. Never on our watch!” read the letter. “Yet again, the […]
New Delhi, The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will host the inaugural edition of India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru (February 6-8) at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, convening global policymakers and energy leaders to drive dialogue on how India will address rising energy demand through a convergence of bio-fuels, green hydrogen, renewable energy, and […]
New Delhi, 10 Jan (IANS) A successful training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, on Tuesday, defence officials said. The missile struck its target with high accuracy. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile, a Defence […]