Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Many Rohingya believed dead after stranding off India’s coast

Rohingya

16-20 Rohingya may have perished of thirst, hunger, or drowning. Five Indian ships approached the stranded boat late Tuesday. New Delhi activist Priyali Sur said the situation on the boat is “worsening” 16-20 Rohingya may have perished of thirst, hunger, or drowning, family and activists said. Five Indian ships approached the stranded boat late Tuesday, … Read more

Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja’s dream house in New Delhi

Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor is starting a new chapter. She had a son in August and is loving motherhood. Her mansion is in the Lutyens Business Zone on Prithviraj Road. Sonam Kapoor is starting a new chapter. She had a son in August and is loving motherhood. She’s a fashionista who loves everything fashion-related. The 36-year-old loves … Read more

Pakistani pilgrims visits shrine of Nizamuddin in New Delhi

NEW DELHI: A group of 147 Pakistani zaireen visited the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA) in New Delhi. The Pakistani pilgrims are visiting New Delhi from 7-13 November to participate in the 719th annual Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RA). The group is being led Mr Muqeet Ahsen, an official of the Ministry of … Read more

Indonesia bans cough syrups after 99 kid died

Indonesia bans cough syrups after 99 kid deaths

Indonesia has stopped selling all syrup and liquid medications.  206 cases of acute renal injuries in children. The syrups being used in The Gambia are not available there. Indonesia has stopped selling all syrup and liquid medications after following the deaths of over 100 children and an unexplained rise in severe renal damage. The country’s … Read more

FIA delegation to attend Interpol meeting in New Delhi

FIA interpol

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani delegation will attend the 90th General Assembly session of the Interpol being held in the Indian capital New Delhi. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General Mohsin Hassan Butt will head the delegation including Interpol Director Malik Sikandar Hayat. The FIA chief will also meet the heads of investigative agencies in different countries. According … Read more

Bobby Kataria seen smoking on SpiceJet flight, FIR filed

Bobby Kataria

A man was caught on camera lighting up a cigarette inside a SpiceJet plane. The video was filmed on January 23, 2022, while the influencer was on a flight from Dubai to New Delhi. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that he is looking into the situation. We all know that it is almost always … Read more

Indian oil stocks decline after New Delhi announces a hike in fuel export taxes

New Delhi

Indian oil shares fall after New Delhi announces a rise in the export tax on fuel.  Shares of Reliance Industries, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, fell as high as 8.7% in response to the news.  Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, another major refiner, plunged as much as 10%. Reliance Industries, one of the … Read more

Lightning, rain kill 22 in Bihar, India

bihar

The majority of the victims were farmers working in their fields. The chief minister of Bihar has pledged financial aid for the victims’ relatives. Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning have pummeled the state over the past 24 hours. NEW DELHI: 22 people were killed and eight others were injured on Tuesday in the eastern Indian … Read more

G7 discusses Russian oil price cap with India and China

G7

The G7 democracies have had cordial and fruitful discussions with China and India regarding a plan to control the price of Russian oil. Russia’s crude sells at discounts of $30 to $40 per barrel compared to benchmark Brent crude prices of $110 to $120 per barrel. India and China have upped their purchases of Russian … Read more

Proteas ready for India’s pace attack, says Bavuma

Proteas

South Africa are bracing for a formidable bowling attack from India. Bumrah and Shami rested while Avesh Khan and Umran Malik make debuts. The series starts at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in a week. South Africa are bracing for a formidable bowling attack from an Indian side eager to prove themselves when their Twenty20 … Read more

India growth slows on inflation, higher oil prices

India

India’s economy slowed even more in the first three months of 2022, the National Statistics Office reported Tuesday, as inflation and increasing oil costs hampered the country’s post-pandemic recovery. According to NSO data, Asia’s third-largest economy gained 4.1 percent year on year in the fourth quarter. The annual growth rate for the 12 months ending in … Read more

Bitter harvest for Indian farmers after wheat export ban

Indian

When New Delhi banned wheat exports as prices skyrocketed due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it sparked international outrage and drove the cereal even higher. Farmers and traders in India are now enraged that they have been denied a windfall as domestic prices have plummeted. Despite the fact that India is the world’s second-largest wheat … Read more

Asian stocks rally on hopes of Shanghai gradually reopening

Asian stocks

Hong Kong led a rally across Asian markets Tuesday in hopes that China’s economic engine Shanghai will ease its weeks-long lockdown and step by step reopen corporations, although analysts recommended there may be little lengthy-term alleviation. Much of the town of 25 million has been underneath stay-at-domestic orders given that April as Beijing attempts to … Read more

Why did India suddenly ban wheat exports?

India

India has banned wheat exports, sending bushel prices to all-time peaks and drawing criticism from the Group of Seven, which is concerned about protectionism as inflation soars in the aftermath of the Ukraine war. – What did India announce? – The world’s second-largest wheat producer stated that new export deals could only be entered into … Read more

G7 criticises India decision to stop wheat exports

Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations condemned India’s decision to ban unapproved wheat exports on Saturday, following a punishing heatwave in the country. “If everyone starts to impose export restrictions or to close markets, that would worsen the crisis,” German agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir said at a press conference in Stuttgart. After … Read more

27 killed in fire in New Delhi

DELHI

A major fire in New Delhi, India’s capital, killed at least 27 people and injured scores more, according to rescue services. “The fire has been put out now. The total number of dead is 27. Search operation is on,” a fire department official told AFP. Broadcaster NDTV reported that more than 40 people had sustained … Read more

Indian PM Modi’s visit to Europe, Ukraine on the agenda

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NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, arrived in Europe on Monday, with New Delhi’s failure to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine expected to be a major topic of discussion during talks with regional leaders. India, which buys much of its military gear from Russia, has long walked a diplomatic tightrope between the West and … Read more

Ukraine war has consequences for Asia, EU chief tells India

Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens India’s nearby protection, the European Union chief said Monday at some point of a ride to New Delhi aimed at fostering deeper strategic ties. Ursula von der Leyen is the state-of-the-art touring Western diplomat to press India, which receives most of its palms from Russia, over its impartial stance at the war. … Read more

COVID-19 booster doses are now available to every adult in India

COVID-19

On Sunday, India began distributing COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to all adults, but only front-line employees and persons over the age of 60 were eligible for free shots at government locations. The doses, which India refers to as a “precautionary” shot rather than a booster, are available nine months after the second jab, according to … Read more

The Delhi home of Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja was burgled.

Sonam Kapoor

There isn’t a day that goes by without one of our favorite Bollywood actors making the news. Sonam Kapoor made headlines earlier this year after announcing her pregnancy. Its her once again. Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja’s home was reportedly looted earlier this year in February, which was a surprising revelation. According to reports, the … Read more

Tencent-backed tech giant’s hit game ‘banned in India’

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SINGAPORE: Tech giant Sea, which is backed by China’s Tencent, has apologised to users in India after its popular Free Fire game was reportedly among dozens of apps hit with a ban on national security concerns. It was the latest volley between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions between the two running high after a deadly … Read more

Can religious tourism bridge the gap?

religious tourism

The Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) recently proposed religious tours to shrines and temples in India, rekindling hope that the neighbouring countries can find a common ground to build relations upon. The PHC approached New Delhi recently after receiving a positive response from Islamabad. “The Indian authorities have appreciated our initiative. But they say it would … Read more

India logs 255,874 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 39,799,202

india covid

NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 39,799,202 on Tuesday, as 255,874 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the first time after five consecutive days when less than 300,000 new cases were registered in a day across India. Besides, … Read more

India Open badminton championship marred by Covid

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Seven players, including the top seed Kidambi Srikanth, have withdrawn from the India Open badminton championship in New Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19, organisers said on Thursday. The event, which commenced on Tuesday, was originally meant to feature more than 200 players from 19 countries around the world. However, the tournament is now being … Read more

India logs 168,063 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 35,875,790

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NEW DELHI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 35,875,790 on Tuesday, as 168,063 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. It is the third consecutive day when more than 150,000 new cases were registered over 24 hours in the country, which is also … Read more

India rebalances between US, Russia

India rebalances between US

Since Narendra Modi began his second term as India’s prime minister in 2019, one of the defining features of India’s foreign strategy has been upgrading relations with the US, Japan and Australia as well as promoting the “Indo-Pacific” strategy to balance China. Due to excessively close relations between India and the US, the India-Russia relationship … Read more

Indian spinner Ashwin considered retirement over injuries

Ashwin

NEW DELHI: India’s third-highest Test wicket-taker Ravichandran Ashwin says that he nearly quit several times between 2018 and 2020 due to injury and because he did not “feel backed”. “I contemplated retirement for a lot of reasons,” the star spinner told ESPN Cricinfo. “I felt like people were not sensitive enough to my injuries. I felt like … Read more

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 34,733,194

India's COVID-19 tally

NEW DELHI, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,733,194 on Saturday, as 7,145 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 289 deaths due to the pandemic reported since Friday morning took the total death toll to 477,158. There are … Read more