Melbourne: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the world witnessed the capability and credibility of India’s defence platform during ‘Operation Sindoor’ when explosions were taking place at terrorists’ hideouts across the border. He made the remarks while speaking at an Indian diaspora event, ‘Melbourne meets Modi’, also attended by Australian Prime Minister Anthony…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), alleging that it submitted fabricated records on district-level cricketing activities before the Bombay High Court with an intention to mislead the judiciary. Addressing a press conference, TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy claimed that…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday signed an MoU with solar energy solutions provider Vikram Solar to set up a Battery Energy Storage Systems manufacturing plant at an investment of Rs 15,037 crore at SIPCOT Industrial Park in Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district. The mega project will create direct and indirect employment opportunities to 2,670 people,…
Melbourne: India and Australia on Thursday sealed a raft of landmark pacts spanning civil nuclear energy, maritime security and critical minerals sectors, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese reinforced the vital role of the bilateral partnership in ensuring a peaceful Indo-Pacific. Modi held wide-ranging talks with the Australian leader, a…
New Delhi: Asian Development Bank on Thursday lowered India’s GDP growth projection to 6.6 per cent as against 6.9 per cent estimated earlier for the current fiscal on concerns of higher energy prices fuelled by the Middle East crisis. Despite the growth moderation, India still continues to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world….
New Delhi: India is failing to win medals at continental tournaments or qualify for the World Championships and Olympics despite having immense potential because of poor planning and a lack of opportunities to compete against Asia’s top volleyball nations, according to Dronacharya Award-winning coach G E Sridharan. The 72-year-old argued that India continues to play…
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the government has done its part by announcing several measures in Budget to support Global Capability Centres (GCCs), and called on industry to invest in skilling, capability development and innovation to address the challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Observing that AI has exposed old…
New Delhi: Huma Qureshi, known for challenging the conventional portrayal of the Hindi film heroine through projects such as “Maharani” and “Gangs of Wasseypur”, hopes that her new film “Baby Do Die Do”, a thriller about a deaf and mute assassin, leads to more such interesting roles being written for women. The actor, who has…
Thiruvananthapuram: As heavy rains continued in parts of Kerala, the IMD on Thursday issued an orange alert in three districts of the state for the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in the districts of Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad. It also issued a yellow alert in six other districts — Ernakulam,…
New Delhi: Delhi woke up to grey skies, waterlogged roads and uprooted trees as overnight rain continued through Thursday morning, with the India Meteorological Department issuing a ‘red’ alert for the day. Safdarjung, the capital’s base weather station, recorded 72.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours that ended at 8.30 am, the India…
