New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said he wants to see a greater presence of US-based Boeing in India as the American firm has recently received a large order of planes from Tata Group-owned Air India. In February, in one of the largest aircraft orders by an airline, Air India announced it…
New Delhi: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday reserved its order on crisis-hit airline Go First’s plea seeking voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings. A two-member bench headed by President Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar concluded the day-long hearing during which the Wadia group-controlled airline sought initiation of insolvency resolution proceedings and an interim moratorium on its…
New Delhi: Ola Electric and Ather Energy on Thursday said they will reimburse the cost of chargers to buyers of electric scooters in the larger interest of the EV ecosystem. In a statement on Twitter, Ola said the electric vehicle industry has witnessed unprecedented success in the last couple of years despite attempts from vested interest…
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices ended nearly 1 per cent higher on Thursday amid continuous foreign fund inflows and buying in index majors HDFC twins and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 555.95 points or 0.91 per cent to settle at 61,749.25. During the day, it rallied 604.61 points or 0.98 per cent to 61,797.91. The…
Washington: Ajay Banga will be a transformational leader, who will bring expertise, experience, and innovation to the position of World Bank president, US President Joe Biden said after the former Mastercard CEO was confirmed as the new head of the international financial institution. Ajay Banga on Wednesday became the first-ever Indian-American to head the bank….
London: Britain’s King Charles III has said that he would love to go to India on a State Visit and it should be planned soon, Indian-origin peer Lord Karan Bilimoria revealed following an audience with the monarch ahead of his Coronation ceremony in London on Saturday. During an interaction with a group of parliamentarians at…
Beijing: China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang will travel to Pakistan on Friday on a two-day visit after attending the meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers hosted by India in Goa, it was announced here on Thursday. Qin is attending the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Foreign Ministers meeting being held on May 4 and 5 at Panaji…
Singapore: Singapore is seen as a “prize target” by terrorist groups and it continues to be mentioned in their propaganda, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said, emphasising that his nation cannot afford to let its guard down against such ultra forces. Speaking at the launch of the Religious Rehabilitation Group’s (RRG) Majulah Gallery at the…
London: Voters across large parts of England are voting in local elections on Thursday to elect hundreds of councillors and some local mayors in the first election where a form of voter identification (ID) is compulsory. Elections are being held in 230 of England’s 317 councils, within district, borough, county borough and unitary authority councils, and…
Washington: A Sikh couple was killed in a car accident in the US when a distracted driver hit the duo in a head-on collision, orphaning their two minor children. The accident occurred last Friday when Parminder Singh Bajwa and his wife Harpreet Kaur Bajwa were on their way to pick their children up from a school…
