Month: January 2025

Cyient secures multi-year deal from Deutsche Aircraft

January 21, 2025 admin

Cyient Executive Vice Chairman and MD Krishna Bodanapu and Deutsche Aircraft Co-CEO Nico Neumann with executives of both firms after the MoU signing. Photo: Arrangement Intelligent engineering services firm Cyient has bagged a multi-year contract from German aircraft maker Deutsche Aircraft to manage the advanced technical documentation to support the product lifecycle of safety-critical aviation…

Business

Kylian Mbappe Dispels Doubts Before Crucial Real Madrid Champions League Clash

January 21, 2025 admin

Just when it seemed the pressure of a lifelong dream switch to Real Madrid might prove too great for Kylian Mbappe to overcome, the French superstar silenced his doubters. After a troubled start to life at Madrid, Mbappe finally seems at home and ready to wreak havoc both in Spain and in Europe….

Sports

Joint Forum against NRC writes to Joint Committee of Parliament on Waqf Amendment Bill; asks for revocation

January 21, 2025 admin

Members of the forum handing over a memorandum to Jagdambika Pal, Chairperson of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf Amendment Bill, in Kolkata on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Joint Forum against National Register of Citizens (NRC), a common platform of civil society groups, socio-political organisations and individuals have filed a…

Nation

“No Regrets”: Sam Konstas’ Bold Take On Shoulder-Barge With Virat Kohli

January 21, 2025 admin

Sam Konstas (left) was involved in a heated exchange with Virat Kohli during MCG Test.© X (formerly Twitter) A shoulder-barging incident between India star Virat Kohli and Australia’s teenager Sam Konstas turned out to be one of the most controversial moments of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The incident happened in December last year…

Sports

BJP no longer needs Shinde, claims Congressâ Wadettiwar

January 21, 2025 admin

Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly and Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar. | Photo Credit: ANI The Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra continues to grapple with internal discontent as Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is reportedly upset and away in his hometown. Senior Congress leader and former Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Vijay…

Nation

Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief On “Groupism” Within Party

January 21, 2025 admin

Bhopal: At a time when the Congress is preparing for its ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, and Jai Samvidhan’ rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow on January 27, state Congress president Jitu Patwari’s remarks about the “cancer of groupism” within the party have sparked a political storm. The rally, organized to honour Dr BR Ambedkar at his…

Nation

Trump revokes Biden 50% EV target, freezes unspent charging funds

January 21, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as former U.S. President Joe Biden looks on during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (January 20, 2025) took aim at electric vehicles, revoking a 2021 executive order signed by…

World

Chelsea Beat Wolves To Return To Premier League Top Four

January 21, 2025 admin

Chelsea overcame a howler from goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to beat relegation-threatened Wolves 3-1 on Monday, ending a five-game winless run to climb back into the Premier League’s top four. Enzo Maresca‘s team were just two points behind leaders Liverpool in mid-December, raising hopes of an unlikely title challenge before losing their way. Now…

Sports

How does welfare politics translate into votes?

January 21, 2025 admin

Kailash, KK (2024), ‘The Politics of Welfare: The BJP and the Discerning Voter’, Studies in Indian Politics, 12 (2) 228-250, 2024, Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Right from the time of its independence, India has had to contend with extreme inequality and a large population of poor people. While there have been…

Nation

US Immigration Crackdown Begins, Trump Declares Emergency At Mexico Border

January 21, 2025 admin

Washington DC: President Donald Trump announced severe new restrictions on immigration and asylum in the United States hours after taking office Monday, declaring that he will send troops to the US-Mexico border and attempt to end birthright citizenship. Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and used a careening press conference in the…

World