Month: January 2025

“PM Inherited Fragile Economy From UPA But…”: Arvind Panagariya To NDTV

January 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi “inherited a very fragile economy” – from the preceding Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government – and, while progress has been made to a ‘viksit (developed) Bharat’, more must be done, Dr Arvind Panagariya, 16th Finance Commission Chairperson, told NDTV. But assuming these challenges are overcome, that goal – a…

Nation

“Virat Kohli Suffered Injury, Had To Take Injection”: Report Reveals Massive Concern For Team India

January 17, 2025 admin

File image of Virat Kohli (centre).© AFP While eyes are pinned on India stalwart Virat Kohli and his possible return to domestic cricket, the 36-year-old has reportedly faced a major obstacle in any such comeback. As per a report by The Times of India, Kohli has picked up an injury. Kohli has reportedly…

Sports

Why China Might Need Rest Of The West More With Trump Back In White House

January 17, 2025 admin

Donald Trump has a knack of antagonising and confusing China. During his first presidential campaign, he accused China of “raping” the US through unfair trade practices. But later in his first term as US president, Trump also called Chinese president Xi Jinping a “good friend”. Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign Trump suggested he would be…

World

Relief for big coffee planters in Karnataka, but small planters grapple with labour shortage

January 17, 2025 admin

While harvesting requires manual labour, small planters are proposing mechanisation of processes like drying beans and irrigation, which will help reduce dependency on labourers. | Photo Credit: File photo : Karnataka’s big coffee planters, reeling under years of labour shortage, are enjoying a welcome respite this harvest season as migrant workers arrived in sufficient numbers…

Business

World Economic Forum 2025: Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh to showcase investment opportunities

January 17, 2025 admin

Nara Lokesh. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Andhra Pradesh Information Technology (IT) and Electronics and HRD Minister & chairman of the State Government’s task force committee on investments Nara Lokesh is participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) – 2025 scheduled to be held at Davos from January 20 to 24, 2025. A.P. will attract sizeable…

Business

BJP Releases Manifesto For Delhi Polls, Announces Rs 21,000 For Pregnant Women

January 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Women are at the centre of the BJP’s welfare measures, said Union Minister JP Nadda today as he released the first part of the party’s manifesto for the February 5 elections in Delhi. The senior BJP leader also assured the voters that all public welfare schemes will continue in the capital as he…

Nation

ICC prosecutor sees ‘no real effort’ by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes

January 17, 2025 admin

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks to Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has defended his decision to bring war crimes allegations against Israel’s prime minister, saying Israel had made “no real effort” to investigate the allegations itself. In an…

World

Maruti Suzuki unveils first electric SUV eVITARA; to export it to 100 countries

January 17, 2025 admin

Maruti Suzuki unveils first electric SUV eVITARA at the Bharat Mobility Show in New Delhi on January 17, 21025. Photo: X/@Maruti_Corp Maruti Suzuki India on Friday (January 17, 2025) unveiled its first battery electric vehicle eVITARA, which will be exported to over 100 countries. Speaking at the unveiling of the model at the Auto Expo,…

Business

Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup: India gears up to defend title in Malaysia

January 17, 2025 admin

India’s GenNext cricketers will be eager to extend their dominance in the global stage as they seek to defend the title of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup beginning in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (January 18, 2025). Clubbed with the West Indies, Sri Lanka and hosts Malaysia in Group A, India will begin their…

Sports

The Science Quiz | Horizons — the lines between what we can and can’t know

January 17, 2025 admin

Questions: 1. The ______ ______ defines the most distant point in the universe from which light can reach us in a finite amount of time. The sphere whose radius is this distance forms a horizon. Fill in the blanks. 2. The event horizon is an imaginary spherical surface surrounding a gravitational singularity. Matter that enters…

Science