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Beyond the Empire: Keir Starmer’s Bharat Visit and the Rewriting of Indo-UK History
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 9th October: When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer touches down in Bharat for his two-day visit on October 8 and 9, the symbolism will not be lost on anyone familiar with the arc of Indo-British history. This…
PwC predicts digital payments triple by FY30 in India
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - PwC’s Indian Payments Handbook 2025-2030 said on Wednesday that India’s digital payments landscape is poised for a transformative leap, with transactions expected to surge threefold over the next 5 years.
The…
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, Omar M Yaghi won 2025 Nobel in Chemistry for metal-organic…
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ON Wednesday announced 2025 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry has gone to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi, three scientists who turned chemistry into…
Starmer visits Mumbai, meets PM Modi on Thursday
BY Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday visited Mumbai who is on a two-day official visit to India for the first time.
He met with key senior Indian government ministers and businesses to deepen…
California Gov. Newsom declares Diwali a state holiday
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - California’s Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday officially declared Diwali to the state’s list of holidays by signed Assembly Bill 268 into law, as per media reports
The bill would authorize community colleges…
POTUS says furloughed workers won’t get back pay
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that some furloughed federal employees may not receive back pay once the government reopens, after threats to lay off federal workers during shutdown.
Trump said at…
UN voices concerns at deadly airstrike in Myanmar, military attacks on rice against civilians
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday in New York has condemned a Myanmar airstrike that killed dozens of civilians, including children, called it part of a “disturbing pattern” of indiscriminate…
UNSG ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly protests in Madagascar
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN head António Guterres on Wednesday has stressed the need for dialogue in Madagascar as anti-government demonstrations are going on in the third week.
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday…
World Bank raises India GDP forecast 6.5% in FY26
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - The World Bank on Tuesday raised India’s gross domestic product forecast for 2025–26 (FY26) to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent projected in June.
It revised downwards the estimate for 2026–27 (FY27) by 20 basis…
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Chicago braces troop deployment
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act an 1807 law that allows a US president to deploy military troops inside the country.
Trump said he’ll use the powers “if…