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India trump Pakistan in latest ICC ODI Rankings

India have overtaken Pakistan in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings after their emphatic victory in the first game of their three-match series against England at The Oval on Tuesday.
13 July 2022, 03:33 AM

Biggest population in 2023 “may help” India get UN Security Council membership

A senior UN official has said India’s prospects of securing permanent membership of the UN Security Council may get boosted if it goes past China to become the world’s most populous nation in 2023.
12 July 2022, 11:22 AM

Root and Bairstow run riot against India

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow took the attack to India as England closed in on a fourth successive winning run chase under their new Test leadership duo of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.
4 July 2022, 18:07 PM

Bumrah bashes record 29, Broad concedes record 35

England great Stuart Broad set a new if unwanted record by conceding 35 runs in a Test over, against India at Edgbaston on Saturday.
2 July 2022, 10:59 AM

India's biggest cement producer using Chinese yuan to import Russian coal

India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement, is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.
29 June 2022, 11:10 AM

India’s Apollo partners with Bangladesh’s Imperial for super-speciality hospital in Ctg

In its first major foray in Bangladesh, India’s Apollo Hospitals group has announced that it has signed a brand licensing operations and management agreement with Chattogam-based Imperial Hospital Ltd for a super-speciality hospital in the port city.
21 June 2022, 08:21 AM

Amid Agnipath protests, Modi says “reforms may seem unfair but India will be benefited”

In the midst of violent protests against his government’s decision to go for short-term military recruitment policy “Agnipath,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 20,2022) said some decisions and reforms may be unpleasant and unfair temporarily but in the long run the country will experience their benefits.
20 June 2022, 13:46 PM

Bangladesh, India for strengthening cooperation in water management, cyber, food security

Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to work closely together to further strengthen cooperation in the areas of common rivers and water resources management and pledged to expand collaboration in cyber security, IT and food security.
19 June 2022, 18:33 PM

“To Indian Muslims on behalf of majority Hindus — you’re loved”

Bollywood composer Vishal Dadlani today took to Twitter to record his apology to and solidarity with Indian Muslims over the row surrounding former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
16 June 2022, 13:46 PM

Protests across India against "bulldozer justice" targeting Muslim activists

Protests have been erupting in many Indian cities to condemn the demolition of homes and businesses belonging to Muslims, in what critics call a growing pattern of “bulldozer justice” aimed at punishing activists from the minority group.
15 June 2022, 11:20 AM

Recruit 10 lakh people in 1.5 years, Modi instructs Indian mission

With fresh general elections less than two years away, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ambitious employment-generation plan as he instructed that one million people be recruited by his government in mission mode in the next and half years.
14 June 2022, 10:26 AM

Complaint filed in Kashmir court against Nupur Sharma over Prophet remarks

A lawyer in Jammu and Kashmir has filed a complaint before a court there, seeking punitive action against former BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma, Navin Jindal and others for recent "blasphemous" remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) .
12 June 2022, 13:14 PM

India beat Afghanistan to edge closer to Asian Cup

Sahal Samad's injury-time strike earned India a dramatic 2-1 victory over Afghanistan in Kolkata on Saturday that keeps the country's hopes of qualifying for next year's Asian Cup finals alive.
12 June 2022, 05:29 AM

None did as much for India’s northeast as Bangladesh: Ex-NSG chief

A former director general of India’s elite National Security Guard (NSG) has commended Bangladesh’s “amazing” cooperation to help India contain insurgency issues in the country’s north-eastern states.
8 June 2022, 12:30 PM

Adani godda power plant: BPDB to pay Tk 1,219.1cr for power not used

If it does not add value, it is a waste, said the seminal American industrialist Henry Ford. And the quote best describes the situation the Bangladesh Power Development Board finds itself in with its deal with India’s Adani Power.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

"Hurting our religious sentiments can directly impact economic ties”

India's government sought on Monday to calm anger at home and abroad after two officials of the ruling BJP party made remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, with 38 people arrested for rioting in a northern city and a protest planned later in Mumbai.
6 June 2022, 18:57 PM

Indian products pulled from Kuwait supermarket over Prophet remarks

A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves and Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday over a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Mohammed.
6 June 2022, 11:54 AM

India says OIC criticism of BJP leaders’ offensive remarks on Prophet “narrow-minded”

India today termed the comments by Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as “unwarranted and narrow-minded”. OIC was reacting to offensive remarks by two BJP leaders against Islam. India asked OIC to “stop pursuing its communal approach.”
6 June 2022, 09:44 AM

Offensive tweets on Prophet don't reflect govt's view: India tells Qatar

Qatar today summoned Indian Ambassador Deepak Mittal and handed him an official note, expressing total condemnation of the controversial remarks made by a now-suspended BJP leader against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
5 June 2022, 15:40 PM

Bangladeshi missing from Kuakata found clinging to banana plant near Chennai

The tourist who went missing a week ago from Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach has been found in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state of India.
4 June 2022, 14:20 PM