As British MP Rishi Sunak took oath on Bhagavad Gita

Rishi Sunak, an Oxford University and Stanford graduate, is set to become Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister. IMAGE: Rishi Sunak. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Here are some facts......

India trade deal eludes another British prime minister

Britain's third female prime Minister, Liz Truss, was out of office on Thursday after the shortest tenure at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA)......

UK's PM-in-waiting Liz Truss remains committed to India ties

Newly-elected Conservative Party leader and prime minister in waiting Liz Truss is among the senior British politicians known for championing deeper India-UK strategic and economic ties, describing......

India ready to produce over 5bn Covid vaccines next year: Modi at G20

India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses next year to help the world in the fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a G-20 Summit session in Rome on......

Lesser-known firms set to make a mark in oil and gas sector

These new kids on the block have come up through a mix of entrepreneurial grit and backing from oil industry veterans. India may soon see a new set of oil barons with lesser-known companies......

'Growth projections have to be taken with a pinch of salt'

'The question is, how soon we can expect to re-attain the pre-lockdown levels of output and income.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New......

How govt plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

The procurement and distribution will be centralised though  the government is yet to take a call on the initial number of doses that will be procured. India plans to create a digital......

Coronavirus may push 400m Indians into poverty: UN report

About 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty due to the coronavirus crisis which is having "catastrophic consequences", and is......

Soccer Extras: Serie A chief apologises for anti-racism ape artwork

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Italian soccer league Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo, left, and Italian artist Simone Fugazzotto speak at a news conference......