Indian envoy, SL minister discuss on agriculture 

Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met Sri Lankan Minister KD Lalkantha and discussed opportunities for bilateral collaboration for the modernisation of agriculture in the island nation, according to an official statement.

6 infants in Gaza die from hypothermia

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip, as a UN official warned that the Trump administration’s suspension of funding to the World Health Organisation withheld money for critical operations in the territory.

Job-cuts: Trump backs Elon Musk 

President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, even as government agency officials were told that compliance with Musk’s edict was voluntary.

Credit card spending clocks double-digit jump in Jan

Consumer expenditure through credit cards has shot up by 10.8 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in January 2025 with HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank recording the highest increase, according to the latest data compiled by the RBI.

Indian markets to stabilise by Q4 2025 end

The Indian stock markets are likely to remain volatile in the near term but are expected to stabilise towards the end of Q4 of the calendar year 2025, as domestic consumption is on the cusp of revival and normal monsoons could provide a significant boost, a report said on Tuesday.

Huge shift

The United States’ recent votes at the United Nations mark a striking shift in its approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict under the Trump administration.

Lijomol Jose’s Gentlewoman gets UA

With just weeks to go before its theatrical release on March 7, the makers of Gentlewoman, directed by debutant Joshua Sethuraman, have announced that the film has successfully cleared the censorship process.