Nigeria can explore $5bn line of credit with low interest rate from India, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, has said. Thakur made the disclosure when he visited the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, according to a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. He said that the Prime Minister […]Read More
Preliminary election results in the central state of Madhya Pradesh show a nail-biting contest between India’s ruling BJP and the opposition Congress. The results show a late comeback for the BJP in the state after early results put Congress well ahead. However, Congress is leading in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which were previous BJP strongholds. Correspondents […]Read More
India’s heaviest satellite has gone into orbit on a French rocket to help boost broadband internet services. Weighing about 5,854kg (12,906lb), the GSAT-11 is India’s “most-advanced” multi-band communication satellite. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched the satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana early on Wednesday morning. It will be placed in a […]Read More
India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue in the western state of Gujurat in celebration of her unity. Towering at 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a hero of India’s freedom struggle and the country’s first deputy prime minister. Patel, a Gujarati, was known as the ‘Iron […]Read More
Floods in India’s Southern State of Kerala have claimed 39 lives and caused a loss of 1.1 billion dollars, officials said on Monday. This is as the region braces for more rains during one of its worst monsoon seasons in a century. As many as 33,372 people evacuated from villages in low-lying areas were housed […]Read More
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