London: British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, the government announced Friday, reviving an idea that has long been controversial in the UK. The government says the plan will help reduce unauthorised immigration...
New Delhi: India and US have discussed various aspects of the proposed trade agreement, and both sides have decided to continue their engagements to achieve early conclusion of a mutually beneficial trade pact, the Commerce Ministry said Friday. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal had...
New Delhi: The ties between India and Sri Lanka have reached a point of unprecedented excellence since the visit of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to India and the following visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri Lanka, the island nation's envoy said Friday. Interacting...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday upheld JSW Steel's Rs 19,700-crore resolution plan for debt-ridden Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL), bringing down curtains to a prolonged legal battle that spanned nearly eight years. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices Satish Chandra...
New Delhi/Jharsuguda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil state-owned BSNL’s ‘Swadeshi’ 4G stack during his Odisha visit September 27, marking India’s entry into the coveted league of nations that produce and manufacture telecom equipment. The India-made network is cloud-based, future-ready and can upgrade seamlessly to...
Chandigarh: A ceremony for the culmination of operations of Russian-origin MiG-21, whose induction in the early 1960s catapulted the force into the jet age, was underway at the Chandigarh Air Force Station in Chandigarh Friday. Six decades after they were inducted into the force, the...
New Delhi: Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) Friday said US President Donald Trump's move to impose 100 per cent import tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs from October 1 will impact only patented and branded products, not generic medicines. Reacting to the development, IPA Secretary General Sudarshan Jain...
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he will put import taxes of 100 per cent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 per cent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 per cent on upholstered furniture and 25 per cent on heavy trucks starting October 1. The...
New Delhi: India, US talks are happening at different levels covering both trade and non-trade issues, an official said. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US for trade talks. He is accompanied by senior officials of the ministry, including special secretary and...
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the construction of the 4-lane Sahebganj-Areraj-Bettiah section of National Highway (NH) 139W in Bihar across a total project length of 78.942 km with an investment of Rs 3,822.31 crore....
Protests by thousands of pro-democracy activists in Leh and Kargil districts on 16 March, demanding, among other things, statehood for...
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The ongoing war between the US-Israel combine and Iran has unexpectedly turned out to be a windfall for Russia. In...
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The widening conflict in West Asia is beginning to cast a shadow over India’s economic outlook. The country’s heavy dependence...
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On 4 November 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to over 120 heads of Indian missions and outlined the...
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