Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has identified 185 sites for setting up small hydro power projects, Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Vishal Kumar Dev said Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholder dialogue on small hydro power development in Bhubaneswar, Dev said Odisha, which accounts for nearly...
New Delhi: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Friday called for a stronger shift toward local currencies in BRICS trade, while pitching Iran's geography, energy resources and transport links as a strategic bridge for the bloc's economic connectivity. Speaking at the BRICS Business Forum, Pezeshkian said BRICS...
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday pitched a new investment platform to fund projects in trade, infrastructure, logistics and technology across BRICS, while stressing that the grouping's expanding economic cooperation was "not against anyone" and aimed instead at advancing the national interests of its...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Friday urged BRICS member countries to link their payment systems, encourage trade in local currencies, and make digital trade more accessible globally. Addressing the Opening Session of BRICS Business Forum 2026 here, he said India has taken...
Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday called for stronger accountability and safeguards around artificial intelligence as the technology moves into finance and other critical sectors, warning that regulators and companies must ensure rapid innovation does not create new forms of systemic risks. Speaking at the...
New Delhi: An Alliance Air aircraft, carrying 40 passengers, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport due to an engine failure Friday afternoon, according to a source. In a statement, an Alliance Air spokesperson said the plane landed safely and an investigation is being...
Brussels: European Commission Friday formally submitted its proposal to the European Council to sign and conclude the Free Trade Agreement with India, marking a major step toward implementing the ambitious pact - widely termed the "mother of all deals". If authorised by the Council, this...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, which has proposed phased implementation of front-of-package labelling (FoPL) on packaged foods, to come up with more clarifications on the planned labels of "nutrients of concern", fat, sugar and salt....
Mumbai: BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors called for greater representation of emerging-market and developing economies in the IMF and World Bank, and criticised unilateral tariffs and trade measures, as the expanded bloc sought to strengthen financial cooperation amid rising geopolitical and economic fragmentation....
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday held wide-ranging talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, focusing on enhancing annual bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030 and ramping up existing cooperation in areas such as defence, energy, critical minerals, and fertiliser supplies. The meeting...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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