Doha: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has held bilateral meetings with ministers from Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Jordan and Nepal on the sidelines of the AIIB annual meeting. On the first day of her visit to Qatar September 28, Sitharaman met her Saudi counterpart Mohammed Al-Jadaan who...
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's immediate removal over alleged SIR "irregularities" and also demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation on moral grounds for "pressuring" the poll panel chief. In his opening address at the Congress Working...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear next week a petition which raised doubts over the decisions taken by the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and...
New York: Terrorism emanating from its neighbour is one of India's primary concerns, and if this is not fully appreciated by New Delhi's partners, it impacts bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, alluding to India-US relations amid upswing in Washington-Islamabad ties. The...
San Francisco: OpenAI said Monday it was delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers, the latest in the company's effort to decelerate the pace of the technology's advance. OpenAI's decision to hold back the model,...
Washington: FBI has added gangster Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar to its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and announced a reward of USD one million for information leading to his arrest. "Satinderjeet Singh is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Lawrence Bishnoi Organised...
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group will build "the largest steel plant" in American history in Iowa, at an investment of USD 15 billion. Trump made the announcement Monday in the Oval Office with Essar Group co-founder Ravi...
New Delhi: The Congress Monday took to the streets against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, holding protests across the country and burning his effigies amid the SIR row, and said the groundswell against him will only increase till he is removed. Congress workers protested outside...
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Monday said the Cockroach Janta Party's movement should now be for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation. Kejriwal at Pratidin Time Conclave said, "First, you demanded the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. Now you are demanding the resignation...
Mumbai: India and the UAE Monday agreed to take steps for the timely implementation of initiatives relating to settlement of trade in local currencies, integration of payment and messaging systems, and central-bank digital currencies, as both sides aim to increase the two-way commerce to USD...
The recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping turned out to be a rather tame...
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After remaining deafeningly silent on a media report casting serious doubts about the fairness and functioning of the Election Commission...
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By Aakar Patel Corruption and bribery are two words that are interchangeable. Or are they? Bribery, in the way that...
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By Dilip Cherian The next big change in India’s babudom may not come through another cadre reform or a new...
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