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...
Mumbai: Tata Trusts, which own 66 per cent of Tata Sons, have proposed merging two operating companies with the Tata Group's holding company in a restructuring that would allow it to shed its classification as a non-banking financial company and a core investment company, helping...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US this week to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' meeting in Milwaukee and hold deliberations with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the bilateral trade agreement, an official statement said Monday. "Goyal will also...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider extending to the current Class-VI students the exemption from the three-language framework that has been granted to students of Class-VII. On September 17, the top court had...
Mumbai: Stock markets tumbled Monday, with the benchmark Sensex plunging 1,124 points to a six-month low and the Nifty closing below 22,800 as surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties, and weak global trends hit investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,124.02 points, or 1.52...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to decide the dispute between the two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress over the party name and "flowers and grass" election symbol. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Monday passed a resolution seeking urgent restoration of full statehood, amid a walkout by the opposition BJP. The resolution was moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday last week. However, it was deferred as several members wanted to...
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One of the infirmities that democratically elected governments the world over suffer from is the extra-constitutional powers that captains of...
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