New Delhi: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday informed of a meeting with Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Switzerland, where they discussed investment opportunities for the pharmaceutical sector. Artieda is on a visit to India along with a pharma delegation from Switzerland....
Kolkata: The names of the electorate in the Assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata do not match the 2002 voter list, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said. Currently, digitisation of the enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...
Washington: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Thursday announced an immediate suspension of all immigration requests from Afghan nationals, just hours after a targeted attack, allegedly by an individual from Kabul, on National Guard members in Washington, close to the White House. In a...
New Delhi: India and the UAE have agreed to further strengthen trade facilitation, regulatory collaboration and data sharing during the third meeting of the Joint Committee under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) here, an official statement said Thursday. The meeting, co-chaired by Ajay Bhadoo,...
New Delhi: India Wednesday said it is examining a request by Bangladesh to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and that it is committed to ensure the best interests of the people of that country. Hasina, 78, was last week sentenced to death in absentia...
Melbourne: The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled, despite a rights advocacy group Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court. The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutional challenge in the High Court...
New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to promote manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnets with an outlay of Rs 7,280 crore. The 'Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets' was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra...
Mumbai: Snapping the three-day falling streak, benchmark Sensex rebounded by 1,022 points while Nifty reclaimed the 26,000 level Wednesday on across-the-board buying aided by a rally in global peers amid growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share...
Raipur: In a major success, 41 armed Maoist cadres, including 12 women, surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday. The group, which carried a combined reward of Rs 1,19,00,000 on their heads, decided to abandon violence...
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Abul Hossen Molla alias Duronto, who was wanted in connection with the alleged attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal January 5 last year, officials said Wednesday. A mob attacked the ED team when it...
Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC...
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For three days, Naya Raipur is set to cosplay as a “mini-PMO”, complete with the full weight of India’s security...
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Nearly 50 experts from different countries have sounded the alarm bell for global consumption of ultra processed food (UPF) which...
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US President Donald Trump’s peace initiatives appear to be turning into a one-sided affair in which the aggressor is being...
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