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New Delhi: India will chair the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, organised by the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Monday, according to a statement issued by...

New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday released the first instalment of Rs 25,863 crore to the states for the implementation of the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G-RAM-G) scheme. The instalment, which forms part of the...

New Delhi: Centre Sunday rejected media reports claiming that Bhutan turned down an Indian proposal to import E20 petrol, clarifying that no such offer was made by Indian Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and that there is no proposal to export the fuel to the neighbouring...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest at the Jantar Mantar demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation and government accountability over alleged examination irregularities, entered its 16th day Sunday, while it was the eighth day of an indefinite hunger strike announced by climate activist...

New Delhi: Congress Sunday asserted that it will strongly oppose in Parliament a Constitution amendment Bill which seeks the removal of ministers in custody for 30 days over serious offences, and expressed confidence that the government would not have a two-thirds majority for its passage....

New Delhi: The government has issued a stern notice to Meta on Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram, sources said Sunday. The government issued the notice Saturday evening, they added. "MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) has ordered...

New Delhi: The government has withdrawn most provisions of the emergency natural gas supply regulation order imposed during the West Asia conflict after liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait of Hormuz resumed following a ceasefire. In a notification issued Saturday, the Ministry of...

New Delhi: The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), set to come into force July 15, provides duty-free access for 99 per cent of India's exports to the UK. According to the latest notification from Finance Ministry that set out the rules, a product...

Srinagar: Security forces Saturday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district after receiving inputs about presence of terrorists, officials said. "A CASO was launched in Meemandar area of Shopian," an official said, adding that the operation was prompted by...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday greeted President Donald Trump and the people of the United States on the 250th anniversary of America's independence and said the two countries' shared belief in democracy and the rule of law, and the limitless potential of their...