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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday said India's diplomacy, economic strength and armed forces collectively present a nation committed to peace while remaining fully prepared to defend its borders and citizens. Praising the armed forces for their "professionalism and patriotism", she said the recent success...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday inaugurated the Infinity Campus of Indian space startup Skyroot as well as unveiled its first orbital rocket, Vikram-I. Addressing the event via video conferencing, the Prime Minister stated that the country is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity in the...

Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested online money gaming platform WinZO founders Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda on money laundering charges. According to officials, they were arrested in Bengaluru following their questioning at the zonal office of the financial regulator. Rathore and Nanda,...

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)...

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,...

Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled their fresh record highs in early trade Thursday amid optimistic global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and foreign fund inflows. Extending its previous day's rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 416.67...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his congratulations to the ‘people of India’ after the nation was officially awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with Amdavad (Ahmedabad) declared as the host city. This landmark declaration was made during the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly...

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...

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...