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New Delhi: Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates will not be attending the AI Impact Summit, government sources said. Gates featured among the tech moguls, industry leaders, policymakers, founders, and technologists listed as speakers on the official website of the India Impact Summit, happening in the national...

Mumbai: NCP legislators Monday formally decided to appoint Sunetra Pawar, wife of former Deputy Chief Minister late Ajit Pawar, as the national president and rally behind her strongly, especially after the sudden and untimely death of Pawar in a plane crash January 28. ​ The...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X and Class XII Board examinations 2026 commenced on Tuesday, with lakhs of students appearing across the country for the first papers. The examinations are being held in a single shift from 10:30 a.m. to...

Mumbai: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mumbai Tuesday, ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the two leaders will review the progress made in the India-France strategic partnership. Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were present at the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo here, featuring over 600 high-potential startups and 13 country pavilions showcasing international collaboration in the AI ecosystem. He also interacted with startups participating in the expo. The prime minister visited various stalls...

New Delhi: Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering case. This is the second summons issued to 69-year-old Tina Ambani. She was issued the first...

Kolkata: The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries. The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to Fraserganj Fisheries Port in South 24 Parganas district Monday afternoon....

New Delhi: India and the US have not negotiated a chapter on digital trade in the interim trade pact, and it will be taken up as part of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), an official said Monday. On February 7, the two countries issued a...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has slapped a Rs 184-crore FEMA penalty against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha, official sources said Monday. The order specifies that the company that owns the portal, PPK NEWSCLICK Studio Private Limited, has been penalised for an...

Bengaluru/Bhubaneswar: The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavati, in Karnataka's Koppal district, Monday sentenced three men to death in connection with the gang-rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the killing of a male tourist from Odisha. The incident took...