New Delhi: Congress Wednesday cited former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's reported remarks on GDP numbers to attack the Modi government, saying it must understand that "PR can polish the picture" of the GDP but not the economy itself. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam...
Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and discussed the global economic outlook and India's evolving growth trajectory. Sitharaman met Georgieva on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville, Tuesday. "The discussion...
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Wednesday alleged that the SIR being carried out by the Election Commission is an exercise to manipulate the voters list and urged the Supreme Court to stop the bulk deletions taking place under it. The former Union minister...
Mumbai: Indian authorities have raided an illegal warehouse in Navi Mumbai that erased expiry dates and altered nutritional data on original products from PepsiCo, Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Hindustan Unilever to export them abroad. Food safety officers conducted a six-day investigation and seized goods worth nearly...
Mumbai: As many as 31 students have been hospitalised after they fell ill following the consumption of lunch served at a school in Maharashtra's Chandrapur Tuesday, officials said. Students at Shri Ambru Naik Secondary Ashram School in Nagarala, located in the Jiwati Tehsil of Maharashtra's...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Lok Bhavan here has become the first Governor House in the country to receive the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Platinum certification under its Green Campus Rating System, marking a significant step towards sustainable and environment-friendly infrastructure, an official statement said Tuesday. Governor...
Kyiv/New York: An Indian national has been killed in a wave of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday. He said on X that the Indian was among 12 killed in drone and missile strikes on several targets across Ukraine in five...
Mumbai: India's current account deficit widened to USD 4.2 billion, or 0.5 per cent of GDP, in the first quarter of the fiscal year from USD 3.4 billion a year ago, as the merchandise trade deficit rose sharply amid the West Asia conflict. According to...
New Delhi: In a historic milestone for the Indian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma has become the first woman officer (non-medical) in the country's armed forces to attain the rank of air vice marshal or equivalent, officials said Tuesday. She assumed the appointment...
New Delhi: Centre Tuesday further tightened the stock holding limit for sugar dealers, cutting it from 4,000 quintals to 2,000 quintals, effective from September 15 to November 30, as it looked to rein in high retail prices of the sweetener. The stock holding limit of...
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Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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