Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges a handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Official Reception for Heads of States and Heads of Governments at the SCO Summit, in Tianjin on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the issue of cross-border terrorism during their meeting on Sunday on…
Safeena Husain (File photo) NEW DELHI: India’s non-profit, Educate Girls, has been named a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee — Asia’s premier honour — becoming the first Indian organisation to receive the prize. Founded in 2007, the group has worked across 30,000 villages to enrol more than 2 million girls back in school and support over…
PM Modi-Xi Jinping bilateral meet (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday emphasised that the interests of the people of India and China are closely tied to mutual cooperation, during his bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.“An agreement has been reached…
NEW DELHI: India’s peak outbound travel month of June saw a decline in the number of Indian visitors to the US in 2025 over the previous year for the first time this millennium, barring the Covid period.With 2.1 lakh Indians headed to America in June, the number was 8% lower than 2.3 lakh in same…
JAMMU: Once again, the Army came to the rescue of civic administration as it constructed a 110-feet bailey bridge over the Tawi River in Jammu city in less than 12 hours, after a section of the vital 4th bridge collapsed amid heavy rainfall on Aug 26.Sharing details, Major General Mukesh Bhanwala, GOC, Tiger Division, said:…
MP Akhilesh Yadav joins last leg of Voter Adhikar Yatra (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the Election Commission of (EC), alleging that the poll body has become the “Jugaad Commission” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yadav arrived in Bihar to join the 16-day Voter Adhikar…
NEW DELHI: Japanese companies have signed over 170 MoUs over the last two years with investment of over $13 billion committed in the country. But the cooperation is not limited to large players alone.Japanese industry partnerships are also enabling the entry of Indian small and medium enterprises into global supply chains, helping them gain from…
New Delhi: Govt on Friday approved extension of ex-servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) to around 500 officer cadets who over the years have been boarded out of military academies on medical grounds after being injured during rigorous physical training.The one-time Rs 1.2 lakh subscription fee applicable to ex-servicemen officers for joining ECHS will not be…
NEW DELHI: Nearly three lakh electors in Bihar have been served notices over “doubtful citizenship” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said on Friday.The flagged names are part of the 7.24 crore voters listed in the draft rolls published on August 1. Many of those under scrutiny are suspected…
Asaduddin Owaisi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears “scared of the US,” while slamming the government over the imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports by the United States.Speaking to reporters, Owaisi questioned: “US’ Peter Navarro is making statements. Had the…
