NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with a delegation of 12 farmer leaders under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and Samyukt Kisan Morcha inside the Parliament premises on Wednesday, a day after the Union Budget was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. During the meeting, the farmers discussed the issue of MSP (minimum […]
NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said a total investment of Rs 92,000 crore is being made for the development of railways in Uttar Pradesh. He said during the tenure of the UPA, from 2004 to 2014, Rs 1,109 crore was allocated for the development of […]
NEW DELHI: UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived here on Wednesday morning on a two-day visit to India in the first high-level discussion between the two countries after the formation of the Keir Starmer-led Labour government in London. “Warm welcome to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he arrives in New Delhi on his first […]
NEW DELHI: Benchmark indices ended lower a day after the Union Budget was presented in the Parliament. At close, the Sensex was down 280.16 points or 0.35% at 80,148.88, and the Nifty was down 65.50 points or 0.27% at 24,413.50. Among the sectors, Nifty Bank index fell 0.89%, while the Private Bank index and the […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Budget 2024 has been met with widespread approval from the space industry, following Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement to expand India’s space economy fivefold over the next decade. Central to this vision is the establishment of a Rs 1000 crore venture capital fund aimed at fostering innovation and growth within the […]
NEW DELHI: Singapore has reclaimed the title of the world’s most powerful passport as owning a Singapore passport now gives one visa-free access to a record 195 global destinations. This puts the city state at the top on the Henley Passport Index. According to the official data released from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), […]
KATHMANDU: A passenger plane has crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, killing 18 people, aviation officials say. The pilot was the only survivor of Wednesday’s crash and was being treated in hospital, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement. Nineteen people were on the test flight […]
DHAKA: Defending her decision to enforce a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order following violent clashes between the police and protesters in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that the tough measures were taken to ensure the security of the lives and properties of the people. Hasina’s comments came a day after Bangladesh’s Supreme […]
NEW DELHI: Chinese scientists studying the soil samples of the moon brought by Chang’e-5 mission found water molecules in lunar soil, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The research – carried out jointly by researchers from the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and the Institute of Physics of CAS and other […]
NEW DELHI: Nita Ambani, a prominent Indian philanthropist and the Founder of Reliance Foundation, has been unanimously re-elected as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from India. The announcement was made by the IOC ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which is set to take place this weekend. The decision […]