VISAKHAPATNAM: The Indian Navy is seeking to be the “preferred security partner” for all the smaller countries in the region, its chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said here on Sunday. “Over a period of time, Navy has been making efforts to be the preferred security partner for all the smaller countries in the region. And […]
BJP sources said Nadaa’s account was compromised briefly New Delhi: Multiple tweets were posted from BJP president J P Nadda’s account on the Ukraine crisis and also on crypto currency issues on Sunday, in another case of hacking of a prominent public figure’s Twitter account. Electronics and Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told PTI that the […]
New Delhi: Extensive deliberations are on over various aspects and suggestions related to the draft data protection Bill, and the government hopes to resolve certain complex issues soon and get Parliament’s approval on the legislation latest by the monsoon session, according to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. He said there is no plan to scrap the […]
WASHINGTON: The discussions on the sale of 30 Predator armed drones by the US to India, the first to a non-NATO ally, at an estimated cost of USD 3 billion are at an advanced stage, multiple sources have confirmed. The major defence deal was announced under the previous Trump administration during the visit of Prime […]
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is proposing to assess the impact of the multi-media awareness campaigns launched by it to promote financial literacy and also safe banking practices. The RBI runs the ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign to educate and empower the public about banking regulations, and also to make them aware of […]
Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 2.762 billion to USD 632.952 billion for the week ended February 18 on a healthy rise in the value of gold reserves and core currency assets, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by USD 1.763 billion to […]
New Delhi: State-run SJVN on Saturday said that it has won a 15 MW grid-connected floating solar PV power project in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. SJVN Chairman and Managing Director Nand Lal Sharma in a statement said that the power producer bagged the floating solar power project at Nangal pond, near village Neilla, in […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India is at a stage where growth and the focus on development have got to be strengthened from every side and intellectual property rights (IPRs) have an important role in it. The minister mentioned that 28,000 patents were granted last year as opposed to 4,000 in […]
New Delhi: India, the world’s third largest energy importing and consuming nation, on Saturday said it is closely monitoring the global energy markets to track any supply disruptions following the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and will support release of oil from strategic storages to cool prices. International oil prices climbed to an over seven-year high of USD […]
KOLKATA: The I-League, which is set to resume on Thursday, two months after it was suspended owing to COVID-19 cases in its bio-bubble, will take a call on entry of spectators after reviewing the situation in the second week of March. On 3 January, the I-League was suspended by the AIFF after a fresh COVID-19 […]