New Delhi: Amid concerns over environmental contamination due to genetically modified crops, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether there was any compelling reason for the environmental release of GM Mustard failing which the country will be doomed. The top court said Indian farmers, unlike their western counterparts, are not literate and they […]
WASHINGTON: The United States is looking forward to supporting India’s G20 presidency next year on a range of issues, including addressing the current food and energy security challenges, the White House has said. India formally assumes the G20 Presidency from December 1. India was handed over the presidency of the influential bloc at the end […]
Washington: Former US President Bill Clinton said he has tested positive for COVID-19, but acknowledged that his symptoms were mild, as he exhorted people to get vaccinated. It is the latest health scare for Clinton, the 42nd US President, who was hospitalised in October 2021 for a urinary tract infection that spread to his bloodstream. […]
Kabul: The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in several provinces across the war-torn country. In June, India re-established its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a “technical team” in its embassy in the Afghan capital. India withdrew its officials from the embassy after […]
Karachi: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has termed the East Pakistan debacle in 1971 a “colossal military failure,” in a veiled jibe at the former Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, who termed it a “political failure.” Bilawal made these comments at the Nishtar Park rally, which was organised to mark the 55th Foundation Day […]
NEW DELHI: The city police on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court’s 2021 order discharging Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. Justice D.K. Sharma asked the counsel for the Delhi Police to supply a copy of its petition to Tharoor’s counsel, who claimed the […]
Gandhi Nagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is back in Gujarat on Thursday for the second phase of campaigning. The Prime Minister, who returned to his home state after two days, has scheduled a mega road show in Ahmedabad city. As per BJP sources, Modi’s roadshow will start from the Naroda Gam area on the eastern […]
Baramati (Maha): A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a “precautionary” landing in an open area near Baramati airfield in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday due to a suspected technical issue, an IAF official said. The crew and the aircraft were safe, he said. “A Chetak helicopter of the IAF carried out a […]
NEW DEHLI: The Indian economy is on track to achieve a 6.8-7 per cent GDP growth in the current fiscal, Chief Economic Advsior V Anantha Nageswaran said on Wednesday. He said the economic recovery momentum is continuing and the GDP is averaging the 2019-20 level. “In 2022-23, the economy is on track to reach a […]
Rawalpindi (Pakistan): Virus-hit England stamped its aggressive brand of cricket on its first Test in Pakistan in 17 years by amassing a world record 506-4 with four batters smashing hundreds on Thursday. Zak Crawley hit 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering opening stand of 233. Ollie Pope and Harry Brook blazed hundreds […]