BJP targets Congress over its leaders’ ‘silence’ amid repeated ‘insult’ to Sanatan

BJP targets Congress over its leaders’ ‘silence’ amid repeated ‘insult’ to Sanatan

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday accused the INDIA bloc of having a hidden agenda to target Sanatan Dharma for its vote bank politics as party president J P Nadda led a fresh charge and claimed that attacking the ancient faith is part of a well thought-out strategy of the Congress and its leaders Sonia […]

Cong slams BJP over reports about ‘Lotus’ being printed on parliament staff new uniform

Cong slams BJP over reports about ‘Lotus’ being printed on parliament staff new uniform

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday accused the BJP of making the “Parliament a one-sided partisan thing” amid reports that the ruling party’s poll symbol ‘Lotus’ is being printed on the new uniform for Parliament staff. Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore questioned why the ‘Lotus’ was being added and not a tiger or a […]

Developing sustainable mobility ecosystem in harmony with environment need of the hour: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed the need to develop a mobility ecosystem that is sustainable and in harmony with the environment while also asking the Indian automobile industry to draw a pathway towards achieving the goals of ‘Amrit Kaal’. In his message to the annual convention of the Society of Indian […]

Hindus need to show INDIA alliance its place as its agenda is to eradicate Sanatan Dharma: Goa CM

Bhopal: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said Mughals, British and other rulers failed to wipe out the Sanatan Dharma from the country in the past, but eradicating it is now the agenda of the INDIA alliance, and hence Hindus need to wake up and show the opposition bloc its place. Referring to Tamil […]

Saudi Arabia one of India’s most important strategic partners: PM Modi

Saudi Arabia one of India’s most important strategic partners: PM Modi

New Delhi: The strategic partnership between India and Saudi Arabia is crucial for regional and global stability and welfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday during his talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Describing Saudi Arabia as one of India’s most important strategic partners, Modi said both sides are […]

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor to make global supply chain more resilient: EEPC India

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor to make global supply chain more resilient: EEPC India

Kolkata: The proposed ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’ announced during the just-concluded G20 Leaders’ Summit in Delhi will prove to be a game-changer project and provide huge impetus to global trade, Engineering Exports Promotion Council India (EEPC India) said on Monday. The corridor will also make the “global supply chain more resilient”, EEPC India chairman Arun […]

With G20 Summit over, Modi govt should turn attention to domestic issues: Cong chief

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that with the G20 Summit now over, the Modi government should turn its attention to domestic issues like inflation, unemployment and Manipur violence. He claimed that the people have started paving the way for the BJP-led government’s departure in the 2024 general elections. In a post […]

SC refuses to entertain PIL challenging law on control of services in Delhi

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL challenging the law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national capital, saying it is already seized of a plea of the Delhi government. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P […]

RBI likely to start digital rupee pilot in call money market by October

RBI likely to start digital rupee pilot in call money market by October

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India is likely to launch the pilot of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for interbank borrowing or call money market by October, central bank Executive Director Ajay Kumar Choudhary said on Sunday. The pilot of the wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W), was launched on […]

India’s external debt at USD 624.7 bn within comfort zone: FM

India’s external debt at USD 624.7 bn within comfort zone: FM

New Delhi: India’s external debt of USD 624.7 billion at March-end 2023 with a debt-service ratio of 5.3 per cent is within the comfort zone and modest from a cross-country perspective, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. In her foreword to ‘India’s External Debt: A Status Report 2022-23’ released earlier this month, Sitharaman said the […]