External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today expressed confidence that the visit of Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez will further strengthen bilateral ties across all sectors. During his opening remarks at a meeting with the Panamanian Foreign Minister in New Delhi, Dr Jaishankar said the current visit builds on the momentum of recent...
The Delhi Cabinet has cleared the implementation of the PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) scheme, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ initiative aims to reduce air pollution by incentivising the replacement of older,...
Former Manchester Mayor, Andrew Burnham, was appointed Prime Minister of the U.K. on Monday (July 20, 2026), its seventh in a decade. Mr. Burnham described the moment as a “circuit breaker”, as he promised to usher in a new political and social model for the country, taking power out of London and spreading it across...
Cockroach Janata Party’s protest in Delhi on Monday left more than 100 personnel of the Delhi Police and paramilitary forces injured after the agitators clashed with the cops after being stopped during their ‘Chalo Sansad’ march towards the Parliament, said the police on Monday. This also includes over 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) and Delhi,...
Union Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said that the Cabinet has expanded a key semiconductor programme by approving fresh capital of Rs 1.28 trillion (Rs 1,27,500 crore) and approved an outlay of Rs 625 billion (Rs 62,500 crore) for mobile phone manufacturing. At a media briefing following a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister...
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched Phase-III of the Biomedical Research Career Programme (BRCP) with a total outlay of Rs 1,500 crore, including Rs 1,000 crore from the Department of...
In a major governance reform aimed at ending bureaucratic delays, the Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Delhi Right of Citizen to Time Bound and Ease of Delivery of Service Bill, 2026, proposing to make time-bound delivery of notified government services a legal right. The legislation introduces a penalty mechanism under which officials responsible for...
With the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between India and the UK kicking in on Wednesday, 50 consignments of goods worth over $140 million were shipped to the UK on the first day of the agreement’s implementation, the Union commerce ministry said. “CETA will give fresh momentum to our farmers, entrepreneurs and MSMEs. Several...
Two weeks into the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Delhi, the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday extended the deadline for the ongoing door-to-door visits to August 8 as digitisation of the enumeration forms is yet to pick up pace. As per the revised schedule for the exercise shared by the EC,...
India declared a one-day national mourning on Monday as a mark of respect for former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing him as a “visionary leader”. Sheikh Hamad, known as Father Emir of Qatar, passed away this morning at the age of 74. He ruled Qatar from...