Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin who conveyed his inability to attend the G20 Summit here next month and informed that Russia would be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Prime Minister’s Office said. During their telephonic conversation, the two leaders also reviewed progress on a number of...
Nearly 6.75 lakh pots of flowering plants and foliage will adorn designated roads and venues in Delhi for the G20 Summit next month, Raj Niwas officials said on Sunday. The major locations that have been beautified with potted plants include the Sardar Patel Marg, Mother Teresa Crescent, Teen Murti Marg, Dhaula Kuan-IGI Airport Road, Palam...
ISRO on Sunday released a graph of the temperature variation on the lunar surface and a senior scientist of the space agency expressed surprise over the high temperature recorded on the Moon. The national space agency said Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) payload onboard Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander measured the temperature profile of the lunar topsoil...
The cost of sprucing up Delhi before next month’s three-day G-20 Summit has set off a row between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party. The Virendra Sachadeva Delhi Bjp President claims that it was all done through Central funds, drew a stinging retort from AAP. In response, Virendra Sachadeva Delhi Bjp President challenged AAP...
A landslide in north Indian mountains has destroyed several buildings, the latest in a string of disasters in the Himalayas that have killed scores of people. No one was hurt in Thursday’s landslide in the Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh state as residents had been moved out of the area because it was deemed unsafe,...
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said more than 60 crorepeople are estimated to reside in cities by 2030 because of rapid urbanisation and stressed theneed to increase adoption of new technologies in the construction industry. On its part, the ministry has short-listed 54 innovative construction technologies from all over theworld...
The restrictions will be in place from September 8 to 10, with the strictest measures on the final two days. Travel and access to the national capital during the G20 Summit days will be severely restricted, particularly in the New Delhi district — also known as the Lutyens’ Zone — where only residents and those...
UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch launched a new “Alive with Opportunity” campaign on Thursday to help double trade with India by 2030, with a series of targeted trade missions for UK firms in high growth sectors. The Cabinet minister, who arrived in India on a three-day visit to attend the G20 Trade and...
Delhi BJP leaders and workers staged a protest on Wednesday near minister Kailash Gahlot’s residencein Civil Lines here, demanding his resignation for having an officer accused of rape with a minor as hisOSD when he held the Women and Child Development portfolio.Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the officer charged with raping a minor was...
The Indian government has finally launched the Bharat New Car Assessment Program or B-NCAP today. The highly anticipated program will improve car safety in India by increasing the safety standards of vehicles weighing up to 3.5 tonnes. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways – Nitin Gadkari launched the new safety assessment program. It will...