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Startups in India to grow tenfold: Chandrasekhar
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Startups in India to grow tenfold: Chandrasekhar

Hyderabad, Jul 16 (PTI) Hailing India’s remarkable progress in building unicorns and startups, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar prophesised that the next 4-5 years will witness substantial growth for such enterprises and the startups in the country will increase by 10 times. Speaking at the JITO Incubation Innovation Foundation (JIIF) Sixth Foundation Day and Investors/Startup Conclave...

Delhi govt to give financial aid of Rs 10,000 to flood-hit families
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Delhi govt to give financial aid of Rs 10,000 to flood-hit families

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced the Delhi government will provide financial aid of Rs 10,000 each to the flood-affected families. Taking to Twitter, he said many poor families living along the Yamuna banks have lost their homes in the floods and some have lost all their belongings. The AAP government will set up...

Peace and prosperity in Mekong region play pivotal role in India’s Act East policy: EAM Jaishankar
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Peace and prosperity in Mekong region play pivotal role in India’s Act East policy: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that peace and prosperity in the Mekong region play a pivotal role in realising India’s vision for security and growth for all countries in the region under its Act East policy.In his opening remarks at the 12th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Mechanism meeting here, Jaishankar said the...

PM Modi’s France, UAE visits high on substantive outcomes, not just optics: Puri
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PM Modi’s France, UAE visits high on substantive outcomes, not just optics: Puri

The BJP on Sunday termed Prime Minister NarendraModi’s recent visits to France and the UAE “successful” and said they were not just “high on optics” but also “high on substantive outcomes”. Modi returned on Saturday after “successful” visits to France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The prime minister’s visits to France and the UAE...

Opposition parties forming ‘Protection of Dynasties Alliance’: BJP chief J P Nadda
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Opposition parties forming ‘Protection of Dynasties Alliance’: BJP chief J P Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda alleged on Sunday that opposition parties are forming an alliance to “protect” their dynastic politics and that the Congress-led UPA stands for “utpidan, pakshpat and atyachar” — oppression, favouritism and atrocities. The proposed coalition of the opposition parties is not a “Patriotic Democratic Alliance”, but a “Protection of Dynasties Alliance”,...

Modi addresses Indian diaspora in France
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Modi addresses Indian diaspora in France

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India as a “model of diversity” in his addresses to the Indian diaspora in which he also announced an agreement for the use of UPI in France, opening a huge new market for the Indian innovation in cashless instant payment. In his nearly an hour-long speech to the...

All eyes on ISRO as country eagerly awaits launch of Chandrayaan 3
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All eyes on ISRO as country eagerly awaits launch of Chandrayaan 3

Sriharikota, (AP), Jul 14 (PTI) As the clock ticks for ISRO’s high-profile launch of the year, the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, all eyes are on the country’s space agency whose scientists are keen to taste success with a soft landing on lunar surface and put the country in an elite club of nations that have accomplished...

India clears big-ticket procurement of 26 Rafale jets
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India clears big-ticket procurement of 26 Rafale jets

India on Thursday approved proposals for purchasing 26 Naval variant of Rafale jets from France and procuring three French-designed Scorpene class submarines, a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wide-ranging talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The two big-ticket procurement projects, expected to cost in the range of Rs 80,000 to Rs...