Top negotiators from the G20 countries on Thursday kick started intense negotiations with a focus on India’s priority of ensuring inclusive global growth and addressing the challenges facing the Global South while keeping aside the contentious issues of the Ukraine conflict. As New Delhi faces the uphill task of building consensus on the outcome documents...
Waters from the raging Yamuna river inundated several parts of Delhi on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear and prompting authorities to close all schools and colleges till July 16 and ban the entry of heavy goods vehicles engaged in non-essential services. The city is staring at a drinking water shortage as the Delhi...
The upcoming launch of Chandrayaan-3 is set to raise the level of India’s international collaborations, including that between India and the US, Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. India, with its rapid strides in areas of emerging technologies, has emerged as an “equal”, and its relationship with the US...
In a first, the Centre will start selling tomatoes at discounted rates in retail markets in the national capital and few other cities from Friday to provide relief to the consumers as the price of the kitchen staple is ruling high at over Rs 200 per kilogram in some parts of the country. Announcing the decision, the...
Muslim World League secretary general Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa on Wednesday said the diversity of thought in India has impressed him a lot and asserted that he has not experienced anywhere else the kind of peaceful coexistence he has witnessed in the country. Addressing a gathering at the Vivekananda International Foundation here, Al-Issa also...
Expansion of bilateral defence ties is expected to be a key focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Paris beginning July 13 with ground work being finalised for New Delhi’s procurement of 26 naval variant of Rafale jets from France besides firming up a big-ticket deal to jointly develop an aircraft engine in...
The torrential Yamuna in Delhi swelled to a staggering 208.48 metres Thursday morning, inundating nearby streets and public and private infrastructure, and causing immense hardships to people living in close proximity to the river. The water level at the Old Railway Bridge crossed the 208-metre mark Wednesday night and rose to 208.48 metres by 8...
The India Meteorological Department on Monday issued a ‘yellow alert’ for the nationalcapital while the Yamuna River in Delhi, which was flowing above warning level forhours, crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres at 5 pm on Monday, the latest datafrom the flood control department said.Moreover, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj stated that the government is...
New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met Malaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and other top leadership to discuss a wide range of issues to bolster bilateral defence and strategic ties. Singh arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a three-day visit to Malaysia on 9 July The defence minister and his Malaysian counterpart Mohamad Hasan...
Foxconn said on Monday it is pulling out of a joint venture with Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Monday it has withdrawn from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd that was set up to make semiconductors from India. Foxconn says not proceeding with Vedanta JV on mega semiconductor plan. “Foxconn is working to remove...