US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will lead the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ – a position Trump hinted at during his campaign trail. Musk will head the department alongside Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut...
Elon Musk-owned Starlink will have to comply with all norms to get licence for services in India, Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday. The minister said the satellite internet services provider is in process of completing all the requirements and will get licence once they complete the process. “They (Starlink) have to comply...
The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) between Delhi and Meerut, which is currently partially open, may begin operations from the Capital as early as January 2025, officials with the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) — the agency executing the project — have said. Trains operating on the corridor have been named Namo Bharat, and...
US President-elect Donald Trump has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not escalate the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported. He made the remarks during a phone call from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday, just days after his emphatic election victory over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. During the call, Trump reportedly reminded Putin of...
There is a trend towards a more diverse, multipolar world but older, industrialised economies have not gone away and remain prime investment targets, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. Speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of the Aditya Birla Group’s Scholarships programme in Mumbai, S Jaishankar said while a lot of countries are...
As Delhi gears up for the upcoming Assembly elections, political parties have started to ramp up their campaign preparations. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to launch its election campaign by the end of this month. According to a top BJP source, “The party has completed its groundwork and is ready to hit the...
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha says India’s commitment to hosting the 2036 Olympics “remains steadfast” after a letter of intent expressing the country’s desire to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympics has been submitted by the IOA to the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission. This signifies the first major official step in implementing...
India’s petrochemical industry is projected to surge to USD 300 billion next year, with the potential to grow to a staggering USD 1 trillion by 2040, according to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri. Highlighting the sector’s rapid transformation, Puri shared in a recent post that India is becoming a global...
Taking on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the High Court’s remarks about the “highly polluted” Yamuna, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said the court’s observations had “exposed” the government’s claims about cleaning the river ahead of the Chhath Puja. He alleged that hundreds of ghats constructed by the AAP government for the festival...
The Election Commission has postponed the bypolls in Kerala, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh to November 20 from November 13, affecting 14 Assembly constituencies across the three states. The Election Commission announced that several political parties, including the BJP, Congress, BSP, and RLD, requested a change in the polling date for certain Assembly constituencies scheduled for...