Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles during a meeting, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. ( Image Source : India and Australia engaged in the second 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on Monday, focusing on bolstering defence cooperation and enhancing the strategic relationship. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S...
The Centre has earned a whopping Rs 1,162 crore from disposal of scrap during its special cleanliness drives and plans are afoot to further accelerate it with the help of states, Union Minister Incharge Personnel/ DoPT, Dr Jitendra Singh said today. In an exclusive interview, the Minister said, a cleanliness campaign carried out at over...
Seasonal fires and a slew of air pollutants are obscuring skies across northern India, registering “very unhealthy” air quality in New Delhi and causing schools to shut down. Advisories recommend residents avoid spending time outside in the city, which has experienced toxic smog from around the beginning of November The smoke has gone all over...
Union Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, but is keeping a close watch on the assembly elections in five states back home. He spoke to NDTV on the sidelines of the APEC summit on the elections and what the BJP has so far determined the results would...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, during his recent visit to the UK, attended the Indian Institute of Higher Yoga’s Quarterly Session in London. The fourth edition of Hindi magazine ‘Bharat Bhavan’ was released. On this occasion, India’s High Commissioner Vikram Dora Eswamy and India’s Deputy High Commissioner in London Sujit Ghosh were also present. Indian...
The Supreme Court has launched a monthly newsletter to showcase its ongoing operations and achievements and offer an insight into the workings of the court. Announcing the publication of the inaugural issue, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said within the pages of “Supreme Court Chronicle”, one can find glimpses of the Court’s storied history, overviews of...
India called on the countries of the Global South on Friday to work towards self-reliance to mitigate vulnerabilities vis-a-vis economic concentrations, noting that the COVID-19 era was a stark reminder of the perils of dependence for basic necessities on far-away geographies. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said this while addressing the second edition of the...
Delhi’s air quality has deteriorated further and now stands closer to the “severe plus” category, a stage which might trigger the implementation of the odd-even car rationing measure in the capital. The city’s air quality index stood at 437 at 7 am, worsening from 419 at 4 pm on Thursday. The capital’s 24-hour average AQI,...
Wondering how much to carry so that you don’t fall short of money while shopping? Well, it’s never enough when it comes to India International Trade Fair! This much-loved and easily the most popular annual affair that takes place in Delhi is returning this time in a much grader scale as compared to last year,...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi for allegedly making false statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while campaigning for the assembly elections in five states. On the basis of separate complaints by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the poll panel...