Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched India as a “new and trustworthy location” for electronics manufacturing, urging global chipmakers to consider the country’s potential to relieve electronics from the “weaponisation” of supply chains. “This is not a sector where you set up a factory and the job is done,” said Mr. Modi, who inaugurated the Semicon...
India stands firmly committed to Bhutan’s progress and prosperity, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday after meeting with Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in Thimphu. Jaishankar, who arrived in Bhutan on Wednesday on a two-day official visit aiming to further strengthen the bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries, also lit the ‘Aashirvaad...
The merchant discount rate (MDR) regime for UPI transactions was announced on Tuesday (September 15). MDR is the fee merchants pay to the entities that help facilitate a digital transaction: banks, payment service providers, and third-party apps. It will be levied if you make a payment to a merchant above Rs 2,000, at a uniform...
The Delhi government on Thursday made the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) operational at G. B. Pant Hospital to improve coordination of organ and tissue donation and transplantation in the Capital. The initiative was launched as part of the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan,’ held from September 17 to October 17, to mark Prime...
The electoral registration officer (ERO) for the New Delhi Assembly constituency on Thursday said names missing from the August 31 draft roll prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) should not be treated as final deletions and that each case was based on field verification and the prescribed procedure. The clarification came a day after...
India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich and lodged a strong protest over a collision involving naval vessels from the two countries in international waters. The incident took place on the evening of September 15 in the North Arabian Sea, around 220 kilometres east of Oman. According to details released by the Ministry of...
External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Wednesday held talks with Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel in Bumthang, reviewing wide-ranging bilateral cooperation in development, energy, trade, connectivity, culture and people-to-people ties. Jaishankar is on an official visit to Bhutan at the invitation of Bhutan’s Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel. The...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has intensified its city-wide enforcement drive against dangerous buildings, unauthorised constructions and violations of the Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) and building bye-laws. According to the Delhi Government, strict enforcement action is being undertaken across all 12 zones of the Corporation to ensure compliance with building norms and safeguard...
A Rs 500 crore legal notice has been issued in connection with the Disha Salian death case, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Disha’s father, Satish Salian, has sought Rs 500 crore in damages from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and NCP (SP) leader and Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh....
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said “India is destined to rise in a very turbulent world, and the intellectual accompaniments of that process will surely be demanding”. He outlined six key issues that Indian diplomacy will face in the coming decades. Addressing the valedictory session of the Silver Jubilee celebration of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Jaishankar said: This is...