Air connectivity between India and China has gradually improved in recent months. China Southern Airlines will restart regular passenger flights between Guangzhou and New Delhi from September 21, the Global Times reported on Saturday.The announcement came ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to India for the Brics summit. The airline said the resumption would…
NEW DELHI: India’s Brics presidency has yielded over 50 tangible and practical outcomes, including frameworks and action plans, across the four priority pillars of resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability, official sources said ahead of the summit that begins Saturday.According to Indian authorities, the takeaways for India include an unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and commitment to…
NEW DELHI: A cervical cancer screening system that assesses risks in under 60 seconds and an electric motor that does away with rare-earth materials will be among Indian innovations showcased to Brics leaders this week.Thirty-seven deep-tech ventures are participating in the two-day Brics Bharat Innovates Exposition. Among them is Periwinkle Technologies’ AI-enabled cervical cancer screening…
Supreme Court Justice JB Pardiwala questioned why the FSSAI was taking a two-phased approach. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has directed FSSAI to spell out details of how front-of-pack food warning labels will look, their shape, size, colour, placement on packets and the timeline of implementation, leaving nothing to the discretion of the food regulator.The court…
NEW DELHI: A Russian translation of ‘Thirukkural’, the influential Tamil work whose wisdom PM Narendra Modi has often drawn on in his speeches, was his gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday as they met ahead of the Brics summit.The ancient book carries 1,330 short couplets offering moral guidance on principally three pursuits – virtue,…
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad NEW DELHI: BJP Friday contrasted the upbeat accounts of the Indian economy with its grim outlook during UPA’s term in office to slam opposition for spreading “negativity” as the country hosts Brics summit. It asserted that the participation of so many heads of govt was a testament to India’s growing…
PM Modi will fellow Brics leaders in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Noting that the Brics grouping now represents 50% of the global population, 40% of GDP, and 25% of trade, PM Narendra Modi said Friday that their collective economic might has grown at nearly double the global pace since the bloc was formed in 2006,…
This marks a major step in cervical caner prevention –New Delhi: India has crossed the 80 lakh mark in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination under the national campaign since its launch in Feb 2026, marking a major step in cervical cancer prevention.The campaign provides free, voluntary, single-dose HPV vaccination to 14-year-old girls, with parental consent, at…
Earlier, Doda district administration had issued a similar two-month VPN ban order on Sept 7 JAMMU: Udhampur district administration Thursday imposed a two-month prohibition on all Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), citing security concerns over their alleged use to circumvent lawful cyber restrictions. “The directive was issued on Sept 10 under BNSS Section 163 and came…
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File photo) SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq left for New Delhi on Friday to attend an interaction with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.In a statement issued here, Mirwaiz said following the invitation of the Iranian ambassador to India, he will be attending an interaction with President Pezeshkian, who is in the…