Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu also announced plans for the country’s first Trade Acceleration Zone. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu called upon Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to pivot away from being framed solely by climate vulnerability and isolation, while also urging global leaders and private sector partners to view island economies as dynamic “laboratories for innovation”.Delivering…
Two separate accidents occurred at NHAI construction sites in Samba and Jammu districts (Representative image) JAMMU: Two workers, aged 25 and 45, died in two separate accidents at NHAI construction sites in Samba and Jammu districts in J&K on Tuesday.“Gotam Sahu, from Bihar, was engaged in laying the pier of a bridge on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra…
Faster access to some newer medical devices. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Patients in India could get faster access to some newer medical devices already approved in the European Union, with the government expanding its list of trusted foreign regulatory jurisdictions while also easing licensing requirements for manufacturers outsourcing sterilisation.The Health Ministry has amended the Medical…
Rahul, Kharge write to PM Modi over caste census NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to PM Narendra Modi demanding the Census questionnaire on caste notified recently…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around…
FSSAI flagged 6 food companies for misleading claims on products like coconut oil, energy drinks, and baby food. NEW DELHI: Claims that promise more, sound healthier or make a product appear superior have come under the scanner of the food regulator, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagging misleading claims by…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit India for the Brics summit with a 400-member delegation. Mojtaba Khamenei appeared in a rare video amid growing concerns over his health. Fresh protests erupted in Bihar over the BPSC exam row and a controversial official’s remark. Kharge and Rahul Gandhi urged PM Modi to withdraw the…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Congress unit on Tuesday announced that none of its spokespersons will participate in TV debates with Ayodhya’s Hanuman Garhi Temple priest Raju Das, accusing him of abusing and threatening party spokesperson Kunwar Singh Nishad during a live debate.UP Congress media department chairman and former minister CP Rai said Das crossed “all…
Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul at Congress headquarters on Independence Day. NEW DELHI: Is the Congress trying to send out a subtle message signalling “soft minority appeasement”? Or has the party played to BJP’s strength by lapping up a controversy that may push it into a corner?The Congress’s decision to sing only two stanzas…
NEW DELHI: A war of words erupted between Congress MP Manish Tewari and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sambit Patra after the former warned that India could soon face a robot-driven Chinese Army on the Line of Actual Control.In a social media post on X, Tewari said that “impressive development of humanoid robots” by China should give…