India
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China slams Quad meeting held in New Delhi; opposes ‘exclusionary blocs’
Beijing: China on Friday renewed its criticism of the Quad grouping comprising the US, India, Australia and Japan, saying that state-to-state cooperation should be consistent with the trend of peace and development,…
- Business
Apple doubles down on improving water management in India
New Delhi: Tech giant Apple on Friday announced a new initiative to support improved water, sanitation and hygiene outcomes in India. In partnership with environmental NGO Frank Water, Apple is supporting the…
- Middle East
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to Israeli counterpart
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday spoke to his Israeli counterpart Major General Yoav Gallant and is understood to have discussed key projects relating to co-development of military hardware. In…
- World
Indian-American named Chancellor of California Community Colleges
New York: Indian-American Sonya Christian has been named the 11th permanent Chancellor of the California Community College system, the largest and most diverse system of public higher education in the US. With…
- Middle East
G20 meet: FMs of Saudi Arabia, China, Spain arrive in India
New Delhi: Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, Spain and Croatia on Thursday arrived in India to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting being held in New Delhi from March…
- India
WhatsApp bans 29 lakh accounts in India as country launches grievance panel
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 29 lakh accounts in India in the month of January, a figure that is drastically lower than 36.77 lakh accounts it blocked in the country…
- Technology
India’s mobile download speeds up by 115 percent since 5G launch
New Delhi: As 5G roll-out picks up speed, the median download speeds across India increased by a massive 115 per cent since the launch of 5G on October 1 last year, a…
- India
Moody’s raises India’s economic growth projections
Chennai: Global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday raised India’s economic growth projections as well as several economies like the US, Russia, Euro area, China and others. In all cases,…
- Opinions
Press Freedom in India – Foreign correspondent’s survey spills the bean
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Delhi has done three surveys with a foreign journalist based in Delhi that has some startling revelation that reflects on the freedom of the press in India.…
- India
Prices of commercial LPG, cooking gas hiked
New Delhi: Petroleum and oil marketing companies raised the price of commercial liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50 per unit with…
- India
Highest Z+ security cover for Mukesh Ambani, his family across India, abroad: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed that highest Z+ security cover should be provided to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani and his family across the country and also while traveling abroad. A…
- India
India’s growth slips to 4.4 percent in December quarter
New Delhi/Chennai: India’s economic growth fell, for the second consecutive quarter, to 4.4 per cent in October-December period of the current financial year, owing to weak demand and high inflation, as per…
- India
India experienced warmest February this year since 1877: IMD
New Delhi: India reported the warmest February this year since 1877 with average maximum temperatures touching 29.54 degrees celsius, the weather office said on Tuesday while linking it with global warming. The…
- India
India received highest number of UK student visas in 2022: Envoy
New Delhi: The UK issued a total of 2,836,490 visas in 2022, out of which 25 per cent went to India, the highest number issued to any country, British High Commissioner to…
- India
India opens Young Professionals Scheme visas for UK graduates
London: The Indian High Commission here opened its visa application process for UK nationals to apply for the new Young Professionals Scheme (YPS) on Tuesday, to coincide with the ballot opened by…
