Rupee-dollar fluctuations driven by global, domestic factors: Sitharaman
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said fluctuations in the rupee against the US dollar are driven by multiple global and domestic factors, including geopolitical uncertainties, foreign capital movements and India’s import dependence on crude oil, fertilisers and gold. She underlined that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervenes only to curb excessive…
Delhi CM leads Yamuna riverbank cleanliness drive; ministers BJP leaders volunteers join
New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet colleagues on Sunday undertook a cleanliness drive at the 28 ghats of the Yamuna River here. Gupta, who participated in the drive at the riverfront in the Geeta Colony area, said public participation is the key to ensuring a clean and pristine Yamuna. Noting that broken…
Mumbai Coastal Road to decongest Western Express Highway, Bandra-Versova link by Mar 2028: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road project would decongest the Western Express Highway, which carries around 60 per cent of the city’s traffic, and asserted that the Bandra-Versova stretch would be completed by March 2028. “Nearly 60 per cent of Mumbai’s traffic uses the Western Express Highway….
14 Indians Evacuated After Vessel Suffers Engine Failure Off Oman Coast
Dubai: At least 14 Indian crew members were safely evacuated from an Indian vessel that suffered an engine failure off the Oman coast. The ill-fated boat, identified as the Mechanised Sailing Vessel (MSV) Virat 1, sank soon after. The Indian embassy said that the rescue operation was coordinated with Omani authorities and other vessels in…
Rahul ‘undermining’ achievements of India, its people: FM Sitharaman
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of “undermining” the achievements of India and its people while targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre. She said Rahul was “ignoring” India’s achievements even in the face of major crises like COVID and the conflict in West Asia….
Vaishnaw expects more companies to start production of memory chips in India
New Delhi: New companies are likely to invest in India to manufacture memory chips while existing investors will scale up production to address the demand-supply gap in the segment, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in an interview to PTI. Strong demand for memory (data storage) cards and advanced chips has tightened global supplies and supported…
Will PM Modi convey to Trump India’s condemnation of killing of Indian sailors in US attack: Cong
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the Modi government, the Congress on Sunday said India must put off the upcoming visit of US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and asserted that any self-respecting nation will do more than mere phone calls and press statements to defend its sovereignty against “bullies”. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
PM Modi ‘belittled’ India’s global standing, sovereignty: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on the killing of three Indian seafarers, and alleged that no proof is required that he had “belittled” India’s global standing and sovereignty. Kharge alleged that India’s national interests are being surrendered on a daily basis. “Even as the…
NDA ally SBSP seeks 32 seats in UP polls, eyes SP stronghold Azamgarh
Lucknow: The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, a constituent of the BJP-led NDA, has staked a claim to 32 seats for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, intending to wrest the Samajwadi Party’s stronghold of Azamgarh. Speaking to PTI, the party’s national general secretary and chief spokesperson, Arun Rajbhar said the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)…
Aliens might exist. But there are three reasons why they’re not visiting us
Sydney: The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg movie, Disclosure Day, about extraterrestrial life, has fuelled the idea that aliens are visiting Earth. In fact, polls in Australia, the US, and elsewhere indicate around…
