New Delhi: The Philippines wants to develop a “very robust” defence partnership with India and is looking forward to procuring military hardware from it, Filipino Foreign Secretary Enrique A Manalo said on Wednesday amid concerns in Manila over China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the South China Sea. Delivering a lecture at a leading think tank here…
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday announced a Rs 10 per quintal hike in sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP), which is the minimum price that mills have to pay to sugarcane growers, to Rs 315 per quintal for the 2023-24 season starting October. The decision to increase the FRP of sugarcane was taken at…
Panaji: India is a growing and thriving single-malt Nation. The world’s largest consumer of whisky is India. Today, India is home to only eight single-malt distilleries despite such a huge populous country, among which Dr. Mohan Krishna led Cheers group is notable in bottling under their prized brand names. For a fine example, Three Monkeys Single…
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the way key characters of the epic Ramayana have been depicted in the controversial movie “Adipurush”, saying “Hindus are tolerant but why they are tested every time”. The Lucknow bench, which was hearing petitions seeking a ban on the film, also issued a notice to the…
New Delhi: The World Economic Forum on Wednesday ranked India at the 67th place globally on its Energy Transition Index and said it is the only major economy with energy transition momentum accelerating across all dimensions. Sweden topped the list and was followed by Denmark, Norway, Finland and Switzerland in the top five on the list…
Los Angeles: Actor David Corenswet will be suiting up as Superman for filmmaker James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy”, which marks the start of a new chapter in DC Universe (DCU). The project, which Gunn and his fellow CEO of DC Studios Peter Safran announced in March, has roped in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan to…
Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut is partnering with producer Sandeep Singh for her next feature film. Touted to be a big-budget production, the film will hit the floors early next year, a press release stated. The makers will announce the director and the title of the project soon. Ranaut, known for movies such as “Fashion”, “Tanu Weds…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested an IRS officer, working as an Additional Commissioner of Customs and GST, in connection with a money laundering investigation, official sources said. Sachin Sawant, who earlier worked with the federal agency at its Mumbai zonal office as a deputy director, was taken into custody under the provisions of…
Udhampur/Jammu: Two days ahead of the start of the annual Amarnath Yatra, a trial run was conducted on Wednesday from Jammu to Banihal for a thorough inspection of security and other arrangements to ensure a safe pilgrimage for the devotees. Leading a convoy of security vehicles, Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh, accompanied by senior…
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan and the IMF are discussing a new short-term standby arrangement (SBA) worth about USD 2.5 billion to get the country through the political transition to the newly-elected government in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, according to a media report on Wednesday. Pakistan’s ninth review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
