Cochin: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the party should actively promote women within its organisational structure and set a target to have 50 per cent of women as chief ministers within the next 10 years. Inaugurating ‘Utsaah,’ a Kerala Mahila Congress convention here, the Wayanad MP said there are numerous women leaders…
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Friday said the government is putting all-out efforts to bring back eight former naval personnel from Qatar, who were handed death sentence by a Qatari court. “We are working closely to ensure that their interests are looked after,” Admiral Kumar said at a media briefing. “The government…
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves increased USD 2.538 billion to USD 597.935 billion for the week ended November 24, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had jumped USD 5.077 billion to USD 595.397 billion. For the week ended November 24, the foreign currency assets, a major component of…
Hazaribag (Jharkhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said India’s two major borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh will be completely secured in the next two years, with work underway to completely plug gaps in about 60 km stretch along these two fronts. Shah was speaking after taking salute from a ceremonial parade of the Border…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for ensuring requisite climate financing and technological transfer to developing countries, asserting that it must be recognised that they have not contributed in creating the climate problem but are still willing to be a part of the solution. In Dubai to attend the COP28 meeting, Modi told…
New Delhi: India retained the tag of the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with its GDP expanding by a faster-than-expected rate of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter on booster shots from government spending and manufacturing. Gross domestic product, or GDP, growth of 7.6 per cent beat most estimates, including 6.5 per cent projected by…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said with the Centre delaying drought relief, the state government has decided to pay the first instalment of crop loss compensation, of up to Rs 2,000 per farmer, as immediate relief. He said the amount will be paid to eligible farmers in four to five days after getting…
New Delhi: The government’s fiscal deficit at the end of October stood at Rs 8.03 lakh crore or 45 per cent of the full-year budget estimate, according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on Thursday. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit — the difference between expenditure and revenue — was at Rs…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for supporting developing countries with adequate climate financing and technology transfer to enable them to deal with climate change. As he heads to Dubai to attend the World Climate Action Summit, Modi said India has walked the talk when it comes to climate action while highlighting…
New Delhi: Most exit polls on Thursday predicted an edge to the Congress in Chhattisgarh and Telangana while forecasting that it was advantage BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Pollsters also indicated that in Mizoram, Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) was locked in a close race with the Mizo National Front (MNF) with the Congress and the…
