Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand): A major landslide triggered by heavy rainfall has blocked the Rudraprayag-Badrinath route in Uttarakhand, leaving several passengers stranded. Dilpreet, a traveller heading to Rishikesh, shared that he had been stuck on the road for over four hours. “We were on our way to Rishikesh when the landslide occurred. Debris and stones have blocked…
It was a Sunday morning. I felt like holding my son Pragyan in my lap, and we both should read an interesting story from the newspaper, so that he could enjoy the sweetness of words even in the modern screen age. But to our regret, we found that there was not a single story, comic…
New Delhi: Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL) on Tuesday announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) to skill professionals in the solar energy sector. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed recently by Tata Power-DDL Chief – Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Facility Management & Health Services, Praveen Agrawal and…
Washington: United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Washington is close to making a trade deal with India. This comes on the heels of US imposing a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Japan and South Korea beginning August 1. Trump on Monday began telling trade partners – from powerhouse suppliers like…
New Delhi: Ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday announced that four new Amrit Bharat trains will be launched very soon from various cities of the country, including Delhi, to the state. Vaishnaw, who was in Bihar to inaugurate several railway projects, said that the four Amrit Bharat trains will…
New Delhi: BRICS is a vital platform for advancing inclusive multilateralism especially when global institutions are facing a crisis of legitimacy and representation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking at BRICS Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sitharaman said India has demonstrated resilience through a combination of…
New Delhi: India needs an average nominal GDP growth rate of 10 per cent annually to achieve the government’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047, CII President Rajiv Memani said. Nominal GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in a country, measured using current market prices, without adjusting for inflation, unlike real…
Mumbai: Nearly half of MSMEs surveyed prefer UPI as a mode of transaction to grow their business, followed by Aadhaar-enabled banking, says a report. According to the MSME Digital Index Report by PayNearby, digital payments continue to gain strong acceptance among MSMEs, with UPI emerging as the most preferred mode of transaction at 48 per…
Port of Spain: India and Trinidad and Tobago on Friday inked six agreements to shore up their cooperation in several sectors, including infrastructure and pharmaceuticals, following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The two leaders also explored potential collaboration in areas of defence, agriculture, healthcare and digital transformation, unified payments…
New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to grow by 6.4-6.7 per cent during the current financial year driven by strong domestic demand, even as geopolitical uncertainty poses downside risks, CII President Rajiv Memani said on Thursday. Addressing his first press conference after taking over as the CII president, Memani observed that factors including a good…
