New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the Jewish community across the world, his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, and the people of Israel on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In a post on microblogging site X, he said, “Shana Tova! Warmest Rosh Hashanah greetings to my friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the next generation GST reforms will boost savings and directly benefit every section of society, as he asserted that it is imperative to walk on the path of self-reliance to achieve the collective goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. In an open letter to Indians, which…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has welcomed the launch of the next-generation GST reforms by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the initiative would strengthen India’s journey towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat 2.0. In a post on X on Sunday, Sawant said the prime minister had urged states to strengthen the ecosystem for micro, small and…
Our Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is once again mired in controversy, with its truncated Apex Council — now led by Acting President Daljit Singh — deciding to reinstate two suspended members, R.A. Swaroop and Roma Singh. The reversal, taken just after the Association’s adjourned Annual General Meeting, has resurfaced as a legal…
New Delhi: India and the US have agreed to intensify efforts for early conclusion of a “mutually beneficial” trade deal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday, amid attempts to repair the bilateral ties that witnessed sharp downturn after Washington slapped punitive tariffs on Indian goods. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the discussions…
New Delhi: Swollen faces, slowed heartbeats, painful backaches, and loss of appetite were some of the realities Indian astronaut Subhanshu Shukla said he faced in orbit, far removed from the glamorous image of space travel that it is often associated with. Speaking at an event organised by the FICCI CLO, Shukla said life on the…
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves jumped USD 4.698 billion to USD 702.966 billion for the week ended September 12, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had increased by USD 4.038 billion to USD 698.268 billion. The overall reserves had jumped USD 3.51 billion to USD 694.23…
Noida/Lucknow: The Noida International Airport will be inaugurated on October 30, and flight operations are expected to start within 45 days, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu has said. The greenfield airport is located in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, about 75 km from Delhi. This will…
New Delhi: The decision of the US government to revoke the 2018 sanctions waiver with regard to strategic Iranian port of Chabahar will have implications for India, which is engaged in the development of a terminal at the port. The US Department of State in a statement said that in consistent with President Trump’s maximum…
New Delhi: In a big boost to tycoon Gautam Adani, markets regulator Sebi on Thursday cleared the billionaire and his group of stock manipulation allegations made by US short-seller Hindenburg Research, saying fund transfer between group companies did not fall foul of any regulation. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in two separate…
