New Delhi: India wants to diversify its sources of crude oil and coking coal and would “love” to source high-quality coking coal from the US, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He also said that the US can provide certain goods that India needs desperately for its economic growth. These goods can…
Lucknow: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday took a swipe at the US and China, alleging that they tend to “finish those who come in their way” and asserting that India has the solutions to many of the challenges confronting the world. Addressing a Shodharthi Samvad programme at the Malaviya Auditorium of…
New Delhi: Private university Galgotias on Wednesday apologised for “confusion” after a controversy arose over the display of a made-in-China robotic dog as its own innovation during the India AI Impact Summit and said one of its representatives manning the pavilion was “ill-informed”. The controversy erupted after Neha Singh, a professor of communications at the University,…
New Delhi: Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday said he is a “Gandhian”, a “Nehruvian” and a “Rajivian”, but not a “Rahulian” because Rahul Gandhi “is far too much younger than me and far too distant from me in his political life.” Aiyar added that he did not say that he is an “Indiravian”…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held separate meetings with the President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, and said the India-EU Free Trade Agreement has ushered in a golden era in India-Europe relations. Modi said he had a productive meeting with President Pedro Sánchez and discussed…
Lucknow: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has called for uniting and empowering the Hindu society, saying there is no threat but vigilance is necessary, and suggested that Hindu families should consider having at least three children. He also said that infiltrators should be “detected, deleted, and deported.”. Addressing a social-harmony meeting at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir…
Jammu: The Shri Shankaracharya temple complex dedicated to Adi Shankaracharya will come up in the Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the complex on Wednesday. The Trikuta hills are also home to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The foundation stone-laying ceremony…
Guwahati: In a major jolt to the opposition Congress in Assam ahead of the assembly polls, its former state president Bhupen Borah will join the BJP on February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday after meeting him. Sarma visited Borah’s residence in the Ghoramara area of Guwahati, a day after the senior…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appreciated Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who has described the ongoing AI Impact Summit here as more than a conference. Modi pointed out that Vučić, in a newspaper article, has elaborated how the summit places India firmly at the centre of the global discourse on artificial intelligence (AI)….
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday inaugurated the ‘India-France Year of Innovation’. Hours after announcing to elevate the decades-old ties to a “special strategic partnership”, the two leaders attended the event where New Delhi and Paris affirmed their commitment to innovation. “The India-France year of innovation 2026 will further…
