2 days before 50 pc US tariffs take effect, PM stands firm, vows to protect farmers, entrepreneurs

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared he can’t compromise on interests of farmers, cattle-rearers, small-scale industries, cautioning “pressure on us may increase, but we will bear it”, remarks coming two days before the 50 per cent US tariffs on Indian goods kick in. Without taking names, Modi asserted politics in the world now…

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India, Japan strengthen energy cooperation through ministerial dialogue

New Delhi:  India and Japan have agreed to expand cooperation on carbon capture, utilization, and storage green chemicals, biofuels, and advanced technologies in the energy sector. A ministerial-level India-Japan Energy Dialogue was held on Monday through video conferencing, co-chaired by Manohar Lal, Minister of Power, and Muto Yoji, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan….

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Akhilesh slams bills to sack tainted ministers: ‘Those who dig pits for others fall into them’

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday attacked the BJP on the three bills which propose the removal of ministers under arrest for 30 consecutive days, saying history is full of examples of “dictatorial” governments that framed laws to cling to power but eventually collapsed. “Around the world, dictatorial regimes have brought in…

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After ‘vote chori’, BJP now engaged in ‘satta chori’: Kharge on bills to remove PM, CMs

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged that after “vote chori”, the BJP is now engaged in “satta chori” by bringing bills to “topple opposition governments within 30 days” and “destabilise” democracy by using arrest as a weapon. Kharge claimed that the bills take away the right of citizens to form or remove…

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