New Delhi: India sees education today as a “key vehicle” to accelerate a more intensive engagement between the country and the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. He said this in his address at an event held here on handing over a Letter of Intent to the University of Southampton which will…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Thursday evening to finalise the party’s candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls to be held on October 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda were among other CEC members who deliberated on the probable list of…
New Delhi: India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine was commissioned into the Navy on Thursday in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who said this will further strengthen the country’s nuclear triad and enhance nuclear deterrence. The ceremony for commissioning of the second Arihant-Class submarine ‘INS Arighaat’ took place in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The…
Panjim: Opportunity Brews in the Craft Beer Niche. Craft beer brewers have been one of America’s great business success stories of recent decades. Thousands of independent breweries have sprouted nationwide, creating jobs under local ownership and suds-style diversity in a marketplace once completely dominated by large corporate brewers that churned out cookie-cutter beers. “To stand…
Brig (retd GB Reddi) The Islamist terrorist envelopment of South Asia is a daunting prospect when viewed from a holistic strategic security perspective. Late General Bipin Joshi in his address to the IPS probationers at the NPA Hyderabad (1993 to 1994), prophesized the “Islamic Crescent Envelopment of South Asia”. Of course, its current status may…
New Delhi: The board of Reliance Industries Ltd will consider issuing 1:1 bonus shares on September 5, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Reliance, the nation’s most valuable company, had last issued bonus shares in September 2017. “A meeting of the Board of Directors of the company is scheduled to be held…
Ahmedabad: The situation in rain-battered Gujarat improved slightly on Thursday as the rainfall activity subsided, but Vadodara and some other parts of the state are still reeling under a flood-like situation due to overflowing rivers while the authorities continue the rescue and relief operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to state Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel…
Washington: The Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is willing to engage in “unprecedented” levels of cooperation with the United States, mainly due to Chinese aggression, but at the same time is “fearful” both of “entrapment and abandonment”, former US National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) H R McMaster has stated in his…
Srinagar: Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate anti-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the army said on Thursday. Operations in the Machhal and Tangdhar areas were launched on Wednesday following intelligence inputs, it said. In a post on X, the army’s Srinagar-based…
As the 2024 U.S. presidential elections approach, the Indian diaspora in America finds itself at a critical juncture. Former President Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate, is reportedly ahead by a small margin against Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. While some view Trump as a potential leader capable of addressing global issues, it is essential…
