New Delhi: Government think tank NITI Aayog has initiated a study to develop a comprehensive action plan to bridge India’s trade deficit with China over time and align trading strategies with emerging geopolitical situation and potential risks to safeguard supply chains. The Aayog has invited bids from consultants to lead the two studies in areas of…
Jaipur: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led Centre on Wednesday, saying its schemes are “hollow”, whereas those framed by the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan are being implemented on the ground. The Congress general secretary said a bill for women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies has been passed in Parliament,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of “invoking the personal religious devotion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” to make false claims during her poll campaign in Rajasthan and urged the Election Commission to take action against her. A BJP delegation, including Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Arjun Ram…
New Delhi: “India” should be replaced with “Bharat” in the school textbooks for all classes, a high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum, has recommended. According to committee chairperson C I Isaac, the panel has suggested replacing the name “India” with “Bharat”…
Jerusalem: The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had struck military infrastructure inside Syria in response to earlier launches towards Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its “fighter jets struck military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging to the Syrian Army in response to the launches toward Israel yesterday (Tuesday)”. A…
Washington: US President Joe Biden has honoured two Indian-American scientists — Ashok Gadgil and Subra Suresh — with the country’s highest scientific awards for their contribution to the field of science and technology. Biden presented the prestigious White House National Medal for Technology and Innovation to Gadgil, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering…
Dublin: The innocent population of Palestinians cannot be collateral damage as Israel pursues its right to go after Hamas, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister has warned even as he admitted “different strands of opinion” within the European Union (EU) on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. In an interaction on the sidelines of the Global Ireland Summit in Dublin on…
Thiruvananthapuram: He may have helped the country conquer the moon, is making a similar attempt for the Sun and is busy preparing sending Indians to the space–all multi-crore rupee ventures, but ISRO chairman S Somanath’s humble beginnings included an old bicycle and a modest lodging to cut transport and hostel expenses while in college. These little…
New Delhi: An SBI research report has praised the Modi government’s micro-credit scheme for street vendors for ensuring “inclusive entrepreneurship” and said nearly 75 percent of its beneficiaries come from the non-general category with the OBCs accounting for 44 percent. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 22 percent of the total disbursement of…
New Delhi: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the National Informatics Centre (NIC) will extend “full cooperation” to the Parliament’s Ethics Committee in the investigation of charges levelled by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey against TMC’s Mahua Moitra. Sharing a copy of Vaishnaw’s letter on X, Dubey said it is the beginning of a ‘dharma…
