New Delhi: The India-US trade pact will open a USD 30 trillion market for Indian exporters, especially MSMEs, farmers and fishermen, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. He said the increase in exports will create lakhs of new job opportunities for women and youth across the country. “Under the decisive leadership of…
Washington: The US on Saturday said India has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing Russian oil, following which the additional 25 per cent tariffs imposed by America on Indian goods will be removed from February 7. According to an executive order issued by the White House, India has also committed to a framework with…
New Delhi: India plans to buy USD 500 billion worth of goods from the US over the next five years, including energy products, aircraft and aircraft parts, precious metals, technology products, and coking coal, according to a joint statement. The two countries will significantly increase trade in technology products, including Graphics Processing Units and other…
Mumbai: The BCCI’s top brass, led by president Mithun Manhas and secretary Devajit Saikia, lauded the composure and tactical acumen of the Indian team after its win over England to clinch a record-extending sixth Under-19 World Cup title in Harare on Friday. India defeated England by 100 runs in the summit clash with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi…
New Delhi: Describing Chabahar port as “vital” for regional connectivity, Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali here on Friday said Tehran believes it should “expand” its ties with India and other countries on this issue, his remarks coming in the backdrop of recent changes in US policies on sanctions. At a press conference in Delhi, he was…
Jammu: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level security review meeting here to assess the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, calling for innovative measures to reinforce the security grid while pushing de-radicalisation and youth outreach programmes. Shah said the terrorist ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir, nurtured by elements hostile to the country,…
At a time when global central banks are oscillating between inflation anxiety and growth fatigue, the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hold the repo rate steady has invited predictable criticism. With the Indian rupee under pressure against the US dollar and global financial conditions tightening, the expectation in some quarters was that the RBI…
Profiteering in the country’s hospital system, misuse of insurance and government systems and the helplessness of the common man. The state of the country’s hospital system today is no longer the suffering of a single individual, but rather the shared experience of millions of ordinary citizens. Medical care, once considered a field of service and…
Bollywood has done it again. And by ‘done it again’, one means that familiar, well-rehearsed trick of creative courage that only ever seems to kick in when Hindu symbols are involved. This time the provocation comes neatly packaged as Ghooskhor Pandit -helpfully subtitled Corrupt Priest, lest anyone miss the point. The teaser has barely finished…
Institutions do not collapse overnight. They erode slowly—through neglect, indifference, procedural abuse, and a culture of unaccountability. What is unfolding at NIPER Mohali is not an aberration but a pattern. The records of its own Board of Governors meetings provide irrefutable evidence. The 83rd meeting of the Board of Governors, held on December 15, 2023,…
