New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the decisions of the Union Cabinet regarding exports will improve global competitiveness and help realise the dream of self-reliance. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Modi on Wednesday, approved the export promotion mission and a credit guarantee scheme for exporters. “Ensuring ‘Made in India’ resonates…
Washington: President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending arecord 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions, including canceling…
New Delhi: Multiple security agencies are on the lookout for a third car believed to be linked to the Red Fort blast case, police sources said on Thursday. While a white Hyundai i20 exploded near Red Fort on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others, investigators later traced a second vehicle — a…
Kuala Lumpur: Spiritual teacher Vinayji has been invited by the High Commission of India in Malaysia to deliver a series of Bhagavad Gita lectures as part of the International Gita Mahotsav celebrations. The current High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, H.E. Shri B.N. Reddy, who has long admired Vinayji’s deep philosophical insights and eloquent oratory,…
N Jagannath Das For AI Harrsha, the strength and conditioning coach of the Indian women’s cricket team, the World Cup campaign that culminated in glory last Sunday was among the toughest yet most rewarding challenges of his career. As the players celebrated their historic triumph, Harrsha could finally breathe easy. “This women’s team was very…
Colombo/Rawalpindi: Eight Sri Lankan players currently touring Pakistan with the national team for a three-match ODI series want to return home due to security concerns following a deadly bomb blast in Islamabad that left 12 people dead and several injured. The two teams are scheduled to clash in the second ODI of the three-match series…
Dhaka: Tension simmered across Bangladesh on Wednesday as crude bomb and arson attacks rocked Dhaka and other parts of the country ahead of a special tribunal’s announcement of the verdict date against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Unidentified assailants set fire to a branch office of Muhammad Yunus-founded Grameen Bank in eastern Brahmanbaria early in…
Ottawa: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) Outreach Session on Energy Security and Critical Minerals in Canada, and put forth India’s perspective. Jaishankar, in a social media post, said he spoke about the need on both issues to “mitigate dependence, strengthen predictability and build resilience”. Greater international cooperation…
New Delhi: Key members of a “white-collar” terror module had plans to target the Red Fort on Republic Day this year as part of their larger conspiracy to hit important installations in the national capital and conducted multiple reconnaissances of the area around the monument, officials said on Wednesday. During the investigation, it was found…
Dubai: Turkiye on Wednesday rejected as “purely disinformative” the media reports that it was engaged in “radicalisation activities” targeting India and other countries. The media reports claiming that “Turkiye is linked to terrorist acts in India and provides logistical, diplomatic, and financial support to terrorist groups are part of a malicious disinformation campaign aimed at…
