Hyderabad: The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday passed a bill aimed at improving ease of doing business and decriminalising minor offences, in line with the Centre’s Jan Vishwas legislation. State Legislative Affairs and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said the Telangana Praja Viswasam (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 has been drafted in accordance with the…
Tata Projects enters bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2026 at a moment when the construction equipment conversation is moving well beyond the machine itself. For a company executing increasingly complex infrastructure and industrial projects, the question is no longer simply how much equipment is available, but how intelligently that equipment can be deployed, monitored and redeployed. That…
New Delhi: For a bloc that has spent years fuelling speculation about challenging the dollar’s dominance, the formal position enunciated in a joint statement after a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of BRICS nations remains more cautious than the rhetoric of some of its members. There is no mention of a common…
Vijayawada: Union Health Minister JP Nadda and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday inaugurated a critical care block and Integrated Public Health Laboratories (IPHLs) at the old government hospital here. Later, Nadda and Naidu visited the newly inaugurated facilities, where officials briefed them on the features. “Union Minister Nadda and CM Chandrababu…
Chennai: The main opposition DMK on Saturday staged protest across the state condemning Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for his alleged “scurrilous remarks” targeting late party patriarch M Karunanidhi and party president M K Stalin. Senior leader PK Sekar Babu, leading the protest here, praised Stalin for his “sacrifices, personality, and for being humane,” and…
New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in the national capital on Saturday for a two-day trip to attend the BRICS Summit, marking his first visit to India in seven years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host him for bilateral talks on Saturday evening with a focus on boosting trade and investment ties. President Xi’s…
Voice of the Global South, Strategic Autonomy and India’s Role in a Multipolar World Order Today, BRICS is not just an economic grouping of emerging economies, but has also become an important platform for amplifying the voice of the global South in the changing world order. Originally composed of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, BRICS…
There is a point at which journalism ceases to be journalism and becomes theatre. The latest controversy surrounding Amruta Fadnavis is a classic example of how an innocuous or legitimate statement can be stretched, twisted and packaged into a political controversy that was never really there. Of late, sections of the English-language media appear increasingly…
Lucknow: The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh core group met here for more than two hours to discuss preparations for the 2027 Assembly elections, as well as the party’s upcoming organisational and governance campaigns. The meeting at the BJP’s state headquarters was held on Friday evening and attended by BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh,…
Ahmedabad: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has said India’s electoral process is among the most transparent in the world as verification is carried out at every stage, from electoral rolls to counting of votes. He was speaking at the ‘Interaction with Booth Level Officers’ programme held at Atal Kalam Hall of Gujarat University on…
