India on track to become USD 5 trillion economy by 2027 despite global turbulence: Piyush Goyal

Kolkata: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said India is firmly on track to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2027 despite global turbulence, driven by a collective national effort and strong leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at a virtual session organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI),…

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Weather 90% Favourable For Axiom-4 Mission: SpaceX

New Delhi: After multiple delays, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others are all set to travel to the International Space Station on Wednesday, with SpaceX announcing that the weather was 90 per cent favourable for lift-off. “All systems are looking good for Wednesday’s launch of @Axiom_Space’s Ax-4 mission to the @Space_Station and weather is…

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‘Undeclared Emergency@11’: Cong slams Modi govt, says democracy under five-fold assault

New Delhi:  In a scathing attack on the Modi government, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that over the past eleven years, Indian democracy has been under a systematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can be best described as “Undeclared Emergency@11”. The opposition party also claimed that there has been “unbridled hate speech and a crackdown…

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India among eight countries with half of world’s unvaccinated children as of 2023: Study

New Delhi: India was among the eight countries where more than half the unvaccinated children from around the world lived as of 2023, an analysis published in The Lancet journal showed, “emphasising persistent inequities.” Providing global estimates of current vaccine coverage, the study found that in the same year, there were 15.7 million children —…

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Samajwadi, DMK now sitting with the party which ‘murdered democracy’ by imposing Emergency: Amit Shah

New Delhi:  Describing Emergency as a conspiracy to convert a multi-party democracy into a dictatorship, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday hit out at DMK, socialist leaders and others who have joined hands with the Congress, saying they were sitting with a party that had “murdered democracy”. Addressing an event “50 Years Since Emergency”,…

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