New Delhi: Air India on Friday announced extending the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv till May 25. Following a missile attack near the Tel Aviv airport on May 4, the airline had suspended its services till May 6 and later the same was extended till May 8. Air India, the only…
New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has sought approval from the Competition Commission of India to acquire majority stake in commercial vehicle maker SML Isuzu. The company had earlier announced that it would acquire 58.96 per cent stake in SML Isuzu for Rs 555 crore. “The proposed combination relates to acquisition of shareholding by the…
New Delhi: Even as India’s overall water storage in major reservoirs has improved significantly over last year, several states are struggling with critically low levels, according to the bulletin issued on Friday. The country’s 161 major reservoirs currently hold 57.974 billion cubic meters (BCM) of live storage, accounting for 31.78% of their total capacity, according…
New Delhi: India used S-400 Triumph missile systems, Barak-8 missiles, Akash surface-to-air missiles, and DRDO’s anti-drone technologies to thwart Pakistani offensive following the Operation Sindoor, highly-placed sources said on Friday. After India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, Pakistan tried to escalate tensions by launching missiles at Indian military installations but every single missile was…
New York/London: India has ramped up its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan following the military conflict, with its Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra, saying that the country is at war with the terrorists and will bring justice to victims of the Pahalgam terror attack by holding the “lowlifes, subhuman monsters” accountable. Separately, Indian envoy to…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday jointly launched two initiatives — ‘UP-AGRIS’ and ‘AI Pragya’ — with an aim to transform Uttar Pradesh into a more advanced state. Under the UP-AGRIS project, to be implemented with the World Bank’s assistance, modern technology-driven farming will be promoted in the…
Panaji: The recent UK-India free trade agreement is a once-in-a-generation deal and a landmark moment for Scotch whisky to the world’s largest whisky market. The reduction from 150% to 75% tariff on Scotch whisky will be transformational for the industry. The deal has the potential to increase Scotch whisky exports to India by £1bn over…
Hyderabad: The Hare Krishna Golden Temple in Banjara Hills will host grand celebrations on May 11 to mark Sri Narasimha Jayanthi, commemorating the divine appearance of Lord Narasimha, the half-man, half-lion incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The temple, home to the ancient self-manifested deity Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, has been a site of worship since the…
New Delhi: The central government has empowered the Army Chief to call out “every officer and every enrolled person” of the Territorial Army (TA) to provide for essential guard or to be embodied to support or supplement the regular Army. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing military conflict between India and Pakistan….
New York: India is at war with the terrorists and will bring justice to victims of the Pahalgam attack by holding the “lowlifes, subhuman monsters” accountable, Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra has said, underscoring that in no world would these terrorists be allowed a free pass. “The frame and the template in which…
