NEW DELHI: The commerce, MSME and finance ministries will work together to identify various sectors that will require maximum capital support for technology upgradation, marketing, brand building, and accessing newer markets, to boost exports, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said Saturday. Govt has announced setting up an Export Promotion Mission with an outlay of Rs 2,250 … Read more
NEW DELHI: Arguing that self-regulation has been ineffective, the Economic Survey 2024-25 has called for stringent front-of-the-pack labelling rules for the $37.9 billion ultra-processed food (UPF) industry in India.Labels on the front of food packages will serve as a quick reference to nutritional information.Many countries, including France, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Israel, Peru, … Read more
WASHINGTON: Sixty seven people were feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard the jet flying from Wichita in Kansas, while the chopper was carrying … Read more
US officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump’s crypto czar said it was possible that intellectual property theft could have been at play.White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks was asked on … Read more
MUMBAI: Activist Anjali Damania has written to Bombay high court chief justice, seeking suo motu action in the probe into the kidnapping-murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.Raising concerns about state minister Dhananjay Munde‘s business ties with prime accused, Walmik Karad, she urged HC to have the probe transferred out of Munde’s area of influence as … Read more
Eleven opposition members on the JPC issued a joint statement accusing committee chairperson Jagdambika Pal of violating panel rules and procedures NEW DELHI: As opposition dubbed proceedings of joint parliamentary committee on Waqf Amendment Bill as a ‘mockery’ and its impending report ‘pre-decided’, DMK MP A Raja announced that his party will move Supreme Court … Read more
NEW DELHI: Amid tensions in South China Sea, PM Narendra Modi and visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region, and other lawful uses of the seas, including unimpeded lawful maritime commerce.In a joint statement issued a … Read more
NEW DELHI: A groom’s greed for dowry gold tore apart his marriage within three days, entailed dowry harassment prosecution for 19 years, incarceration for three months, and now the Supreme Court has asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the bride, who has since married another and settled abroad.The marsriage took … Read more
NEW DELHI: All 10 opposition members attending the JPC meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill – two opposition MPs were absent – were suspended for a day on Friday after they accused panel head Jagdambika Pal of arbitrarily changing meeting dates, and not heeding their plea to have the final sessions on Jan 30-31.The members … Read more
New Delhi: India has moved a step closer to finalising the long-pending mega project to acquire six new diesel-electric submarines for the Navy, with the opening of the commercial bid submitted by the Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks (MDL) in partnership with German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The defence ministry will now begin techno-commercial negotiations with … Read more