Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push for US control of island
Nuuk (Greenland), Jan 10 (AP) Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people. “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik […]
Self-reliance can be achieved by embracing mantra of Swadeshi and Swabhasha: Amit Shah
Jodhpur: Emphasising the need to encourage ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Swabhasha’ for achieving the goal of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged people to make and use local products and to converse in their mother tongue at home. Shah said that language is key to preserving any society, culture and religion. While any […]
Rajnath urges youths to embrace multidisciplinary learning
New Delhi: Youths are the main drivers of India’s journey towards becoming a developed nation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. The defence minister called upon the youths to embrace multidisciplinary learning to stay abreast with the rapid technological advancements, especially in fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and space research. Singh made […]
Procurement of Russian oil: Closely following developments: India on US bill to impose tariffs
New Delhi: India on Friday said it is closely following developments relating to a proposed legislation by the US that seeks to impose up to 500 per cent tariffs on countries procuring Russian crude oil. India and China are among a handful of countries which are procuring significant volumes of crude oil from Russia. US […]
India closely following developments in Iran: MEA
New Delhi: India is closely following the developments in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, amid a wave of protests in that country over inflation and currency devaluation. On January 5, New Delhi had urged Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran and also advised Indian citizens in Iran to exercise […]
Small retailers protest against duty hike on tobacco products
New Delhi: Small retailers and pavement sellers affiliated with the Federation of Retailers Association of India held a protest outside the Ministry of Finance here on Friday against recent tax increases on legal tobacco products, citing concerns over declining sales. The demonstration followed a Ministry of Finance notification under the Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco […]
GDP to grow by 7.5 pc in FY26: SBI Report
New Delhi: India’s economy is expected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2025-26 with upward bias, marginally higher from NSO’s estimate of 7.4 per cent, according to a report by State Bank of India. The First Advance Estimates released by National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday put GDP growth in 2025-26 at 7.4 per […]
Stray dogs case: Not directed removal of every dog from streets: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it had not directed the removal of every dog from the streets and the directive was to treat these stray canines according to the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules. While hearing arguments in the stray dogs case, the apex court observed that a dog can smell people […]
Challenge to arbitral awards before courts would frustrate very purpose of Act: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said if courts are allowed to step in at every stage and arbitral awards are subjected to a challenge before them, it would frustrate and defeat the very purpose of the law on arbitration. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal said the Arbitration and […]
India plans to send its astronauts to Moon by 2040: Ex ISRO chief
Ahmedabad: India plans to land its astronauts on the Moon by 2040, former ISRO chief A S Kiran Kumar said here on Wednesday. Kumar, who is currently the chairman of the management council of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), was speaking at the inauguration of the 5th Astronomical Society of India (ASI) Symposium. “Between now […]