India’s GI-tagged Figs juice exported first time to Poland
NEW DELHI: In order to get India’s agro-products on the global stage, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the export of India's first ready-to-drink fig juice, made from GI-tagged…
India must create up to 148 million jobs by 2030, says IMF official
NEW DELHI: India needs to create an additional 148 million jobs by 2030 given the population growth, IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said on Saturday.
“If you look at India’s projections in terms of population growth,…
FM calls for reforms in multilateral development banks at Global South Summit
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sithraman has called for views on actions needed to reform multilateral development banks (MDBs), and how the global south can collaborate better to raise the issue of debt distress faced by the low…
Mid-tier banks boost fixed deposit rates to 8.50%
MUMBAI: Borrowing a leaf from their larger peers who have been wooing depositors with attractive pricing for medium-term fixed deposits of up to 7.30% return per annum, several mid-tier banks are now doing the same offering as much as 8.50%…
Vietnam’s new leader Visit to China highlights crucial relationship
BEIJING: Vietnam's new leader, To Lam, is making China the destination for his first overseas visit, signalling the continuing importance the Southeast Asian country places on its giant neighbour even as it strengthens ties with the United…
Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe calls for deepening ties with India
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasised the importance of strengthening economic cooperation and regional integration with Japan to India, with a special focus on deepening ties with New Delhi, as his country seeks…
Yunus claims former PM Hasina destroyed all Bangladeshi institutions.
DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Sunday accused deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying every institution of the country in her efforts to stay in power, as he promised to hold a free, fair and…
Businesses, rights defenders decry Pakistan internet slowdown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country's economic recovery at risk.
Since July, internet networks…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thai prime minister after royal signoff
BANGKOK: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand's prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court…
Ukraine says it repelled Russian missile attack on Kyiv
Kyiv: Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital Kyiv where air raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday.
"This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August with a clear interval of six…
Educational institutions in Bangladesh reopen after a month of closure
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday reopened all educational institutions, including universities, secondary schools and colleges, across the country after more than a month of closure due to violence centring the student-led protests that led to…
Today’s Motto: ‘Winning never happens by accident’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book
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Sunday Musings: Learning a Golf Lesson
Our veteran specialist on Defence and Social issues Lt. Gen. Raj Kadyan recollects interesting episodes from his Golf playing days
Bangladeshi and Indian diaspora in Germany protest against atrocities in B’Desh
'Save Hindus in Bangladesh' Call at Rathenau Platz in front of Goethe Statue, in Frankfurt a M Main
‘I am where I am,’ Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM leader Champai Soren on Saturday rejected rumours regarding him switching to the BJP.
When asked by reporters about such rumours being spread, he said he is unaware of it.
"I don't know…
Centre asks states to provide 2-hourly situation report in wake of doctors’ protest
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has asked all state police forces to provide it situation reports every two hours in the wake of protests by doctors, nursing staff and others against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee…
Detained former principal of RG Kar hints at a racket
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI : Amid a nationwide 24-hour shutdown of OPD and elective services in protest against the August 9 brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old PG student, the CBI on Saturday detained Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the RG…
Udaipur Municipal Corporation demolishes house in stabbing classmate
Udaipur: In yet another case hinting at "demolition justice," the rented house of a 15-year-old Muslim boy accused of allegedly stabbing his classmate was demolished by the city municipal corporation in Udaipur on Saturday. According to the…
UCC implementation committee reaches final phase in Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on the nation's need for a Uniform Civil Code from the ramparts of Red Fort, Uttarakhand has accelerated preparations to implement the UCC, which is finally going to come into…