NEW DELHI: Countering the criticism of India’s position on Ukraine, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the Western powers have been oblivious to the pressing challenges facing Asia. Dr Jaishankar said that the crisis in Ukraine could be a ‘wake-up call’ for Europe to also look at what has been […]
NEW DELHI: Hours after Prashant Kishor turned down Congress’ offer to join the party, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu met the poll strategist and shared a selfie of them on Twitter. Showing enthusiasm about meeting his old friend, the former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president tweeted, “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK… Old […]
NEW DELHI: Nineteen prominent electrical majors including Wipro and LG Electronics have filed applications for Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for white goods (ACs and LED lights) in the second round of applications with committed investments of Rs 1,548 crore. Prominent names like Mitsubishi Electric, Adani Copper Tubes, Crompton Greaves, Jindal Poly films, Zeco Aircon, […]
NEW DELHI: Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the country has no problem if Tesla is ready to manufacture its electric vehicles in India but, he added, that Elon Musk’s company must not import cars from China. During an interactive session at India’s geo-economic conclave, Raisina Dialogue, in its national capital, […]
NEW DELHI: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday granted a restricted emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for children aged 6-12 years. Covaxin is one of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the world to generate data in the 2-18 year age group. The authorisation is given to Bharat Biotech after […]
NEW DELHI: Parag Agrawal, Twitter Inc’s India-born Chief Executive, told employees on Monday that the future of the social media firm is uncertain following the USD 44 billion deal with billionaire Elon Musk. Agrawal, who took over the helm of Twitter just five months back, was speaking during a company-wide town hall meeting after […]
NEW DELHI: Micro-blogging website Twitter’s board on Monday surprised the world as it accepted the billionaire Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media company, ending a week-long saga that oscillated between “$54.20 per share” to a poison pill. With this announcement, Twitter board has ratified a deal that almost places it as one of […]
MUMBAI: Punjab Kings on Monday edged Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs in match 38 of the Indian Premier League 2022 to register their 4th win – out of 8 matches – of the tournament. Punjab were asked to bat by Chennai and their openers – Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal – lent a solid […]
NEW DELHI: In what could be a defining statement vis-à-vis India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rightly stated that while the country wants to be friends with the West, it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders. India has steadfastly resisted the West’s attempt to limit its bilateral relations with […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on being reelected as the President of France for the second successive term. In a tweet, PM Modi wrote, “Congratulations to my friend @EmmanuelMacron on being re-elected as the President of France! I look forward to continue working together to deepen the India-France […]