Author: TNI Team

  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 […]

  NEW DELHI: The European Union (EU) considers “Russian aggression” as a direct threat to its security, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen said here on Monday as she asked the international community to unite against Moscow. “The core principles that underpin the peace and security across the world are at stake – […]

  NEW DELHI: It was an emotional moment for Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero as he landed in New Delhi for his maiden visit to the country. In a meeting with his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar on Sunday, Cafiero shared his family connection with India that goes back to 1951. “Today, FM @SantiagoCafiero shared […]

  NEW DELHI: The quaint village of Palli in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir became a carbon-neutral panchayat after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 500KV solar plant in the hamlet. Speaking to the villagers, PM Modi said that the panchayat had shown the way for the country to achieve a carbon-neutral state. […]