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NEW DELHI: Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Vinai Kumar Saxena will be the next Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. Days after Anil Baijal resigned from the post citing personal reasons, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday accepted his resignation and appointed Saxena as the next LG of the national capital. “The President of […]

NEW DELHI: After clinging to its iconic status for ages, Mumbai’s signature red buses are fast changing into the modern way of life. And in a bid to boost eco-friendly public transport, Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) has placed its biggest ever order for 2,100 electric buses worth Rs 3,675 crores with Olectra […]

NEW DELHI: On the backdrop of the Indian government’s push for electric vehicles in the country to curb the country’s dependency on fossil fuel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Suzuki Motors Corporation (SMC)’s advisor Osamu Suzuki in Tokyo. The meeting was also attended by Suzuki’s son Toshihiro Suzuki, president and COO of SMC, […]

NEW DELHI: Amid a string of desertions hitting the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with prominent leaders leaving the party to join Trinamool Congress (TMC), its national secretary Anupam Hazra on Monday called for introspection. Hazra’s comments came after West Bengal BJP vice-president Arjun Singh re-joined TMC in the presence of the […]

  NEW DELHI: Calling the region the engine of global economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific region as it joined the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The trade initiative was launched on Monday by US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida […]