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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon addresses the India-New Zealand CEOs Roundtable and Economic Forum, in New Delhi on March 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) said he looks forward to signing a free trade agreement with India in 60 days, a move which … Read more
Villagers light fire crackers and dance as they celebrate the safe return of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), at a temple in her ancestral village Jhulasan in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India, on March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP People in Jhulasan, the native village … Read more
Rajya Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Union government’s Budget allocation for healthcare needs to be boosted so that it matches the the health spend of other developing nations, Rajya Sabha MPs said during a debate on the Health Ministry on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). Pointing at serious lapses in the management of healthcare … Read more
Replying to a discussion on the Demand for Grants for Railways (2025-26), Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) in the Lok Sabha that allocating ₹2.52 lakh crore as Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for Railways is a historic decision. Mr. Vaishnaw was speaking amid noisy protests by the Opposition over not … Read more
A convention of various Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and federations of workers in the Opposition camp has decided to observe a general strike on May 20 against the Centre’s move to implement the four Labour Codes. The convention has also decided to work together with farmers’ organisations to organise joint protests against the Narendra Modi … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal during a meeting with party’s general secretaries and in-charges. | Photo Credit: @kcvenugopalmp Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi met with general secretaries and leadership from the states on Tuesday to find ways to strengthen the district Congress committees … Read more
Supreme Court. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Six Supreme Court judges led by Justice B.R. Gavai are scheduled to visit relief camps in Manipur on March 22 as part of a National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) outreach to lend legal and humanitarian assistance in a State which has seen months of ethnic violence … Read more
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha. File | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The India Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, helmed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Parliament to access its data for training an indigenous AI model, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on … Read more
Hindu priests, teachers and students perform ‘Havan’ for the safe return of astronaut Sunita Williams, at a school, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With prayers on their lips, residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat are waiting for her safe return to Earth with bated breath and … Read more
Randhir Jaiswal. File Photo: YouTube/@MEAIndia India on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) hit out at Pakistan, asking it to “vacate” Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made the comment after the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, made in a podcast interview, where he said … Read more