Air India passenger allegedly urinated on a fellow passenger during a flight from the national capital to Bangkok. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI An Air India passenger allegedly urinated on a fellow passenger during a flight from the national capital to Bangkok on Wednesday, according to sources. Also Read | Drunk man urinates on … Read more
In this image posted on X/@FinMinIndia on March 9, 2025, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the India-U.K. Investor Roundtable discussion, in London. | Photo Credit: PTI India offers a compelling growth opportunity for foreign banks, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told investors in the U.K. Ms. Sitharaman’s remarks came as she chaired an India-U.K. Investor … Read more
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addressing the media on Cabinet Briefing at National Media Centre in New Delhi on April 9, 2025. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma/The Hindu The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) approved a 19.2-km Zirakpur Bypass road project in Punjab and Haryana to be built at a cost of ₹1,878.31 crore. … Read more
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addressing the media on Cabinet Briefing at National Media Centre, in New Delhi on Apirl 9, 2025. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma/The Hindu The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) approved the Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) as a sub-scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee … Read more
The government has terminated the trans-shipment facility that allowed export cargo from Bangladesh to third countries using Indian land customs stations en route to ports and airports, according to a government circular. Indian exporters, mainly from the apparel sector, had earlier urged the government to withdraw this facility to the neighbouring country. The facility had … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini before a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on April 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu was, on Wednesday (April 9, 2025), received by President Peter Pellegrini of the Slovak Republic at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava. MS. Murmu arrived in Bratislava on Wednesday (April 9, … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is not yet known and New Delhi’s strategy to deal with the situation is to firm up a bilateral trade pact with Washington by fall of this year, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on … Read more
Russian President Putin and PM Modi maintain regular contact and also hold in-person meetings, particularly on the sidelines of international events. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the May 9 celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Germany in World War II, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey … Read more
Rafale jets lined up on the flight deck of French carrier Charles de Gaulle. | Photo Credit: Dinakar Peri The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) gave final approval to the deal for 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets from France for the Indian Navy worth over $7bn. This includes 22 single seater carrier compliant jets and … Read more
Rahul Gandhi, LoP in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress President, and Sonia Gandhi, former National President Congress with other Congress leaders attended prayer meeting at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on April 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Alleging that the BJP won the Maharashtra Assembly polls through a “fraud” like never before, … Read more