PM Modi to launch BJP’s campaign for LS polls from MP’s Jhabua on Feb 11
Bhopal, Feb 9 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch BJP's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from tribal-dominated Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday by addressing a rally.
Centre to sign pact with TERI for institute for energy transition: R.K. Singh
New Delhi, Feb 9 - The Union Power Ministry intends to sign a memorandum of agreement with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for setting up an institute for energy transition at TERI campus in Hyderabad, Union Power and New and Renewable Energy
National security was compromised under UPA: Sitharaman
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that national security was compromised under the erstwhile Congress-led UPA government, which ruled the country from 2004 to 2014.
Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh is like Diwali coming early for farmers: Satish Poonia
Jaipur, Feb 9 - Reacting to the decision of the Central government to posthumously honour former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan with the Bharat Ratna award, former Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia expressed his gratitude
Strong, stable Bangladesh is in India’s interest: President Murmu
New Delhi, Feb 9 - President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said that strong, stable and prosperous Bangladesh is in India's interest.
Syria intercepts drones near capital
Damascus, Feb 10 - Syrian air defences have intercepted two combat drones launched from the direction of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Israel rejects half of aid requests for Gaza Strip: UNRWA
Gaza, Feb 10 - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said that Israel has rejected half of the aid requests submitted by the agency for the northern Gaza Strip.
US, UK launch 2 more airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
Sanaa, Feb 10 - The US-British coalition has launched two airstrikes on Houthi sites in Ymen's northern province of Saada, the media reported.
China’s Xi calls for stronger ‘strategic coordination’ with Russia in Lunar New Year call with Putin
Washington, Feb 10 - Chinese President Xi Jinping increased his country's friction with the US and its Western allies by heralding the Lunar Year, vowing greater cooperation and coordination with America's fierce rival in geopolitics -- Russia.
Indian student attacked in Chicago, wife seeks EAM Jaishankar’s help
A student from Hyderabad was injured when four armed robbers attacked him in Chicago, as per his family.
Mahant Swami Maharaj reaches Abu Dhabi for inauguration of UAE’s first Hindu temple
Mahant Swami Maharaj, the spiritual guru of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, reached Abu Dhabi on Tuesday
Key US Senator clears decks for MQ-9B drones for India, demands cooperation in Pannun case
Joe Biden administration formally notifying US Congress of the proposed sale of MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone
Russia ready to supply gas to Europe via safe Nord Stream 2: Putin
Moscow, Feb 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Germany does not resume the operation of the surviving pipe of Nord Stream 2, although Moscow is ready to supply gas through it, local media reported.
Russia repeatedly sought peaceful solution to problems in Ukraine since 2014: Putin
Moscow, Feb 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country has repeatedly sought a peaceful solution to the problems in Ukraine since 2014, the media reported.
SAR on car for surveillance! Ex-ISRO official promoted Sisir Radar innovates
Chennai, Feb 9 - A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on a car for surveillance? Yes, that is what space sector startup, Sisir Radar Private Ltd has innovated.
Another NASA-SpaceX backed US firm to launch Moon mission on Valentine’s Day
New Delhi, Feb 9 - NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines aims to launch a lander on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on February 14.
Some provisions of proposed bipartisan US Immigration Reform Bill to benefit Indians
New York, Feb 5 - The Immigration Reform Bill unveiled by a bipartisan group of Senators has several provisions that could benefit Indians -- if passed -- including protection for H1B visa holders' children who become adults during the green card wait, automatic
Following backlash, Kerala puts budget proposal for privatization of higher education on hold
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 - Following a huge backlash from the opposition parties and within the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Front, the proposal in the state Budget presented in the Assembly that batted for privatization in the higher education sector has been put on hold.
Union Cabinet approves spectrum auction, 6 multi-tracking railway projects
New Delhi, Feb 8 - The Union Cabinet, in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, approved auction of 10,523 MHz spectrum within the current fiscal year, setting a reserve price of Rs 96,317 crore.
Top officials of Indian, Russian N-establishments visit Kudankulam
Chennai, Feb 8 - Top officials of Indian and the Russian nuclear establishments visited Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam where four more 1,000 MW atomic power plants are being constructed, it was announced on Thursday.