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India over the Moon as ISRO scripts history Chandrayaan-3 first spacecraft to land on lunar south pole

BENGALURU: India has reached where no nation has gone before. In a giant leap for its space programme, India’s Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 6.04 pm on Wednesday, propelling the country to an exclusive club of four and making it the first country to land on the uncharted surface. […]

India world’s fastest growing economy due to Narendra Modi government’s visionary efforts: BJP

NEW DELHI: Indian economy is not only propelling the growth of the country but has also become an engine of growth for the global economy due to “concerted and visionary efforts” of the government, the BJP said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal claimed India’s gross domestic product (GDP) […]

India ready to share strengths and successes with the world: Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu

WASHINGTON: India, the current G-20 president, is ready to share its strengths and successes with the world, its envoy here has said, asserting that the India-US partnership will not only benefit the two countries, but its rewards will be reaped around the globe. India assumed the year-long presidency of the G-20 in December last year […]

India’s Finance Ministry tightens definition of ‘beneficial owners’ under PMLA

NEW DELHI: India’s Finance Ministry has tightened the definition of beneficial owners under the anti-money laundering law, mandating reporting entities like banks and crypto platforms to collect information from their clients. As per the amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 any individual or group holding 10 per cent ownership in the […]

Narendra Modi inaugurates Aero India 2023 in India’s Bengaluru

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 14th edition of Asia’s biggest aero show – Aero India 2023 – at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru on February 13, 2023. A commemorative stamp was also released by the Prime Minister on the occasion. The five-day event, on the theme ‘The runway to a billion […]

In India’s well-being lies world prosperity: Narendra Modi at investors’ summit

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the guarantee to world’s prosperity lies with India, as he pitched Uttar Pradesh as a major destination for foreign investment. Welcoming foreign delegates and Indian industry leaders to the three-day Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit, Modi linked the world’s economic well-being to that of India. The world’s prosperity […]

India’s long endurance UAV to make flying debut at Aero India Show

NEW DELHI: The DRDO-developed Medium Altitude Long Endurance class unmanned aerial vehicle TAPAS-BH (Tactical Aerial Platform for Advanced Surveillance – Beyond Horizon) will make its flying debut at ‘Aero India’ here next week. The TAPAS-BH will showcase its capabilities and there will be static as well aerial displays on the business days of the five-day […]

Twitter Blue plans announced in India: Pay Rs 900 per month for blue tick

NEW DELHI: Microblogging site Twitter on Thursday announced the subscription plans for Twitter Blue in India. The users in India will have to pay to keep their Twitter Blue subscription active and use the additional features. To use the Twitter Blue services in India on android mobile or iPhones, users would need to pay Rs […]

Fraud cannot be obfuscated by nationalism: Hindenburg on Adani ‘loot’

NEW DELHI: US short seller Hindenburg Research has rejected Adani Group’s charge that its report was an attack on India, saying a “fraud” cannot be obfuscated by nationalism or a bloated response that ignored response to key allegations. Commenting on the 413-page response Adani Group released late on Sunday evening in response to its report, […]

India’s G20 presidency: B20 meet in Gujarat to discuss climate, innovation

AHMEDABAD: The Business 20 (B20) inception meeting being organised in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar city from Sunday as part of India’s G20 presidency will deliberate on issues ranging from climate change, innovation, global digital cooperation and resilient global value chains, officials said here. As part of the three-day meeting, delegates will be taken for a visit to […]

India bright spot amid global crisis; PM Narendra Modi’s leadership critical in fractured world: World Economic Forum

DAVOS: Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership in a fractured world, the World Economic Forum’s Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said India is a bright spot amid the global crisis. After attending an India reception on Thursday night during the WEF Annual Meeting 2023, Schwab said India is promoting a just and equitable growth […]

India expected to become USD 7 trillion economy in seven years: CEA

NEW DELHI: India’s Chief Economic Advisor (ICA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Monday that the Indian economy will be USD 3 trillion by the end of the current 2022-23 fiscal and is expected to be USD 7 trillion in the next seven years. The government had previously said India would become a USD 5 trillion […]

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