NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in LS Monday that foreign minister S Jaishankar went to Washington to lobby for an invite for PM Modi for the US president’s inauguration, a remark that drew protests from the treasury benches and was swiftly refuted by Jaishankar.“We will not send him (FM) three or four times,…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi will travel to Washington from Paris on Feb 12 for his first bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump after the latter’s inauguration last month. His official engagements are scheduled to take place over the next two days, with the summit likely on Feb 13.Modi will travel to France next week to…
Akshay Kumar’s first outing of 2025, ‘Sky Force,’ was among the highly anticipated movies of the year. Alongside Khiladi Kumar, there’s Veer Pahariya, Nimrat Kaur, and Sara Ali Kha, in the film that chronicles major events of the Indo-Pak war of 1965. With collective earnings of more than Rs.10 corer over the weekend, the film…
US President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (AP file photo) US President Donald Trump agreed on Monday to pause his planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days. The decision comes as both countries took steps to address his concerns about border security and drug trafficking. The pause follows days…
NEW DELHI: Following the issuance of an executive order by President Donald Trump to review US foreign assistance and align them with the policies of the new administration, US Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a directive asking all organisations implementing projects with its support in India to suspend work until further notice. The…
NEW DELHI: As amendments brought by Centre in the Forest (Conservation) Act has allegedly resulted in 1.97 lakh square km of land getting excluded from forest area, Supreme Court on Monday restrained central and state govts from doing anything which would lead to reduction of forest area in the country. It said even in cases…
In a victory for patients’ rights, the National Medical Commission has decided that it will take up appeals of patients in cases against doctors. For almost five years, since the NMC was constituted in Sept 2020, it has been rejecting patients’ appeals stating that only doctors have the right to appeal against decisions of state…
MUMBAI: Gold loans surged by 71% year-on-year in Dec-end, emerging as the fastest-growing segment within personal loans. Individual borrowings against FDs and shares saw a year-on-year increase of 19% and 22%, in Dec 2024.According to data on sectoral deployment of bank credit released by RBI, gold loan portfolio of banks rose to Rs 1.7 lakh…
NEW DELHI: The tax relief measures unveiled in the 2025-26 Budget are likely to increase deposit inflow in banks and several scenarios worked out by the department of financial services (DFS) estimated it to be in the range of Rs 42,000-45,000 crore, a top official said on Monday.M Nagaraju, secretary DFS, told reporters that the…
A global tariff war that was started by the US on Saturday night, is spreading panic among markets around the world on Monday with several of the leading indices deep in the red. The Indian market, however, on Monday held on to its ground despite continuous selling by foreign funds. On Monday, among the major…
