NEW DELHI: India will be among the top 10 global destinations for tourism in the next five years and the contribution of the sector to India’s economy will increase from 7.9% to over 10% in the near future, Union tourism and culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.The tourism industry is looking for investments…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his longest Independence Day speech on Thursday, lasting 98 minutes, surpassing his previous record of 96 minutes set in 2016. PM Modi‘s speeches have averaged around 82 minutes, making them the longest of any PM in history.On the 78th Independence Day, PM Modi, in his address, outlined a…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a thaw in India-Maldives ties for the past few months, President Mohamed Muizzu met visiting India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday and, as they presided over a ceremony for the inauguration of water and sanitation projects spread over 28 islands, called India one of Maldives’ closest allies and invaluable…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Delhi. The event, which brings together experts and policymakers from around the world, will focus on key issues in agricultural economics and sustainable development.Union minister for Agriculture, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, is also present at the conference.The gathering…
NEW DELHI: India called for de-escalation and restraint in Gaza, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday at the East Asia Summit foreign ministers meeting and called the attacks against the commercial vessels in the Red Sea “concerning.”Speaking at the Summit, Jaishankar said, “Call for de-escalation and restraint in Gaza. India continues to extend…
NEW DELHI/GUMLA: Asserting that people should never be content with their accomplishments and work relentlessly for the welfare of mankind since there is no end to the pursuit of development and human ambition, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday suggested that one should strive to serve humanity.“In the course of self-development, a man may want…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a comprehensive development plan for Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport in Varanasi, with a projected cost of Rs 2869.65 crore. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will oversee the project, which aims to significantly enhance the airport’s passenger handling capacity from…
Mumbai: The country’s top industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Ashok Hinduja attended the swearing-in ceremony of PM Narendra Modi and his Cabinet at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on Sunday. Several business leaders took to X and congratulated Modi for becoming the PM for the third time.Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra wrote…
AYODHYA: “Na Mathura, na Kashi, abki baar Awadhesh Pasi” (Neither Mathura nor Kashi, this time Awadhesh Pasi) — this battle cry of Samajwadi Party triumphed over BJP’s Ram temple gambit in Ayodhya, much to the embarrassment of the saffron camp.Even as BJP played the temple card in a big way across the country in these…
Amit Shah pushes Modi’s re-election, India’s growth, and Odisha’s development. Patnaik challenges BJP’s Odisha promises. VK Pandian defends Naveen babu. Criticism of regional disparities in Odisha. Odia language pride and governance issues highlighted. Source link
