NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. He later said in a post on X he admires the Pope’s commitment to serve people and make the planet better. PM Modi also invited him to visit India. The PM, in fact, had invited him to visit India in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni saw the two sides discussing defence and security cooperation, including enhancing defence industrial collaboration.They welcomed the forthcoming visit of the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and training ship ITS Vespucci to India later this year. Modi thanked the Italian govt for recognising the…
NEW DELHI: One in every three elders reported not having any income in the past one year, 32% elderly or their spouses had an annual income of less than Rs 50,000 and only 29% elderly reported having access to social security schemes like old-age pension, contributory pension or provident fund. Nearly, 65% of elders reported…
DEHRADUN: Three senior forest department officials faced the consequences — the chief conservator of forests (North) and divisional forest officer of Almora were suspended, while the chief conservator of forests of Kumaon was attached to headquarters — a day after a devastating wildfire in Binsar Sanctuary claimed the lives of four foresters and left four…
MUMBAI: The Sheena Bora murder case is back in focus after the CBI’s special public prosecutor told the trial judge on Thursday that a set of remains examined by one forensic expert could not be traced. Police in Pen, Raigad, had found the alleged remains of Sheena Bora’s body in a forest in 2012. A…
Bengaluru: Union steel and heavy industries minister H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) wondered aloud Friday if India needed investments like US-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology setting up a $2.5 billion unit in Gujarat and potentially receiving Rs 3.2 crore in subsidies for every job it creates. After identifying the company in a televised live address…
NEW DLEHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG and issued notices to Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA), but refused to stall the counselling process. The court also agreed to hear on July 8 NTA’s plea to transfer all…
MUMBAI: India is the top source country when it comes to immigrant physicians and surgeons (doctors) working in the US and the second-largest source country for registered nurses. In terms of the total number of immigrant healthcare professionals working in the US, including home health aides and nursing assistants, India dropped to third place, after…
NEW DELHI: Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor accused Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar of compromising his integrity by “touching the feet” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain his position of power. Kishor made these allegations while addressing a public meeting in Bhagalpur on Friday as part of his ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign.“People ask me…
NEW DELHI: Addressing an outreach session of G7 Summit in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that we need to strive towards a time of ‘green era‘ by making joint efforts.PM Modi was speaking at the summit on the invitation of Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni. He addressed a session on Artificial Intelligence, energy,…
