NEW DELHI: India has been subjected to “enormous pressure” by international powers due to its energy ties with Russia, said foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, calling it “completely unjustified.”“I think India is a great power that sets its own national interests, determines its own national interests, and chooses its own partners. And we know…
NEW DELHI: The United States has once again called upon India to leverage its long-standing ties with Russia to persuade Russian President Putin to cease his “illegal war” in Ukraine. During a press briefing, US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, “India has a longstanding relationship with Russia, that is well known. Speaking for the…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects, with a total outlay of Rs7453 crore.“The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects at a total…
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…
NEW DELHI: A video showing Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s index finger has gone viral on social media. This interaction took place shortly after they attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Nalanda University campus in Rajgir, Bihar.In the video, shared by news agency PTI, Nitish Kumar, who was seated…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University in Rajgir, Bihar. The new campus of the university will be set up close to ancient ruins of the university.Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a plaque at the new campus of Nalanda University and planted a sapling as he inaugurated…
NEW DELHI: The Canadian Parliament observed a minute of silence on Tuesday to commemorate the one-year death anniversary of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.In June 2023, Nijjar, who had been designated as a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed outside a Gurdwara in Surrey. The incident led to heightened…
NEW DELHI: Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed China’s criticism of a message exchange between PM Narendra Modi and Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te as “unreasonable interference”.Deputy foreign minister of Taiwan Tien Chung-kwang was talking about China taking objection to India looking forward to having closer ties with Taiwan.“I am sure that Modi ji and our president won’t…
BHOPAL: A tense situation has arisen at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh as around 30 villagers, hired to monitor and track cheetahs round-the-clock, have stopped work. The reason for the strike? Their refusal to butcher animals for feeding the big cats within the special enclosures known as soft release bomas…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala Congress has apologized for a picture shared by its state unit featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pope Francis at the G7 summit. However, the party maintained that it had no reservations about targeting PM Modi.The apology came after BJP objected to the post and accused the grand old party of…
