NEW DELHI: Highlighting the potential of the middle class and youth in fuelling car sales, PM Narendra Modi on Friday asked the auto industry to focus on both “economy and ecology” as he sought to push green mobility through electrics, hydrogen fuel cells, and biofuels.Inaugurating the second edition of Bharat Mobility Global Expo, Modi told…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has expressed optimism following India’s remarkable performance in the first ever QS World Future Skills Index, describing it as a testament to the country’s efforts to empower its youth and drive innovation.In a tweet, he wrote “This is heartening to see! Over the last decade, our Government has worked on…
NEW DELHI: India’s meteorological advancement has not only built the country’s disaster management capacity but also benefited the world with India always standing up to help nations hit by natural calamities, including those in its neighbourhood, PM Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.Indicating how it further expanded the country’s soft power and “enhanced its image globally…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said commissioning of two made-in-India warships and a submarine on January 15 would “strengthen our efforts towards being a global leader in defence and augment our quest towards self-reliance”.PM Modi said the commissioning of the destroyer INS Surat, frigate INS Nilgiri…
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of India Meteorological Department‘s 150th foundation day celebration, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday will launch ‘Mission Mausam‘ with the goal of making the country a ‘weather-ready, climate-smart’ nation.The mission aims at achieving the goal by deploying cutting-edge weather surveillance technologies and systems, implementing high-resolution atmospheric observations, next-generation radars and satellites,…
NEW DELHI: In a big boost to connectivity in Kashmir, PM Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the 6.5-km Z-Morh road tunnel between Gagangir and Sonmarg in the Valley on Lohri (January 13) to make Sonamarg an all-weather tourist destination. The Indian Railways on Wednesday also successfully operated a train at 110 kmph on USBRL’s…
NEW DELHI: As he received outgoing US NSA Jake Sullivan for what was his last in-person engagement with the Biden administration, PM Narendra Modi said the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership has scaled new heights, including in the areas of technology, defence, space, biotechnology and artificial intelligence.In a post on microblogging site X after the…
AJMER/JAIPUR: Union minister for parliamentary and minority affairs Kiren Rijiju presented Saturday an embroidered chaddar on behalf of PM Narendra Modi at the dargah of 13th-century Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. The offering was part of the six-day annual Urs and marked the 11th consecutive year that Modi has maintained the tradition.The gesture…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday took a jibe at the BJP-led central government over the depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar, criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the issue, stating that the prime minister had previously launched attacks against the former PM Manmohan Singh when the rupee had fallen during…
Indian cinema faced a major loss on Monday when the news of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal passing away came out. One of the pioneers of Indian cinema breathed his last at the age of 90 at Mumbaiʼs Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease. As the news of his demise started doing the rounds, it…
