UN:Sushma discusses strategic cooperation, trade, development at bilaterals

United Nations (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met nine leaders from across the globe in a whirlwind of bilateral interactions and spoke at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.

She began her day on Monday by attending the high-level…

Boeing setting up electronics, avionics facility in Bengaluru

Global aerospace major Boeing is set to invest Rs 1,152 crore to establish an electronics manufacturing and avionics assembly facility in Bengaluru, strengthening the city's position as a major aerospace and defence hub, a Karnataka government…

Phase-II of Coastal Surveillance Network to be completed on time: Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the second phase of India's Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN), designed to strengthen security along the country's coastline and prevent a repeat of attacks such as the 26/11 Mumbai terror…

US-China trade war escalates with biggest sets of tariffs

The trade conflict between the United States and China escalated sharply on Monday as both countries imposed their biggest new rounds of tariffs, bringing roughly half of the goods traded between the world's two largest economies under additional…

4 Maoists arrested in Palamau

 Security forces arrested four suspected Maoists, including a man carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head, in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Monday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off about the presence of members of a banned Maoist…

Modi dedicates airport in Sikkim, attacks past governments on northeast development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated Pakyong Airport, Sikkim's first airport, marking a major milestone for the northeastern state and describing the expansion of air connectivity as part of a broader effort to bring the region closer…

Pakistan's one-trick pony act on Kashmir doesn't resonate at UN: Akbaruddin

India will focus on a broad multilateral agenda at the upcoming high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session rather than allow the proceedings to be dominated by Pakistan's repeated attempts to raise the Kashmir issue, India's…

Amnesty urges China to end 'brainwashing' Muslims in Xinjiang

Amnesty International has called on the Chinese government to end what it described as a campaign of “systematic repression” against predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, including Uyghurs and Kazakhs.

In a report…

JeM commander killed in J&K gunfight

A senior commander of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police said.

The militant, identified as Adnan, was killed in Aripal village…

SBI reassures NBFCs on liquidity concerns

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Sunday assured non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) that it would continue to support them with credit, seeking to calm concerns that the ongoing crisis at Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS)…