Date for resuming India-UK free trade talks to be finalised soon

New Delhi (IANS) The Commerce and Industry Ministry announced on Wednesday that the schedule for holding the India-UK free trade talks in early 2025 would be finalised through diplomatic channels "at an early date". 

"Subsequent to the meeting…

EAM ?Jaishankar meets China’s Foreign Minister, discusses ‘next steps’? in bilateral ties

Rio de Janeiro (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed next steps in bilateral relations following the recent meeting of the leaders of the two countries and the de-escalation of border tensions.…

Macron to Meloni, PM Modi holds crucial meetings with world leaders during Rio G20 Summit

Rio de Janeiro (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of significant bilateral meetings with several world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on the sidelines…

Curtains fall on campaigning for second phase of Jharkhand polls; stakes high for NDA and INDIA bloc

Ranchi (IANS) Campaigning for the high-stakes second and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections ended on Monday evening. Voters will head to the polling booths on November 20 to decide the fate of candidates across 38 constituencies. These include…

After caste census, all classes in country will get justice: Rahul Gandhi

Ranchi (IANS) Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, at a press conference here on Monday, said that the caste census will fundamentally change the country's politics and social systems and all classes in…

BJP will kick out infiltrators once in power in Jharkhand: CM Yogi

Sahibganj (Jharkhand) (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that once the BJP formed the government in Jharkhand, Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas, who are taking over the rights of locals in Santhal Pargana region, will…

Baku climate talks: India part of US-UAE co-led $29.2bn fund for climate-smart agriculture

Baku (IANS) The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), the largest global coalition at the intersection of food security and climate change, spearheaded by the UAE and the US, on Monday announced nearly double the investments,…

Picture grim at Baku climate talks, just 100 hours left on clock

Baku (IANS) Where does the world stand now on negotiations at the UN climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, that is focussed heavily on securing a new climate finance target for countries most vulnerable to climate impacts and what should…

'Mohabbat ki dukan' selling poisonous goods: BJP jabs Kharge for 'poison' remarks

New Delhi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday strongly criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for his objectional remarks against it and its ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). A couple of BJP leaders…

JMM, Cong protect infiltrators; BJP will drive them out: Jairam Thakur

Ranchi (IANS) BJP veteran and Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jairam Thakur on Sunday, accused Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress of providing protection to the infiltrators and not fulfilling the promises made by them.