Jaishankar reaffirms India's commitment to UN, seeks reforms

New Delhi,(IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday on the occasion of the 78th UN Day, called for reforms in the multilateral organisation, while reaffirming its commitment to the UN's charter.

"On 78th UN Day, reaffirm…

Macron arrives in Israel, to meet families of those killed in Hamas attack

Tel Aviv (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday on a one-day visit during which he will meet families of the victims who died in the October 7 Hamas attack, as well as those taken as hostages in Gaza.

In Israel,…

India poised to surpass Japan to become world’s 3rd largest economy by 2030: S&P

New Delhi (IANS) India is likely to surpass Japan to become the world's third-largest economy with its GDP doubling to $7.3 trillion by 2030, according to the latest S&P Global Market Intelligence report.

“India's nominal GDP measured…

In difficult phase of int'l politics, G20 Summit was bit plus: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said that in the totality of global diplomacy at a very difficult phase in international politics, the G20 Summit was a big plus.

Speaking at a G20 tree plantation event in…

Small cap indices come under selling pressure

New Delhi (IANS) Small cap stocks which have been the outperformers of this year’s market rally came under selling pressure on Monday.

BSE Small Cap Index is one of the biggest losers in trade, down 2.4 per cent. In comparison, Sensex is down…

Relentless selling across the board pulls Nifty down by 260 pts

New Delhi (IANS) Pessimism persisted in the Indian bourses as the bears tightened their grip by breaching all the key Nifty support levels to end the session at 19,281.75 with a loss of 260.90 points, said Aditya Gaggar, Director at Progressive Shares.

India sends humanitarian aid to war-torn Palestine

New Delhi (IANS) India has sent humanitarian aid to war-torn Palestine, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said on Sunday in a post on X that an Indian Air Force flight carrying more than six tonne of medical aid and more than…

300 kg unaccounted gold seized in Andhra's Proddatur town

Tirupati (IANS) The Income Tax department has seized about 300 kg of unaccounted gold from four jewelry shops in Proddatur town in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district.

The I-T Department officials from Vijayawada and Tirupati seized the gold…

Invoked diplomatic parity due to Canada's continuous interference in India's domestic affairs: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) India on Sunday said that it invoked diplomatic parity on Canadian diplomats present in the country owing to "continuous interference" in its domestic affairs.

"There's this whole issue of parity that the size of how many…

Possibility of rain in some parts of Jharkhand – MeT

Ranchi:  Rain has been predicted in some areas of the state during Durga Puja. However, this possibility is still very low. A low-pressure area is formed in the southeast and east central border areas of the Bay of Bengal. Because of this, there is…