New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Indian squash player Anahat Singh says competing at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics (LA28) is “every athlete’s dream”. The teenage sensation is making a quick ascent in world squash, hoping to win an Olympic medal for India.At just 18, the Delhi-based prodigy has already reached World No. 20 in the PSA women’s rankings. She has established herself as one of the brightest young stars in Indian sport. With squash about to debut at LA28, Anahat shared that the Games m…
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) India and Vietnam have taken a major step towards strengthening cooperation in digital payments and financial innovation, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.The agreement, signed with the approval of the Union Cabinet, aims to deepen collaboration in areas such as financial innovation, regulatory coordination, information sharing, and digital payment …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The United States imports nearly 40 per cent of its generic medicines from India because of the trust it has in the country’s pharmaceutical capabilities, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.Speaking at the Advancing Partnership in Research and Innovation event at Indian Institute of Technology here, Gor said India-US ties have expanded significantly across sectors including trade, defence, technology, health and space cooperation.“On pharmaceuticals, we…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday urged states to remove unnecessary procedural complexities and focus on farmer‑centric governance as he highlighted record food‑grain production.As per advance estimates India’s total food‑grain production has reached approximately 376.563 million tonnes, the highest ever, Chouhan said, according to the statement from Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welf…
Singapore, May 29 (IANS) India and Canada on Friday discussed ways to strengthen defence cooperation while exploring opportunities for deeper collaboration across several other sectors. The discussions were held during a meeting between Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Canada’s Senior Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence Kelvin Brosseau on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.In a post on X, Ministry of Defence’s Directorate of Public Relations stated, “Both sid…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) India is diversifying its sources of oil and gas imports to make up for the shortfall in supplies caused by the choking of the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, a senior official said on Friday. “Energy security is very important for us. We are trying to diversify our sources from across the world, and that is our policy at present. We welcome whatever support we can receive from various markets around the world,” said Randhir Jaiswal, the Ministry of External …
Puducherry, May 29 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Friday discussed measures to intensify anti-narcotics drive with top Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official R. Sudhakar. Sudhakar, Deputy Director-General (DDG) of NCB (Southern Region), also discussed with the Chief Minister a plan to spread awareness against drug abuse.Sharing information about the meeting, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on X, “The NCB (Southern Region) DDG, called on the Puducherry Chief Minister N….
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Tesla on Friday announced the launch of the Model Y Premium Rear-Wheel Drive in India, expanding its electric vehicle portfolio in the country with a new premium variant of the segment.The new model has a starting price of Rs 50.89 lakh, and deliveries will commence in India from July 2026, according to the company.The newly launched variant introduces a range of hardware and design upgrades aimed at improving performance, comfort and interior experience. It boasts an al…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) US-based artificial intelligence firm OpenAI on Friday said adoption of its AI coding and productivity tool Codex is accelerating rapidly in India, with weekly active users growing 27-fold since the beginning of 2026 so far as developers, founders and professionals increasingly adopt AI tools to build and execute tasks faster.Sharing new data on the sidelines of Mumbai Tech Week, the company said India continues to remain among the top five countries globally for Codex a…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Domestic air passenger traffic in India fell 2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in April 2026 to 140.8 lakh passengers, amid geopolitical disruptions, a report said on Friday.The domestic air traffic stood at 143.1 lakh passengers in the same month last year, according to ICRA’s latest monthly report on the aviation sector.On a sequential basis, traffic was also lower by 2 per cent from 143.7 lakh passengers recorded in March 2026, the report said.The report noted that airl…