New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Backed by a strong policy environment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s space sector is gaining from our existing expertise and the drive of new-generation innovators, powering India’s leadership in this sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.After meeting Pawan Kumar Chandana, Co-founder and CEO, and Naga Bharath Daka, Co-founder, at Skyroot Aerospace, the minister said he was proud of them and their young team for the historic success…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) India and the Philippines are working toward a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the objective of expanding the range of goods traded between the two countries while investment cooperation is also growing steadily, the Philippines Ambassador to India, Josel F. Ignacio, said on Wednesday. The bilateral trade continues to grow and after crossing the US$3 billion mark in 2023, it is now approaching US$4 billion, he told IANS in an exclusive interview.“Several India…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Minister and Republican Party of India (A) chief, Ramdas Athawale, on Tuesday called out the lathi-charge unleashed by Delhi Police on anti-NEET paper leak protestors during their ‘Sansad Chalo’ march on Monday, while maintaining that the agitators, too, should exercise restraint.Scores of students, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), attempted to march to the Parliament on Monday demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the…
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) The Shiv Sena(UBT) on Tuesday accused the Central government of “shielding incompetent ministers and destroying the nation”. It characterised the growing youth protests hitting the streets across the country as the start of a “revolution”. In a scathing editorial published in its mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, the party said, “Roars of dictatorship will not be tolerated and ‘Modi, quit power’ are echoing through the streets. Reflecting the widespread public unrest, thousands of yo…
Varanasi, July 16 (IANS) An atmosphere of enthusiasm and vigour was witnessed among Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Varanasi after the Central government’s approval for the construction of a state-of-the-art, six-lane Ganga-Varuna elevated corridor along the banks of the Ganga river. At the BJP office in Gulab Bagh in Varanasi’s Sigra, party workers celebrated on Wednesday by sharing sweets with one another and raised slogans in support of Prime Minister Modi anmd Uttar Pradesh Chief Min…
Gandhinagar, July 15 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday announced that he will personally visit the Somnath Temple to perform the ‘Swabhiman Parv Vishesh Mahapuja’, fulfilling a pledge he made on his 65th birthday after virtually participating in the special worship at the shrine. Patel said he had sought the blessings of Somnath Mahadev, the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas, through a virtual ceremony on Wednesday and registered for the special Mahapuja being organised u…
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is likely to send a special aircraft to bring back the mortal remains of the Indian nationals killed in the speedboat capsize in Vietnam on Saturday. Officials from the Indian embassy in Vietnam are in constant touch with local authorities to help clear formalities as soon as possible. While 15 deaths have been confirmed till now, some more Indian tourists are in hospital. At least two of them are in serious condition, sources said.T…
Jaipur, July 11 (IANS) Rajasthan Minister of State for Home Jawahar Singh Bedham on Saturday said that achieving the vision of a developed India and a developed Rajasthan requires the collective efforts of the government, industry, and the public, and urged every individual to define their role in the nation’s progress. Speaking in Jaipur under the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ initiative, he said that in the realm of Artificial Intelligence, automation, and robotics, India is no longer solely dependent on…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) The proposed India-US trade agreement is in its “last one or two per cent” and negotiators are working to resolve the remaining issues, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said, expressing confidence that the deal would soon be concluded after nearly 18 months of negotiations.Speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Leadership Summit, Gor said officials from both countries had intensified engagement in recent weeks to bring the agreement across the f…
Kota, June 29 (IANS) A farmers’ workshop on natural farming was organised in Kota on Monday under the guidance of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Around 1,000 farmers participated in the workshop, gaining insights into modern techniques for increasing income through natural farming, low-cost and high-quality cultivation, improved productivity, agricultural marketing, animal husbandry and horticulture.On the occasion, a book on natural farming was released, and progressive farmers who had made outsta…