Washington/Ottawa, May 26 (IANS) India and Canada have signalled a rapid reset in bilateral ties, with leaders from both countries expressing optimism about concluding a long-pending free trade agreement by the end of this year while sharply expanding trade, investment and business cooperation.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said negotiations on a free trade agreement with India would be “a game changer for Canadian workers and businesses”.”We’re negotiating a free trade deal with India. Thi…
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Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming every sector and stressed that the state cannot afford to miss the opportunities emerging from the technological shift. In a post on social media platform X on Sunday, the Chief Minister announced that tech giant Google in collaboration with Unicef will implement the “AI Educator Series” in Assam to train teachers in the use of AI tools for classroom learning and im…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Sunday that India and the United States, as the two largest democracies, lay the foundation for “incredible cooperation”, while emphasising that his visit is not focused on “restoring” ties, but rather on enhancing what he described as a “very solid and strong strategic partnership.” He called the US’ partnership with India “one of the most important in the world”. Rubio made these statements in his opening remarks during his m…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi government is set to overhaul the city’s property registration system, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta pushing for tech-driven reforms across all sub-registrar offices, an official said on Saturday. The Chief Minister’s aim is to transform the way these offices function so that citizens registering property no longer have to deal with delays, corruption, middlemen or unnecessary hassles, the official said in a statement.”The Delhi government plans to turn regis…
Shirdi, May 23 (IANS) Amid shifting global security theatres, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the West Asia conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday remarked that modern conflicts have shattered traditional assumptions about warfare. “The biggest difference in future wars will not depend on how many soldiers you have, but on how advanced and capable your country is from the perspective of munition volumes and automated systems,” he said.Singh asserted that “the country that manu…
Oslo/New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The recent third India–Nordic Summit in Norway underscored India’s standing as a great power in 2026 and how the nation is actively shaping coalitions, setting international agendas.Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, describing India as “one of the greatest powers”, carried significant weight because it came from a European head of government — “a signal to Western policy circles that the old taxonomy no longer applies”, a report mentioned.“The No…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Canada from May 25-27 with a delegation of nearly 150 industry leaders to boost bilateral economic and trade ties, it was announced on Saturday.India and Canada aim to reach $50 billion in bilateral trade over the next five years.In a news briefing, Goyal said India expects to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada, covering sectors such as energy and critical minerals. The discussion woul…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Islamic State, in recent years, has proven to be one of the leading terror outfits when it comes to the use of technology. When it commenced operations in Syria and Iraq in late 2013, the focus was heavy on creating fear. For this, it had set up Hollywood-style studios where it shot beheading videos.While some of them were real, many were fake, and these videos were shot and circulated to create a perception of how lethal the outfit is. This worked well for the outfi…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday directed officials of both his Ministries to immediately establish a planned, time-bound and result-oriented mechanism to ensure that farmers and poor rural citizens do not have to run from pillar to post either to avail benefits of government schemes or for the redressal of grievances. During a meeting, Union Minister Chouhan told the officials that Prime Minister…
Hyderabad, May 21 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday demanded the Centre hold an immediate special session of the Parliament on 33 per cent women’s reservation in legislative bodies. Paying rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary, the Chief Minister said that the INDIA bloc is ready to support women reservation bill in the Parliament.He said the Modi government created hurdles in the implementation of women’s reservation by linking i…