New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta, held discussions with Mario Voigt, Minister-President of the German state of Thuringia, and a high-level delegation at the Delhi Secretariat, focussing on expanding cooperation across key areas, including urban development, technology, governance and skill development.During the meeting, both sides explored opportunities for collaboration in smart urban development, sustainable infrastructure, digital governance and innovation-driven pu…
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Islamabad/New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Despite placing the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror attack last year, India has not halted the water flow from the western rivers earmarked for Pakistan. Additionally, nearly five to six per cent of the total water from the three eastern rivers allocated exclusively to India under IWT continues to flow to Pakistan owing to diversion and storage constraints on the Indian side, a report has detailed.According to…
Amsterdam, May 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Netherlands counterpart Rob Jetten visited the Afsluitdijk Dam on Sunday. Following this, PM Modi took to X and said, “An area in which the Netherlands has done pioneering work is water resources. There is a lot the entire global community can learn from them. This morning, I had the opportunity to visit the Afsluitdijk and understand the salient features of this project. I am thankful to PM Rob Jetten for accompanying me here.””We ar…
Amsterdam/The Hague, May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Netherlands on Friday evening as part of his multi-nation diplomatic tour aimed at strengthening India’s strategic and economic partnerships in Europe. Announcing the Prime Minister’s arrival, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X: “Goedeavond Nederland! PM @narendramodi has arrived in the Netherlands. The visit will provide an opportunity to further strengthen the multifaceted In…
Amsterdam, May 15 (IANS) The Indian community in the Netherlands expressed its excitement about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country on Friday while hailing the country’s enormous rise in the last decade. PM Modi, on the second leg of his ongoing official visit, will be visiting the Netherlands from May 15-17. During the visit, he will be meeting the Netherlands King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Rob Jetten. Various agreements forming part of the strategic pa…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Centre has released over Rs 17,744 crore as the first instalment towards the wage component for workers through direct benefit transfer under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for 2026–27, a senior official confirmed. For FY27, Rs 30,000 crore has been allocated to MGNREGA to clear pending dues before shifting to the upcoming VB-GRAMIN initiative, which has a budget of Rs 95,692 crore.By March 11, 2026, over Rs 81,500 crore was rel…
Surat, May 1 (IANS) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that India has maintained stability in petrol and diesel prices for four years and 60 days despite global volatility in energy markets. He was speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) – South Gujarat in Surat, which brought together central and state ministers, diplomats and industry leaders as part of Gujarat’s regional outreach under the Vibrant Gujarat framework.Puri said the glo…
Bhopal, April 30 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh is steadily moving towards prosperity and is on track to develop along the lines of Gujarat, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Thursday.“The state is becoming prosperous, much like Gujarat,” Yadav said, crediting the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre’s support for key development initiatives in the state.Yadav made the remarks while addressing the ‘Krishi Karmayogi’ (agricultural worker) orientation training and workshop h…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Adani Group-backed Jaipur International Airport has achieved water-positive status, becoming the first airport in Rajasthan and among the few in India to reach this milestone, according to officials.The certification has been awarded by global consulting firm Bureau Veritas after a detailed assessment of the airport’s water management systems and sustainability practices.As a water-positive airport, Jaipur International Airport conserves more water than it consumes t…
Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment treated the sponsorship of terrorism as a low-cost instrument with repercussions largely limited to diplomatic censure, episodic pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) or restrained military retaliation while the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) continued to function as a “one-way flow of strategic goodwill”, a report highlighted on Wednesday. Writing for ‘EuropaWire’, Dimitra Staikou, a Greek lawyer, writer, and journalist, not…