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Chennai: The United States Trade Representative has initiated investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, on excess capacity and production in certain manufacturing sectors in India. These sectors include textiles, health, construction goods, and automotive goods. The probe can lead to new tariffs and complicate the trade deal talks. The USTR has initiated investigations under Section 301against 16 countries and economic blocs, including India. The investigation pertains to the a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) on Wednesday strongly criticised Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar for giving a clean chit to MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari in the party defection case, calling it an open attack on democracy. In a statement, KTR alleged that the Speaker's decision to dismiss the disqualification petitions was encouraging political defections and undermining democratic values. He described the move as a "dark day in the history of democracy". "T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the strong domestic demand that played a key driver for new orders and production, India's factory activity expanded at its fastest pace in four months in February, although export growth cooled to its slowest rate in nearly a year-and-a-half, a private survey showed on Monday. The survey showed that the seasonally adjusted HSBC India manufacturing purchasing managers' index or PMI rose from 55.4 in January to a four-month high of 56.9 in February. In the PMI parlance, a print a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to the King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, and condemned the attacks on both countries during the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Prime Minister Modi also discussed with them the well-being of the Indian community living in both countries. "The prime minister had two important telephone conversations today. He spoke with the King of Bahrain, King Hamad Bin ...Read More >
Chennai: The escalating tensions in the Middle East saw a spurt in the prices of crude, natural gas, gold and silver on Monday. Analysts warn that prices could move further northwards if the tensions remain heightened. In the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude prices gained 8.5 per cent to Rs 6600 per barrel from the Friday closing level of Rs 6092. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices moved up 7.6 per cent on Monday, a day after Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei died in a US-Israeli strike. ...Read More >
Pune: Mercedes-Benz, India's biggest German luxury car maker, on Monday introduced the all-new V-Class, its luxury van, at an introductory price of Rs 1.4 crore at pan India showroom. The V-Class with a long wheelbase and with 6 seats in three rows, will be manufactured at its Chakan factory, near Pune, to provide the price advantage to buyers. The V-Class competes with premium MPVs like the Toyota Vellfire and Lexus LM in the Indian market. "The demand for spacious luxury vans is growing in ...Read More >
New Delhi: Telecom major Vodafone Idea (VIL) on Monday joined hands with Swedish communications gear maker Ericsson to modernise its post-paid services, while supporting its ongoing network expansion across the country. Ericsson will continue to strengthen VIL's network footprint through the deployment and integration of new network sites, capacity augmentation, and coverage expansion, according to the company's release. The company also said that these efforts will lead to enhancing indoor cov ...Read More >
Chennai: The inordinate delay in finalizing the seat-sharing for the coming Assembly elections by both the major coalitions, one led by the DMK and the other by the AIADMK-BJP combine, has triggered speculations of possible realignments ahead of the polls with many fearing the breaking of the decade long ties between the DMK and the Congress, going by the latest averments of AICC leader Girish Chodankar. Chodankar telling a news agency in Delhi that the 25 seats offered by the DMK when it resum ...Read More >
MUMBAI: President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday launched a nationwide campaign, Saving Lives and Building a Healthier Bharat, organised by PD Hinduja Hospital, at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Mumbai. Ms. Murmu arrived in the city on Tuesday afternoon. The Hinduja Hospital, celebrating 75 years of service, said the initiative aims to extend healthcare to the rural and urban poor through mobile medical vans. The event was attended by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devend ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Tension prevailed at Azim Premji University at Sarjapur of Anekal in Bengaluru on Tuesday after activists attached to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student organisation, disrupted an event before it commenced at the campus organized by The SPARK, acts as a platform for student voice. The ABVP termed the event hosted at Azim Premji University camps to be an "anti-national" event alleging the event was against the Indian Army. Soon police swung into action and detained t ...Read More >
KAKINADA: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday caught a forest section officer red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹4 lakh in West Godavari district. The accused was identified as Sadu Suresh Kumar, forest section officer posted at Narsapuram and holding additional charge of Bhimavaram. He was caught while accepting the bribe from complainant B. Dhanunjaya Appa Rao, a resident of Pennada village in Palakoderu mandal. According to ACB officials, the complainant runs a s ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the State Legislature that 48,278 women were reported missing in the State in 2025, of whom 36,581 have been traced, leaving 11,697 still unaccounted for. During the same year, 12,113 minor girls were reported missing, with 10,295 traced so far. The data was provided in a written reply by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads the Home Department, in response to a question on missing women and girls. According to the reply, Mumba ...Read More >
Kolkata: As the Centre renamed Kerala as Keralam on Tuesday, Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee attributed the result to "an alliance growing between BJP and CPI(M)" in the southern state while accusing the union government of not renaming West Bengal as Bangla despite her repeated push as chief minister. She claimed, "I have no problem over other states being renamed. We are very much flexible. We are not against any state and love all of them. They have got it because of an alliance gr ...Read More >
Karimnagar: In an effort to promote road safety, Ramagundam police commissioner Amber Kishore Jha on Tuesday led the second phase of the 'Arrive-Alive' awareness campaign at the Municipal T-Junction in Godavarikhani town of Peddapalli district. As part of the drive, police personnel surprised commuters by presenting flowers to two-wheeler riders wearing helmets, while distributing free helmets to those riding without protective headgear. Speaking on the occasion, the Commissioner said wearing ...Read More >
Chennai: In the final electoral roll published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday after a prolonged Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive that started on October 27, 2025, the State had a total voter strength of 5,67,07,380 with women outnumbering men and Shozhinganallur constituency having the highest and Harbour constituency the lowest number of voters, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik said. While the gender wise breakup of the electorate was Male 2,77,38,925, F ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Six courts in Gujarat received bomb threats via emails on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to conduct thorough searches, officials said. Nothing suspicious was found so far, they said. The courts in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Valsad, Rajkot, Gandhinagar and Mehsana received the threat emails, as per the officials. An email sent to the Vadodara district court claimed that 19 bombs were planted in the premises, a police official said. Meanwhile, some private schools in Punjab's Mohali rec ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Students from the Centres of Excellence (COEs) run by the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) have delivered an impressive performance in the first session of JEE Main-2026.From the Gowlidoddi COE campus, Y. Navadeep emerged as the top performer with 98.39 percentile, followed by Satya Swaroop (97.99), Yashwanth (95.70), M. Mahesh (95.18), and S. Raju (94.83). From the Gowlidoddi Girls COE, K. Sri Varsha secured 94.64 percentile while V. Ma ...Read More >
New Delhi: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) must remain central to India's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy as the country works to unlock value in manufacturing and accelerate economic growth, Gaurav Kataria, VP Digital (Manufacturing) and CDIO PSPD at ITC Ltd told ANI today. "MSME is absolutely a great focus and really, really required at this point in time," Kataria told ANI on the sidelines of "Democratizing AI Resources for Economic Growth and Social Good", organised by the ...Read More >
Karimnagar: In a high-stakes political battle, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successfully captured the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation on Monday. Leveraging strategic ex-officio votes and the support of independent candidates, the saffron party managed to outnumber the Congress, despite the latter's strong push for the seat.Kolagani Srinivas, representing the 2nd Division, was elected as the new Mayor of Karimnagar, while former Mayor Y. Sunil Rao was app ...Read More >
Warangal: The ruling Congress party successfully captured the chairperson posts in the hung municipalities of Wardhannapet and Kesamudram in the erstwhile Warangal district on Monday. By strategically utilizing ex-officio votes and securing the support of independent candidates, the party managed to break the deadlock against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).In the Wardhannapet municipality, a tie had emerged after the recent elections for 12 wards. The BRS won six seats, while the Congress sec ...Read More >
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the tragic fire accident in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, and extended heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. In a social media post, he mourned the loss and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. According to officials, seven people were burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing unit that was operating inside a garment factory in Bhiwadi's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday. "Seven people ...Read More >
New Delhi: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Monday said that 'UPI One World' wallet services will be available for international visitors attending the ongoing five-day India AI Impact Summit. Through this pilot initiative, inbound foreign travellers will be able to make secure and real-time Person-to-Merchant (P2M) UPI payments during their visit to India.Visitors can use the wallet service without an Indian mobile number or bank account."The 'UPI One World' wallet is available ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Recognising woman cricketer Nallapureddy Sree Charani's outstanding performance on the global stage, the NDA coalition government in AP has presented her a cash reward ₹2.5 crore. Charani had played a crucial role in India lifting the coveted ICC Women's One-Day International World Cup. Education and IT minister Nara Lokesh personally handed over the cheque to the cricketer during a meeting at his Undavalli residence on Wednesday. In addition, the state government announced other i ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Disheartened by the sight of posters defacing artwork near the LB Nagar police station, renowned folk musical artiste and Padma Shri awardee Darshanam Mogilaiah on Wednesday took it upon himself to clean the area. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Mogilaiah said he was deeply hurt to see posters pasted over artwork, leaving it looking unsightly. The state government had honoured him by recognising his talent and provided him space in artworks on flyovers at LB Nagar, Begumpet and Secund ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Lanka Dinakar, chairman of the Twenty Points Programme (Viksit Bharat-Swarna Andhra), Government of Andhra Pradesh, has called for comprehensive structural reforms to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to improve its effectiveness and transparency. The call followed a review of the scheme's implementation across all 26 districts in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Dinakar said restructuring the programme had bec ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The All India Retired Railwaymen's Federation (AIRRF) staged protest at Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad here on Wednesday demanding the government to fulfill their demands. The pensioners belonging to Central government, especially the railway staff urged the government to engage in constructive dialogue and to address their long-pending grievances with urgency and fairness for the dignity and security of the retired workforce. The protestors put forwarded some of their demands as to r ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government is hoping that the National Medical Commission (NMC) will approve 100 undergraduate medical seats for each of the five new government medical colleges being started in the state under the PPP (public-private partnership) mode. These colleges are coming up at Markapur, Pulivendula, Adoni, Madanapalle and Piduguralla under Phase-2 of the development of medical colleges in the state. The previous YSRC regime had intended in 2020 to set up 17 new government me ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress-backed candidates won more than 60 per cent sarpanches in the gram panchayat elections across all three phases. The opposition BRS-supported candidates won 25 per cent posts, while the BJP-backed candidates got only four per cent panchayats. Independents and others emerged as a major block by winning at least 10 per cent, playing a key role in the Panchayat elections. In the third phase, the Congress-backed candidates won in 2,120 panchayats, while BRS-backed ones won 1, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100 per cent from the existing 74 per cent, a move the government said would help increase insurance penetration, lower premiums and generate employment. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha through a voice vote, a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha. The Upper House rejected amendments moved by the Opposition, ...Read More >
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