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New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The domestic iron ore production sector will require an investment of USD 20-25 billion or more to achieve national steel production targets and ensure self-reliance, according to Vedanta Group Chairman, Anil Agarwal. He noted that this scale of capital expenditure is essential to ramp up production to 800 million tonnes, which is needed to support the overarching goal of producing 300 million tonnes of steel within the country. Agarwal said on X that at the cu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, a new initiative that brings together Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Palo Alto Networks in an effort to "secure the world's most critical software." The collaborative effort comes as AI models reach a level of coding capability that allows them to find and exploit software vulnerabilities more effectively than most humans. Accord ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The CBI has arrested a manager and an investigator of National Insurance Company Limited in a bribery case involving an amount of more than Rs 2.6 lakh, officials said on Tuesday. It is alleged that the accused had demanded an undue advantage of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant for reactivating the cashless medical facility for a private hospital in Haryana's Manesar. The accused was deputed for an enquiry by National Insurance Company Limited. "It is further alleged that ...Read More >
Government faces higher subsidy costs due to rising oil prices India sees no immediate risks to its fiscal deficit target for the financial year that began on April 1, and will continue to prioritise capital spending, two government sources said, as New Delhi assesses the fallout from the Middle East crisis. Officials are considering austerity measures, including spending curbs in ministries with limited capacity to use allocated funds, but are keen to continue spending on roads, railways and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India sees no immediate risks to its fiscal deficit target for the financial year that began on April 1, and will continue to prioritize capital spending, two government sources said, as New Delhi assesses the fallout from the Middle East crisis. Officials are considering austerity measures, including spending curbs in ministries with limited capacity to use allocated funds, but are keen to continue spending on roads, railways and airports, which the government sees as critical to su ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 7 (Reuters) - India sees no immediate risks to its fiscal deficit target for the financial year that began on April 1, and will continue to prioritise capital spending, two government sources said, as New Delhi assesses the fallout from the Middle East crisis. Officials are considering austerity measures, including spending curbs in ministries with limited capacity to use allocated funds, but are keen to continue spending on roads, railways and airports, which the government se ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 6: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to eliminate, at the earliest, distortions in the pricing of petroleum products due to the subsidy extended by the federal government to consumers amid the surge in global prices triggered by the Iran war, local media reports said on Monday. A senior government official has confirmed that the IMF remains concerned about existing distortions, particularly in diesel pricing, and is pushing for their early removal, the Da ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched a probe into the smuggling of arms and ammunition via drones across the India-Pakistan border, suspecting a larger conspiracy aimed at carrying out terror attacks in India, officials said on Monday. Acting on a directive from the Union home ministry, the anti-terror agency has registered a case to investigate the alleged role of a Pakistan-based terror operative, Jasvir Chaudhary, his Indian associate Shubham Kumar and ...Read More >
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: A judge ruled on Friday that an Indian citizen, who was taken into custody by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in prison, could be released. The decision came a day after a four-hour hearing. During the hearing, Subramanyam Vedam said he did not kill Thomas Kinser in 1980. A lawyer from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security questioned him. Vedam joined the heari ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- India's federal government has asked the states to take necessary action to curb malpractices such as hoarding and black marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other petroleum products, officials said Friday. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written a letter to all states, urging local governments to intensify their communication strategies to prevent panic buying and hoarding of LPG and petroleum products across the country. The states have ...Read More >
Oracle India layoffs: US tech giant Oracle has been facing backlash online for filing thousands of foreign workers' petitions at a time when it laid off approximately 30,000 employees. The tech company filed for more than 3,000 petitions to employ H-1B workers in 2025 and 2026, and this has been criticised by American workers. US IT firm Oracle announced a brutal layoff impacting around 30,000 workers in an early morning email on March 31, informing the staff that it was their last working day. ...Read More >
In a letter to Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on the occasion of the state's foundation day, Modi described Biju Patnaik as a towering figure whose life continues to inspire generations. "This is the soil that nurtured the great Biju Patnaik, whose life epitomises strength, courage and an unwavering commitment to nation-building. Biju Babu's multifaceted persona inspires us all," the Prime Minister wrote. The remarks come amid a controversy sparked by Dubey, whose comments alleging l ...Read More >
New Delhi: Network equipment maker TP-Link said its India unit is part of its US entity, which split from China in 2024, refuting claims of being Chinese and thus banned from selling its CCTV cameras in India. TP-Link India CEO Sanjay Sehgal told ET that the Indian entity, TP-Link India is part of TP-Link Systems, and not China-based TP-Link Technologies, with a Singapore-based holding company owning 99.9% stake in the Indian entity. To be sure, the Irvine, California-based TP-Link Systems is ...Read More >
New Delhi -- Amid the ongoing US-Iran war, now in its second month, and intensifying rhetoric from Washington, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a strongly worded public letter to the American people, defending Tehran's position and questioning the rationale behind the US-Israeli war on Iran. The message comes as US President Donald Trump has escalated threats of "obliterating" strikes on Iran's critical civilian infrastructure -- including power grids, oil facilities and desalinat ...Read More >
New Delhi: As U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the escalating West Asia war on Thursday, Tehran issued its first formal response, mocking the President's remarks. Amid ongoing hostilities, Tehran rebuked President Trump's claims of victory, sarcastically stating that the U.S. has now "defeated Iran for the 23,456,736th time." Continuing its mockery of the U.S. President, Iran compared Trump to a version of himself 'from dreamland.' The response followed a major address by President Trump ...Read More >
New Delhi: The US has listed India's preference for use of domestic satellites for direct-to-home (DTH) television services, the inability of American electronic payment services suppliers to participate in the UPI ecosystem, localised shutdown of internet and data localisation requirements as barriers to foreign trade. In its 2026 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, the US Trade Representative (USTR) also cited high tariffs, particularly on agriculture products, surcharge ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The price of commercial cooking gas, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), was hiked by 195.50 Indian Rupees (around 2.09 U.S. dollars) per cylinder of 19 kg in India with effect from Wednesday, owing to rising global oil prices amid the Middle East conflicts. The commercial LPG was used for cooking purposes in hotels and restaurants. The price of a domestic LPG cylinder of 14.2 kg, however, remained unchanged at 913 Indian Rupees (around 9.77 U.S. dollars). After th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- India on Wednesday announced plans to raise the price of jet fuel amid a surge in global prices due to the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, officials said. Domestic fuel retailers have raised prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to 104,927 Indian rupees (1,123.72 U.S. dollars) per kiloliter. The federal government defended the hike, saying that the increase passed on to domestic airlines is only a "partial and staggered" adjustment, aimed at cushioning the impact of ...Read More >
Niger Delta leaders under the auspices of the Niger Delta Watchdog (NDW) have advised the federal government to disregard the agitations in some quarters to decentralise the pipeline security contract handled by the Tantita Security Services Limited (TSSL), saying it will pose danger to peace, security and economic stability of the country. The leaders, in a communique they issued after their meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, insisted that any attempt to alter the mode of the contract wou ...Read More >
The Australia Today -India's surge in refined diesel exports is emerging as an important pressure valve for Australia's fuel market, helping keep regional supply moving at a time when diesel shortages and price shocks have rattled service stations across the country. Shipping data reported by Reuters shows India's diesel exports to Southeast Asia climbed to a more than seven-year high in March, with traders specifically tapping Indian supply for Southeast Asia and Australia after the war-linked ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): BJP leader and MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday clarified his remarks regarding the Nehru-Gandhi family, saying his comments were misinterpreted and apologising if anyone's sentiments were hurt. The controversy stems from Dubey's remarks on March 27, when he claimed that during the 1962 war with China, Jawaharlal Nehru fought the war with American funds and in collaboration with CIA agents, while Biju Patnaik, then Chief Minister of Odisha, acted as a link betwe ...Read More >
Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. About 97% of the machines used to mine Bitcoin currently come from companies based in China. This heavy reliance on foreign technology has created a bottleneck at American ports and raised alarms about the long-term security of the network. To fix this, US Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act. The bill aims to move the production of special ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 31: Indian-origin technology leader Mangala Kuppa has been appointed Chief Information Officer of the US Department of Labor. The appointment formalises her role after she served in an acting capacity since October last year. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Kuppa, who also serves as the department's Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, took charge earlier this month. She will continue to oversee information technology strategy, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence ...Read More >
As soon as the house gathered, BJD's Sasmit Patra said, "We want to place on record our serious protest against the disparaging, false and concocted statements by Nishikant Dubey against Biju Patnaik". "This is the level that the ruling party has fallen to... this is utterly shameful," he said, announcing that the party was walking out. On Sunday, Patra resigned from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT in which is headed by Dubey, in protest against the disparaging rema ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 30 (Reuters) - India has adequate stocks of fertilizers and is tapping alternative sources to boost supplies for the summer-sown crops, a senior government official in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said on Monday. The Gulf region accounted for about 20% to 30% of India's urea imports and 30% of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) prior to the Iran war, Aparna Sharma, additional secretary in the ministry, told a media briefing. India expects to need 39 million metric tons of ...Read More >
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 >
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) State-owned fuel retailers Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) absorbing the impact of elevated global energy prices will lead to heightened margin and cash-flow volatility, Moody's Ratings said on Wednesday. "Domestic retail prices of fuels have remained largely steady since April 2022, despite swings in global oil and gas prices and the country's high dependence on imports," Moody's said i ...Read More >
The advanced weapons, sensors and avionics suite make the helicopter a versatile and capable asset for the Navy, offering enhanced capabilities to address conventional as well as asymmetric threats, they said The Indian Navy will commission its second MH-60R multi-role helicopter squadron, INAS 335 (Ospreys), on December 17 at INS Hansa in Goa, significantly strengthening its aviation and maritime combat capabilities. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will be present at the commiss ...Read More >
The National Capital Delhi continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday as the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 378 at around 7 am, placing it in the 'very poor' category, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The National Capital Delhi continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday as the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 378 at around 8 am, placing it in the 'very poor' category, according to data from the C ...Read More >
New Delhi: The US government has decided to classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. President Donald Trump signed the order related to this. According to Trump, it had become necessary to declare it a national disaster because 300,000 Americans are dying every year from the use of this drug. According to the White House, the US President has described fentanyl tablets as more dangerous than a bomb. According to Donald Trump, people die occasionally from bombs, but people are dying ev ...Read More >
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