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Raipur, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday urged the graduating class of IIM Raipur to embrace their role in building a developed India, even as the world grapples with unprecedented challenges such as pandemics, conflicts, and climate change. Addressing the 15th Annual Convocation Ceremony as chief guest, Jaishankar congratulated the Class of 2026, describing the occasion as both a celebration of personal achievement and a moment for deeper reflection ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a packed one-day visit to Gujarat on Tuesday, inaugurating projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Vav-Tharad, launching the Kaynes Semicon Plant in Sanand and inaugurating the Samrat Samprati Museum in Gandhinagar. PM Modi began his one-day visit from Gandhinagar, where he inaugurated Samrat Samprati Museum at Korba Pith on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Driver Kills 2 Women for Gol ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a packed one-day visit to Gujarat on Tuesday, inaugurating projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Vav-Tharad, launching the Kaynes Semicon Plant in Sanand and inaugurating the Samrat Samprati Museum in Gandhinagar. PM Modi began his one-day visit from Gandhinagar, where he inaugurated Samrat Samprati Museum at Korba Pith on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. He praised the architecture and design, saying it beautiful ...Read More >
Sanand (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the Kaynes Semicon Plant at Sanand in Gujarat, stated that "a new bridge has been built between Sanand and Silicon Valley," marking the current period as the "decade of India." Highlighting the rapid growth of the domestic electronics landscape, the Prime Minister projected that by the end of this decade, "India's semiconductor market could exceed USD 100 billion dollars". He noted that the commencement o ...Read More >
The programme will ensure a 40% increase in patients whose hypertension is controlled and 60% increase in cervical and breast cancer screening for women to accelerate efforts to end preventable deaths The World Bank on Friday (October 24, 2025) said it has approved a $280-million (over 2,450 crore) loan for a health system programme in Kerala to improve the life expectancy and quality of life of 11 million elderly and vulnerable people. The programme aims at treating and supporting over 90% of ...Read More >
Jaishankar added that the role of peacekeepers as buffers between warring states is no longer enough. New Delhi: A new paradigm is needed for UN peacekeeping missions to effectively deal with the changing nature of conflicts and security challenges, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. He said the peacekeepers must be prepared to protect civilians from harm, respond to humanitarian crises, and yet operate in environments where the "enemy wears no uniform and respects no ru ...Read More >
Underlining how the defence sector is constantly being shaped and influenced by changing geopolitics, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday emphasised that India's self-reliance in defence is not an option, but a necessity. Speaking at NDTV Defence Summit, Singh said that India's self-reliance in defence should not be viewed as protectionism but should be seen as a aspect related to India's sovereignty. "The world today is changing so rapidly that new challenges are emerging before ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday sharply criticised the Delhi Police for a controversial reference to Bengali as the "Bangladeshi language," calling it an insult to the language and its speakers. TMC shared a letter from a Delhi Police inspector requesting a translator for what was labeled "Bangladeshi language" in a statement on X. The police official also mentioned the arrest of eight individuals under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India. "Is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) India's semiconductor market is expected to more than double to grow in the range of USD 100-110 billion by 2030 according to industry estimates, an official statement said on Sunday. The Indian semiconductor market was about USD 45-50 billion in 2024-2025 against USD 38 billion in 2023, the statement said, citing industry estimates. "As per industry estimates, the size of the Indian semiconductor market was about USD 38 billion in 2023, USD 45-50 billion in 2024-2025 an ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illega ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged an irregular Rs 71.07 crore waiver granted by the Maharashtra govt to IRB MP Expressway Pvt Ltd, operator of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, for Covid-19 lockdown losses. The CAG noted that the sub-concession agreement with Mumbai Pune Expressway Ltd (MPEL) made IRB responsible for insuring against "force majeure" events like pandemics, with no liability on either side for such losses. "IRB requested (on March 24, 2020) MPEL to bear the l ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has announced a city-wide rollout of underground electric wiring as part of a Rs 100-crore initiative. The move aims to ensure a safer, cleaner and uninterrupted power supply for residents across the capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday while launching the city's first pilot project of underground wiring in Shalimar Bagh.Gupta said the work at her constituency Shalimar Bagh would be completed in approximately three months. At least 5,500 families residing in ...Read More >
Mumbai: Business tycoon Gautam Adani, who recently secured the second position in Forbes' top 10 Indian billionaires list, revealed his future plans in the Artificial Intelligence industry. The Adani Group is mulling to build an AI-first multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem in India. This system aims to be affordable, scalable, and incorporate international standards of care. While addressing a gathering at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery - Asia P ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Billionaire Gautam Adani on Friday revealed plans to build an AI-first, multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem that integrates affordability, scalability, and global best practices, as he shared his vision for transforming healthcare in India. Speaking at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery - Asia Pacific (SMISS-AP) here, he called for a complete system-wide redesign to meet the needs of the future. Adani, who heads ports-to-energy ...Read More >
Guwahati: In a major scientific achievement on public health front, research scholars at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have developed an innovative, low-cost method to detect SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus responsible for COVID-19 -- using nothing more than a type of clay and saltwater. This innovative mechanism, which uses sedimentation to determine the presence and quantity of the virus, offers a simpler and more affordable alternative to current diagnostic methods such as PCR and anti ...Read More >
The United States congressional subcommittee's final report on the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to the "lab leak" theory, making it the latest US report pinning the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the Wuhan lab in China. "Four years after the onset of the worst pandemic in 100 years, the weight of the evidence increasingly supports the lab leak hypothesis," the 500-plus page report said, adding that since they began their work in February 2023, more senior intelligence officials, politician ...Read More >
John Tinniswood, the world's oldest man according to Guinness World Records, died at 112 on Monday. He died at a care home in Southport, northwest England, surrounded by "music and love," his family told Guinness World Records in a statement. Born on August 26, 1912, in Liverpool (the same year the Titanic sank), Tinniswood lived through two world wars and two global pandemics. During World War II, Tinniswood served in the Royal Army Pay Corps. After the war, he built a career as an accountant ...Read More >
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