Washington: The US has formally notified the proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment for India's Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers at an estimated cost of USD 482.2 million. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which administers the Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...
Washington: United States Monday eased restrictions on Iranian oil exports through August, hours after Vice President JD Vance said negotiators had made "great progress" in Switzerland and as talks with Tehran continued on nuclear issues, maritime security and the future of the Strait of Hormuz....
New Delhi: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that CRED founder Kunal Shah will join Meta as WhatsApp’s next global CEO. Meta is also investing around $900 million (nearly Rs 8,550 crore) in the fintech company CRED. As part of the investment, Cred’s founder, Kunal...
New Delhi: Four cargo ships carrying vital shipments of urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and sulphur from the Persian Gulf are headed for Indian ports after successfully crossing the Strait of Hormuz last week, according to an official statement issued Monday. Navigating through ongoing global trade...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an Allahabad High Court judgment and a Labour Court award directing the reinstatement of a worker with back wages, holding that an employee who remained absent without authorisation and failed to substantiate his claims could not be...
New Delhi: Fintech platform CRED on Monday said it will raise Rs 8,550 crore in a funding round led by Meta, a mega deal that will see its founder Kunal Shah step down as Chief Executive Officer and lead the global tech giant's messaging platform...
Mumbai: An adverse south-west monsoon may pose headwinds for the domestic growth and inflation outlook, even as the global economic landscape remains fragile, the Reserve Bank Bulletin said Monday. Geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions persisted despite the recent interim peace deal in West Asia, said...
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Laboratories found 46 drug samples manufactured by various firms to be "not of standard quality (NSQ)" in its monthly drug alert for May, health ministry officials said Monday. Further, the State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 113 drug samples as...
New Delhi: Production growth of eight core infrastructure sectors slowed to a seven-month low of 0.5 per cent in May due to a fall in output of coal, crude oil and refinery products. The core sector growth was 1.8 per cent in April 2026 and...
New Delhi: The government has approved the installation of its indigenous train protection system -- Kavach -- on 631 route kilometres (RKm) of the East Coast Railway network at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore, the Ministry of Railways said Monday. The project will...
In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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India is being shown in such a poor light that it does not stand comparison on the question of a...
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