Washington: A hardline Republican lawmaker has introduced a draft legislation in the US Congress seeking an overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, including ending its use as a pathway to permanent residency in the United States. Congressman Chip Roy introduced the American White-Collar Worker Jobs...
New Delhi: India Friday launched E85 fuel, a high-ethanol blend designed for flex-fuel vehicles, at Rs 20 a litre discount to normal petrol. The fuel will initially be available at select petrol pumps and can be used only in vehicles with flex fuel engines. Union...
St Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered New Delhi Russia's fifth-generation stealth aircraft Sukhoi Su-57 and even suggested that the combat jet could even be jointly produced in India in line with the strong strategic partnership between the two countries. For decades, Russia has...
Picture yourself waking at Gateway Varkala to the sound of waves breaking against cliffs, stepping out to watch the Arabian Sea stretch endlessly before you. Or imagine breakfast beneath Gateway Madurai's 150-year-old banyan tree, peacocks wandering through gardens while your coffee is poured from traditional...
New Delhi: Leading hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk plans to invest more than Rs 3 lakh crore in India by 2030 in support of digital infrastructure capacity, positioning the country as a cornerstone of global growth strategy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced the investment...
Visakhapatnam: India and the US are moving towards closing all the open ends of the interim trade agreement, and both sides are likely to execute the "very, very vibrant" first phase of the pact by the middle of next month, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush...
New Delhi: India's economy grew at a higher pace of 7.7 per cent during 2025-26 as compared to 7.1 per cent in 2024-25, according to government data released Friday. In January-March period of the 2025-26 fiscal year, the gross domestic product (GDP) has been estimated...
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Friday amid profit-taking after the RBI lowered its growth expectations for the current fiscal year and forecast inflation to rise to 5.1 per cent. Also adding to the bearish trend in equities were foreign fund outflows, geopolitical...
Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra Friday said the forex reserve stood at a healthy USD 682.3 billion, adequate to provide import cover for about 11 months. Various policy initiatives are expected to strengthen the balance of payments, he said while announcing the second bi-monthly...
Mumbai: Reserve Bank Friday projected the retail inflation for 2026-27 at 5.1 per cent, higher from its earlier estimate of 4.6 per cent, largely due to mounting input costs, triggered by the pass-through of higher global energy prices to retail rates of petrol and diesel....
By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s decision to significantly expand the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a lot more than a routine...
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The ongoing visit of Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing to India is fraught with geopolitical significance. India's reputation as a...
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An unwarranted observation by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has stirred the Indian youth out of its seeming...
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Prominent Muslim voices have asked the Prime Minister of India to declare the cow a national animal and subsequently ban...
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