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Ottawa: US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the human rights issue a key focus of his visit to China from January 13-17, asking him to press the Chinese government to end its repression in Xinjiang and ensure...

New Delhi: The XVI Russia–India Business Dialogue held in Moscow, attended by over 1,250 participants, observed that the development of Russia–India cooperation and implementation of joint business projects will continue at major international platforms, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, scheduled to take place...

New Delhi: Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Poland are emerging as stable and key export destinations for Indian goods within the 27-nation European Union bloc, according to the commerce ministry data. The data showed that Spain stands out as a high-growth European market for Indian exports....

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of seven of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 3,63,412.18 crore last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest laggard, amid a bearish trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined by 2,185.77 points or...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has demanded support from the Centre for the development of roads and National Highways (NHs) projects in the state involving an investment of Rs 41,580 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida raised this demand while attending the pre-budget consultation meeting of finance...

New Delhi: Microblogging site X has accepted its mistake and assured it will comply with Indian laws after the IT Ministry warned the Elon Musk-led social media platform on the Grok AI obscene content issue, government sources said Sunday. Around 3,500 pieces of content have...

Sambalpur: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday unveiled 25 development projects worth over Rs 948 crore in Sambalpur, and stated that his government was committed to the development of the western Odisha district. Majhi, who is on a two-day visit to Sambalpur, began the day...

New Delhi: Opposition-ruled states like Punjab and Telangana Saturday demanded additional resources from the Centre in the 2026-27 Budget, and said that the 60:40 cost-sharing under the proposed VB-G RAM G scheme will impose further fiscal burden on already strained resources of the states. Union...

New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed the strong political resolve on either side to address pending issues through constructive engagement towards a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA), an official statement said Saturday. During the latest ministerial-level discussions, both sides emphasised the...

Mumbai: Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of trading‑related rules at stock exchanges to consolidate overlapping provisions and ease compliance for market participants. The consultation paper recommended merging overlapping provisions on trading, price bands, circuit breakers, bulk...