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Bhubaneswar/Balangir: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the distribution of houses among beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) across the state. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 911 crore in Balangir district. The programme...

New Delhi: India and the US have sorted out the bulk of the issues relating to the proposed trade deal and it could be sealed "soon" as negotiations are underway to resolve the last stretch of concerns, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Saturday. His...

Hong Kong: Well before reports emerged that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, the advanced chips made by his company were at the centre of the race between the US and China to dominate artificial intelligence. The...

New Delhi: The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has written to Union Civil Aviation Minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, urging the government to take immediate steps to regulate rising airfares and put a stop to what it described as arbitrary pricing by airlines. The...

Piyush Goyal to visit Egypt to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is set to undertake an official visit to Egypt from November 15-16, with an aim to further strengthen the longstanding India-Egypt partnership, the Commerce Ministry...

New Delhi: All Microsoft products became operational Saturday, the company's service health page showed, after a massive global outage that disrupted Outlook email and other workplace services, with the firm saying it was deeply sorry and blamed the incident on a network capacity upgrade issue....

New Delhi: Air India Saturday advised passengers to check the latest status of their flights and plan their journey to the airport accordingly, amid massive disruption at US airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted a nationwide ground stop that had halted departures at US...

Washington: US President Donald Trump plans to discuss reducing nuclear weapons with the leaders of China and Russia during an Asia visit next week, but US officials do not expect the three-way meeting to produce an agreement. The meeting will conclude Trump's visit to China,...

Mumbai: India's current account deficit (CAD) widened to USD 7.4 billion in September 2026 from USD 5.2 billion in the year-ago month, mainly due to higher import bill, according to Reserve Bank data released Friday. A current account deficit exists when a country spends more...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD and Congress Friday blamed the BJP government in Odisha for the state's high retail inflation, accusing it of failing to check the rising prices of essential commodities and provide relief to consumers. The ruling BJP, however, described the price rise as a...