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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought specific, point-wise Action Taken Reports (ATRs) from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), and Delhi Police over allegations that paid advertisements on Instagram promoted Child Sexual...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will travel to the United States later this month to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting and hold discussions on the ongoing bilateral trade deal negotiations, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Wednesday. In his address...

Asheville: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra participated in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Asheville, in the US state of North Carolina, engaging with global counterparts on key economic and financial priorities. The Governor also met Federal Reserve Chairman...

Mumbai: Stock markets declined for the third consecutive day Wednesday, with the benchmark Sensex closing lower by nearly 374 points following a bearish trend in global equities and higher oil prices due to escalating conflict in West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 373.93 points,...

New Delhi: Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra Wednesday opposed the formation of a five-member bench by the NCLT to decide his personal insolvency case, contending that the tribunal does not have the power to constitute such a bench. Appearing for Chandra before the National Company...

New Delhi: Congress Wednesday cited former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's reported remarks on GDP numbers to attack the Modi government, saying it must understand that "PR can polish the picture" of the GDP but not the economy itself. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam...

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and discussed the global economic outlook and India's evolving growth trajectory. Sitharaman met Georgieva on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville, Tuesday. "The discussion...

Bhubaneswar: BJP and BJD traded salvos over the MMDR Act, with the saffron party saying former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik was "shedding crocodile tears", and the regional outfit accusing it of "telling lies" that the state would not suffer losses due to the new mining...

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and invited him to the economic and financial partnership meeting in Delhi later this year. Sitharaman met Bessent in Asheville, North Carolina, on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank...

Mumbai: India's current account deficit widened to USD 4.2 billion, or 0.5 per cent of GDP, in the first quarter of the fiscal year from USD 3.4 billion a year ago, as the merchandise trade deficit rose sharply amid the West Asia conflict. According to...