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New Delhi: India’s GDP will expand 6.5-7 per cent annually in the next three fiscal years (2025-2027), and the country’s good economic growth prospects will continue to support banks' asset quality, according to a new report. India's infrastructure spending and private consumption will support robust...

New Delhi: India Thursday said developed countries must commit to providing at least $1.3 trillion each year until 2030 to developing nations and that the new climate finance package, being negotiated at the UN climate conference in Azerbaijan, cannot become an 'investment goal'. Speaking on...

New Delhi: India Thursday said it will pursue an extradition request with Canada for Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, the de-facto chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force, following his arrest in that country. Dalla was designated in India as a terrorist in 2023. In...

New Delhi: India has successfully completed the flight-tests of guided Pinaka weapon system as part of a set of validation trials. During these tests, the Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) parameters, viz., ranging, accuracy, consistency and rate of fire for multiple target engagement in a...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of Odisha MLA and BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra who is accused of slapping a female police officer during a protest outside Sambalpur Collectorate in 2022. A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti rejected...

Prayagraj: Accepting the demands of the aspirants, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Thursday postponed Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) exams, and announced to hold the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exam on the old pattern. The Commission also announced...

Aligarh: A newly-married woman has alleged that some youths harassed and tried to molest her when she and her husband were travelling from Delhi to Aligarh on a train, police said Thursday. In a complaint filed at the Government Railway Police (GRP) station in Aligarh...

New Delhi: The Centre has reimposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, under which an area is declared as ‘disturbed’ for the convenience of security forces to operate, in Manipur's six police station areas, including the violence-hit Jiribam. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry...

Chennai: Following the stabbing of a senior oncologist at Kalaignar Centenary Hospital Wednesday, the Federation of Government Doctors’ Association (FoGDA) announced a boycott of all non-patient-related activities starting Thursday. The federation stated that it would refrain from non-medical activities, including review meetings, documentation for the...

New Delhi: A court here Thursday ordered the release of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board case while refusing to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against him. Special Judge Jitendra Singh said...