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New Delhi: India and the US Tuesday firmed up a key framework for cooperation in ensuring steady supplies of critical minerals, a move that comes amid growing concerns over China's export controls on rare earth elements and strategic metals vital for global technology supply chains....

New Delhi: The Quad grouping Tuesday expanded cooperation in critical minerals and energy while unveiling new measures to boost maritime surveillance and port infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific against the backdrop of China's growing military posturing in the region. The new measures were announced following a...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray joined the BJP Tuesday in the presence of senior party leaders in New Delhi. A long-time associate of BJD supremo and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Samantaray resigned from both the party...

New Delhi: India and Canada are looking at concluding the negotiations for a free trade agreement by end of this year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. Goyal is in Canada for a three-day official visit, starting May 25. "Our Prime Minister's have...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in Ottawa. The ties were strained under Carney's predecessor in the wake of the 2023 killing...

New Delhi: Amid growing complaints over glitches and discrepancies in the CBSE re-evaluation process, some Class XII students have alleged that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatch in the...

New Delhi: The Indo-Pacific must remain a driver for global growth and stability, and the Quad must work towards ensuring maritime security and promoting economic choices in the region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Tuesday. In his opening remarks at the Quad foreign ministers'...

New Delhi: CBI has registered an FIR in the death of Twisha Sharma who was allegedly found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal May 12, booking her husband and mother-in-law, officials said. Earlier in the day, the agency sent a Special Crime unit to...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Taj Mahal Monday drew a sharp reaction from an Iranian consulate in India, which said, "if Rubio knew" its history or architecture, "he wouldn't have posed for a picture" at the monument in Agra....

Mumbai: After FWICE announced a non-Cooperation Directive (NCD) against Ranveer Singh, the Dhurandhar actor decided to break his silence in the matter, saying that he holds the film fraternity in the highest regard. In their official statement, the workers’ federation claimed it had sent Ranveer many...