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New Delhi: The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi has expressed gratitude to Indian citizens who have shown interest in providing humanitarian aid to Iranians affected by the ongoing conflict, but noted that technical difficulties have made it challenging to accept contributions via online banking. In...

New Delhi: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has announced a 'Sansad Gherao' protest Monday, alleging that the Centre’s recently announced trade agreement with the United States could adversely affect India’s economic interests. The protest will be led by IYC National President Uday Bhanu Chib and...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: President of India, Droupadi Murmu Monday expressed deep distress over the loss of lives in a tragic fire incident at a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, and extended her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday...

Thiruvananthapuram: Genrobotics, a deep-tech startup based in Thiruvananthapuram, has secured an infrastructure contract worth around Rs 80 crore from PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency after outperforming more than 600 companies in a global evaluation process. Under the agreement, the Kerala-based firm will deploy advanced robotic...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia have approached the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court rejected their request to transfer CBI's plea against their discharge in the excise policy case from Justice Swarana Kanta...

New Delhi/Pakisthan: Pakistan is running into increasing difficulty in meeting the conditions set by the IMF for extending loans, while the country’s rising trade deficit and increased cost of oil imports due to the Iran war are adding to the problem, according to a report....

Mumbai: Aviation safety watchdog DGCA has provided temporary relaxations in flight duty norms for Air India's long-haul flights as the airline is taking longer routes due to the airspace curbs amid the Middle East conflict, sources said Sunday. With Iranian and Iraqi airspace restrictions, Air...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the election schedule for four states and one Union Territory (UT) Sunday, while expounding the elaborate measures undertaken by the poll body for ensuring free, fair and transparent Assembly elections. "Assam and Kerala will vote in...

Washington: During India's Operation Sindoor, the Chinese missiles used by the Pakistani military were soundly defeated for four consecutive days, according to a recent report. Operation Sindoor was India's targeted, non-escalatory, tri-service military operation carried out May 7-8, last year, in response to the Pahalgam...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Sunday will embark on his visit to Belgium, where he will be attending the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council and bilateral meetings with EU leadership and Belgian counterparts, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The...