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EEPC India Chairman Mr. Arun Kumar Garodia on December trade data

January 16, 2024

India’s engineering goods exports grew 10.20% year-on-year to $10.04 billion in December 2023 despite several challenges stemming from geo-political tensions and tight financial conditions in major advanced economies. While it is certainly a strong rebound, the sector is not out of the woods yet as global economic uncertainties remain high....

AIR INDIA SELL-OFF GETS MULTIPLE BIDS

December 15, 2020

NEW DELHI: The sell-off plan for Air India moved to second stage with the government on Monday saying that multiple expressions of interest has been received for strategic disinvestment of the state-run carrier. “Multiple expressions of interest have been received for strategic disinvestment of Air India. The transaction will now...

BHARTIYA KISAN SANGH DISTANCES ITSELF FROM BHARAT BANDH

December 7, 2020

NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has distanced itself from the Bharat Bandh called on December 8 by the farmer unions. The BKS in its statement has said that “Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has decided to remain aloof of the Bandh call and appeal to its members all over the...

Military storage bunkers spotted in Chinese village near Doklam

November 24, 2020

NEW DELHI: China’s new villages close to the Line of Actual Control, meant ostensibly for settling civilians from far-flung areas close to the border, are part of strategy to enhance its military infrastructure in the area, top sources said. One such village has also come up near Doklam where military...

Drug peddlers attack NCB team in Mumbai, injure two

November 24, 2020

In a shocking development, a mob of drug peddlers and their supporters blocked and attacked a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team, injuring two, when they raided a location in Mumbai’s suburban Goregaon, officials said on Monday. The incident occurred late on Sunday when the NCB team, led by Zonal Director...

No coercive action against Chanda Kochhar: ED to SC

November 21, 2020

NEW DELHI: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday assured the Supreme Court that no coercive action will be taken against former ICICI Bank chief executive officer Chanda Kochhar in the ICICI-Videocon loan case. Mehta, representing the Enforcement Directorate, made the submission before a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul...

How Pak altered demography of occupied Gilgit- Baltistan

September 2, 2020

New Delhi/Washington: Since it occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), the Shia-dominated region of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has altered its demography, resulting in the massive reduction of the Shia population from 80 to 39 per cent. In a recent study conducted by the Law and Society Alliance, a...

Beijing funds a study on Gorkhas joining Indian Army

August 18, 2020

New Delhi: China has given 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a Kathmandu-based NGO to carry out a study on what motivates Gorkha community members to join the Indian Army. Sources said that in the first week of June, China’s Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, funded a Nepalese NGO—China Study Centre...

Captain who died in Kerala crash was decorated ex-IAF pilot

August 8, 2020

New Delhi: Captain Deepak V. Sathe, who was among those killed when the Air India Express plane he was piloting crashed in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday, was a former Indian Air Force officer, who flew the MiG-21 fighter aircraft with 17 Squadron (Golden Arrows) in Ambala. The squadron saw action...

MLAs’ phones were never tapped: Rajasthan Police

August 8, 2020

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Police on Friday clarified that they did not tap the phones of any MLA or MP. “The allegation of recording conversations via intercom is fake and fictitious. The Rajasthan Police always act to prevent criminal activities and illegal phone tapping is a criminal act,” the state police...

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