NEW DELHI: Russia is studying potential investments plans to manufacture its Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets in India, defence sources told ANI, amid growing bonhomie between New Delhi and Moscow.India had earlier expressed the need for at least two to three squadrons of fifth-generation fighter aircraft, with both Russia’s Su-57 and America’s F-35 in the…
President Putin and Prime Minister Modi traveled together to the location of their bilateral meeting following the events at the SCO Summit site. The warmth in India-Russia ties, despite mounting American pressure on India to discontinue its oil purchase from Russia, was on full display in China, as President Vladimir Putin and PM Narendra Modi…
The SCO Tianjin Declaration strongly condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack saying that the perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks must be brought to justice. Without naming Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi in his address warned member-states against double standards on terrorism and questioned if the open support for terrorism by certain countries can…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday rebuffed political parties’ clamour for a directive to EC to accept Aadhaar card as standalone proof of citizenship to enable people to enroll in the Bihar voter list prepared after special intensive revision (SIR) and said the status of Aadhaar cannot be enhanced beyond what has been laid down in…
Mumbai: Educational institutions in and around Azad Maidan, Fort, will remain closed or shift to online classes on Monday as the Maratha reservation protest enters its fourth day.Sonal Parmar, principal of the Cathedral and John Connon School, said classes would be conducted online on Monday. The JB Petit High School for Girls informed parents via…
India started their CAFA Cup campaign with a win against Tajikistan Khalid Jamil is not a fan of statistics, so it’s hardly a surprise that he was unaware of him being the first Indian coach since Sukhwinder Singh in 2001 to win his opening game in-charge of the national team.India’s 2-1 win against Tajikistan in…
Kolkata: Sumit Mazumder, former national president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and former chairman of TIL Ltd, passed away at his residence in Kolkata on Sunday. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, Manzu Majumder.A graduate of St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Mazumder earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Sam Houston State…
NEW DELHI: The 15th finance commission envisaged 17,000 anganwadis cum creches (AWCCs) by 2025-26. Only 2,448 AWCCs (less than 15%) have been made operational till the end of July with over 52,000 beneficiaries.According to government data, nearly 9 crore children (0-6 years) were enrolled in anganwadis. Barely 0.06% of them have access to creche facilities….
LONDON: A group of Hindu organisations in Leicester has filed a police complaint against Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), UK’s largest Muslim umbrella organisation, for allegedly stoking religious disharmony by claiming that saffron flags are “extremist”.A Ganesh Chaturthi car procession in Leicester last week featured two cars bearing saffron flags.In a statement issued on Aug…
Nashik: State govt has initiated a survey to include Nashik and Nagpur in the second phase of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project.The first phase of the DMIC project, which began approximately a decade ago, included the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dighi port industrial areas in Maharashtra. Despite being part of the original plan, Nashik…
