Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and other MPs protest at Makar Dwar of the Parliament, against the suspension of 8 MPs from Lok Sabha (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Eight opposition MPs of the Congress and the CPI-M were suspended from the Lok Sabha for the rest of the Budget Session on...
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Jaishankar meets Rubio in Washington ahead of critical minerals ministerial meet
S Jaishankar with Marco Rubio NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Washington, ahead of the critical minerals ministerial scheduled for February 4. The meeting came during Jaishankar’s three-day visit to the United States and a day after India and the US announced a trade...
Govt collects health cess, but spends less than it did earlier
Representative image Despite collecting a cess specifically for health, the Centre’s spending on health is now lower than it was before the cess was imposed, both as a share of the total budget and as a proportion of the GDP.Before the health cess was introduced in 2018, the allocation for health was 2.4% of total...
Adani arm ties up with Italian firm to build copters in India
Helicopter of Leonardo NEW DELHI: Just days after the Indo-EU trade and defence deal, Italian defence major Leonardo, which offers helicopter products and services globally, and Adani Defence and Aerospace on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership by signing an MoU to establish an integrated helicopter manufacturing ecosystem in India.The manufacturing ecosystem will seek to address...
Rahul claims PM is ‘under US pressure’, ‘selling away blood & sweat’ of farmers
Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: As the united opposition raised an alarm over the US trade deal “selling away the blood and sweat” of Indian farmers, Congress neta Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi is “compromised” because of the court case against Adani in the US and the Epstein files. He said...
World recognising India’s strength: PM Modi to NDA MPs
PM Modi during NDA meet NEW DELHI: With a couple of big-ticket trade deals in his bag within a matter of days, PM Modi asserted on Tuesday that the world is recognising India’s strength and according it renewed respect, even as he cautioned governing alliance MPs against any sense of complacency over the govt’s achievements.Addressing...
Agriculture, dairy shielded in India-US deal; trade pact in weeks
PM Modi with US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after announcements by PM Modi and US President Donald Trump that the two sides had reached a trade agreement, the govt asserted that sensitive sectors such as agriculture and dairy have been protected and labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, leather, marine products...
Four masked gunmen, disabled security cameras: How Gaddafi’s son was assassinated in Libya
Saif al‑Islam Gaddafi, the second‑eldest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya, Libyan officials and family sources confirmed on Tuesday. He was 53.Libyan media, his lawyer Khaled el‑Zaydi, and political representatives confirmed that Saif al‑Islam was assassinated in his home in Zintan, a town in north‑western Libya. According to a...
Dog on road, delay in care: Rider ‘booked’ for own death in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: A chain of events, beginning with an accident after a stray dog darts across the road and followed by alleged gaps in treatment at two hospitals, has ended with a man being booked for his own death, exposing what the family calls sheer systemic apathy.The case relates to Hitesh Mistri, a 32-year-old resident of...
Did EU pact spur the United States to wrap up a trade deal with India?
NEW DELHI: India’s negotiations with the UK and the European Union for FTAs, which had been going on for years got a sudden boost last Feb after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US president Donald Trump announced the launch of talks for a bilateral trade agreement.The pattern has been repeated with a difference. This time,...
