Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during joint press conference with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv, Ukraine. External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the Russia-Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved through measures targeting oil purchases, stressing that the war will ultimately have to be settled through dialogue, diplomacy and negotiations.Jaishankar made the...
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‘Conflict won’t be solved by who does or doesn’t buy oil’: India on US sanctions
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during joint press conference with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv, Ukraine. External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the Russia-Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved through measures targeting oil purchases, stressing that the war will ultimately have to be settled through dialogue, diplomacy and negotiations.Jaishankar made the...
7.8% growth, but a Rs 6 lakh crore question: Why GDP data has sparked a debate
India has retained its tag of being the world’s fastest growing economy. India’s GDP growth has beaten all estimates with a 7.8% number in the midst of the US-Iran war. But the government is under fire from opposition and even some experts who have raised doubts on the new calculation methodologies. Is India’s GDP growth...
‘India lost to Ireland. Has cricket ended?’: Naqvi defends Pakistan’s shake-up
Mohsin Naqvi Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has hit back at the growing criticism of Pakistan cricket, questioning whether a few defeats should be enough to declare the sport in the country “finished” while pointing to India’s recent T20I loss to Ireland as an example of how even top sides can suffer unexpected...
Apple and Google rename Lake Ontario to Lake America; one app refuses Trump’s order
Google Maps and Apple Maps followed federal directives to rebrand Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users across the US but one app stood out for ‘not yielding’ – pushing it to No. 1 overall ranking on the US App Store, jumping up from the eighth position just a day earlier. The veteran digital navigation...
Wai Wai under FSSAI scanner: Firm told to stop production, 32,000kg stock seized
Food regulator FSSAI has ordered CG Foods India to stop producing Veg Bhujia Namkeen (AI-generated image used for representational purposes only) JAIPUR: Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday said it has directed CG Foods India Pvt Ltd to stop production of ‘Veg Bhujia Namkeen’ after inspections found multiple violations, including hygiene-related lapses.The food safety and standards...
Why personal-guarantor recoveries are so tiny — and why Chandra’s was tinier still
AI illustration Subhash Chandra’s proposed repayment of a little over Rs 6 crore against more than Rs 22,000 crore of admitted claims worked out to less than 0.03%.That looks exceptionally small. And it was. But personal-guarantor insolvency cases have produced very low recoveries more generally.Data from the insolvency regulator shows that nearly 5,200 applications have...
‘Only a frikkin game’: Akram recalls helping India bowler before his anti-Pak posts
Wasim Akram (Reuters Photo) Pakistan great Wasim Akram has urged fans on both sides of the India-Pakistan divide to stop carrying the emotions of past conflicts into cricket, insisting that one of the sport’s fiercest rivalries should ultimately be treated as nothing more than a game.Akram, while speaking on the 1 Mint podcast, also reflected...
‘Why should I even respond to this?’: Aaditya Thackeray on Disha Salian case CBI probe
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday dismissed allegations linking him to the death of celebrity manager Disha Salian, questioning why he should respond to them. His remarks came after the Bombay high court directed the CBI to probe Salian’s death.Speaking to reporters, Aaditya Thackeray, the son of former Maharashtra chief minister...
‘Like a thanedar’: As Satyendar Jain gets bail, Arvind Kejriwal targets PM Modi
After Satyendar Jain was granted bail on Thursday, Kejirwal reacted by saying that the Centre is only interested in arresting people, not running the country NEW DELHI: Reacting to the grant of bail to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal criticised the Centre over his arrest, alleging that it is only...
