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Patil and Ahuja shine in India A's title-winning run

Shweta Sehrawat-led India A beat Bangladesh A by 31 runs in the final to emerge as champions of the ACC Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Cummins, Lyon make amends

Mistakes by the Aussie pair had helped England steal victory in Leeds four years back. They came together on Tuesday to put on an unbeaten 54-run stand to seal a thrilling victory

Akasa Air to add 4 Boeing B737 MAX

Akasa Air, India's youngest airline, is expanding its fleet with four Boeing B737 MAX jets, increasing its orders from 72 to 76 planes.

'Aircraft rentals to rise as lessors' funding falters'

Indian airlines may face rising lease rentals as aircraft lessors with exposure to the country encounter funding challenges with some lenders withholding financing for planes leased to Indian carriers following Go Airlines (India) Ltd's voluntary insolvency filing, a top executive at an Ireland-based aircraft leasing company said.

India relies on services to offset fall in exports

India is relying on services to offset a fall in merchandise exports and is working on a multi-pronged approach to boost overall trade in its favour through import substitution, export promotion, bilateral trade pacts and upping quality standards even as officials and experts are optimistic about the revival of global demand in the second half of 2023-23.

Sensex hits new record, small-,mid-capsrise too

Market undertone remains positive as FPIs have turned buyers this fiscal

Undersea sounds heard in desperate search for Titanic sub

Rescue teams were racing on Wednesday to trace the origin of sounds heard from the depths of the North Atlantic in a search for a tourist submersible with five people on board that vanished on its descent to the century-old wreck of the Titanic.

China hits back after Biden equates Xi to a 'dictator'

China hit back on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a \"dictator\", saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation in an unexpected row following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.

ED raids premises of Raut's, Aaditya's aides

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided 15 locations, including premises of close aides of Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Sanjay Raut and Aaditya Thackeray, in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the civic body awarding a contract for two Covid-19 centres in 2020, officials said.

Ayodhya temple likely to open for devotees on Jan 24, says Misra

Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is likely to open for devotees on January 24 next year after the consecration of Ram Lalla idol which will be a 10-day ritual starting January 14, chairman of temple construction committee Nripendra Misra said on Wednesday.

'Heartbreaking situation': Sonia appeals for peace

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday issued an appeal for peace in the violence-hit Manipur and said that the \"unprecedented violence\" has left a deep wound on the nation's conscience.

HC orders deployment of 82k central force personnel for Bengal rural poll

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday told the West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) to ask for 82,000 central force personnel in the next 24 hours in an effort to stave off violence ahead of the panchayat polls in a state where political clashes have already allegedly claimed eight lives.

With Indus-X launch, India, US take a leap on defence innovation

As a part of the vision to build a defence innovation bridge, the United States (US) department of defense (DOD) and India's ministry of defence (MOD) have launched the India-United States Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (Indus-X) to \"expand the strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation\" between governments, businesses, and academic institutions and unveiled an ambitious agenda of cooperation.

Biden will not 'lecture' Modi on rights, says Sullivan

US President Joe Biden welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, for two days of talks that the White House sees as bolstering \"one of the defining partnerships of our age,\" despite ongoing concerns about human rights.

US to offer 'Stryker' combat vehicle, howitzer upgrades

Indo-US defence cooperation is set to take an orbital jump after Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets US President Joe Biden on Thursday in Washington, with the Pentagon offering New Delhi the \"Stryker\" family of eightwheeled armoured fighting vehicles and upgradation of M777 towed howitzers, apart from MQ-9 Reaper drones and the manufacturing of GE-F414 aircraft engines in India under 100% transfer of technology.

Investments in India focus of PM-Musk meet

Business and tech leader Elon Musk has said that India holds the most promise among any large country in the world, and that he was urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make \"significant investments\" in India, which he intends to do at the right time.

Modi underlines democracy's value, lays out India's progress

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met academics, policy analysts, health experts, economists and others in New York on Tuesday, he listened, seeking advice on what India needs to do to do better, how the relationship between India and the US can achieve greater momentum, and the latest intellectual trends in different policy domains.

HEALTH MINISTER HOLDS MEET TO REVIEW HEATWAVE PREP, MEASURES

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday held a meeting with seven states, the second day in a row, to review measures to mitigate the effect of a raging heatwave in these regions, the central ministry said in a statement.

India slams China for blocking terror listing

India has criticised China's blocking of a move to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) operative Sajid Mir as a terrorist at the UN Security Council, saying the action reflects double standards and a \"self-defeating justification\" of terrorism.

Punjab guv hits back at CM over 'derogatory' remarks in assembly

Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday said he would examine the constitutional legality of the recently concluded two-day special session of the legislative assembly that saw passage of three bills before deciding the fate of the legislations.

Heat to flood: Freak weather events hamper kharif sowing

June is normally a busy kharif or summer-sowing season humming with farm operations but extreme weather and a poor monsoon so far have prevented cultivators from expanding the area under key crops that supply half of the country's annual food output, farmers and analysts said on Wednesday.

Delhi wakes up to rain, Gurugram to a deluge

Many areas in Delhi and the National Capital Region woke up to light to moderate showers on Wednesday owing to a low-pressure area in central Uttar Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that its effect will continue to bring more rain in the next 48 hours in NCR.

CM: Ordinance should be top of agenda at Oppn meet

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to leaders of non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties urging them to keep the discussion on the ordinance giving the control of Delhi's bureaucracy to the Union government-appointed lieutenant governor (LG) on top of the agenda for their meeting in Patna on Friday.

Gandhinagar garments market to be developed as international hub

The Delhi government has initiated a two-phased redevelopment plan to transform east Delhi's cluttered and buzzing Gandhinagar market, considered as the hub of wholesale garments, into an articulately planned and first-grade shopping centre.

Ad world's utterly, butterly brilliant visionary is dead

It was the winter of 1969. I was working in London at the time and had come to Bombay on my way home in Hyderabad after six years. While I had no intention of returning permanently, I was curious about the state of advertising in India.

Modi to meet ministers on capex, welfare push

BUDGET 2023-24 KEPT ₹10.1L-CR FOR CAPEX, 33% MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S REVISED ESTIMATE OF ₹7.7L-CR

Peace deal was in works in 2019; did not fructify: Imran

Former premier Imran Khan said Pakistan was working on a peace proposal with India whereby New Delhi would announce \"some sort of road map\" for the Kashmir issue and Islamabad would host a visit by the Indian PM in 2019.

'Modi fan' Musk says he's betting big on India

Business and tech leader Elon Musk has said that India holds the most promise among any large country in the world, and that he was urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make \"significant investments\" in India, which he intends to do at the right time.

Govt plans to overhaul Delhi's ageing markets

The Delhi government on Wednesday unveiled a slew of measures to revamp the Capital's ageing markets, improve customer footfalls and boost incomes for traders, outlining the details of a plan that was conceptualised last year and has now been set in motion after a high-level meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Yoga's soft power reigns at UN during Modi's US visit

Guinness record set for people from most nationalities coming together to perform yoga in single session