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PM attends Tripura CM Manik Saha's swearing-in ceremony

The BJP is making an attempt to get tribal-based Tipra Motha Party, the second largest party in the assembly with 13 seats, to join the government and has kept three ministerial berths vacant. The state cabinet can have up to 12 members. Besides the Prime Minister, home minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, chief ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), N Biren Singh (Manipur), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) and Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim) were among those who attended the swearing-in-ceremony held at the Swami Vivekananda Maidan.

Delhi excise policy case: ED summons KCR's daughter, Kavitha seeks more time

‘As a law-abiding citizen, I will fully cooperate with the investigation agencies,’ says Kavitha, a BRS party MLC, who has been asked to depose before ED on March 9 in New Delhi.

Anubrata sent to ED custody till 10 Mar

The midnight court passed the order on a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which sought his 14-day custody.

Ind vs Aus Test: Modi, Albanese to be at toss

Australian PM arrives on four-day state visit to India

Do You Cough Out Blood? Ignorance May Cost You Your Life

In our Indian subcontinent, innumerable persons of all age groups do suffer from cough at various stages of their lives. Sometimes frequency of cough suddenly increases with the onset of winter and dry cough gets converted into wetly one with white secretions.

Global Shares Mixed As Investors Watch Fed Moves, Inflation

Global shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday as investors tried to digest a slew of economic data and awaited moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

UN Chief Calls For Actions To Close Gender Gaps In Innovation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for actions to close gender gaps in science, technology and innovation, saying women's full contributions will benefit all.

Tvesa hopes to rediscover her form in 5th leg of Hero WPGT

Tvesa Malik will make her first appearance on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour this year as she gets set for the fifth leg of the 2023 season at the Golden Greens Golf Club here on Wednesday.

Indian Wells: Iga Swiatek heads field

Main-draw play at the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells starts on Wednesday with World No1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek leading the field. Swiatek's run to the title last year was part of her 37-match winning streak, the longest of the 2000s.

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers: India defeat S'pore

Apurna Narzary and Anita Kumari scored a brace each

Hockey India launches grassroots development program to identify, train young talent

Hockey India on Tuesday announced their ambitious new Grassroots Development Program which is designed to unearth young talent and improve the bench strength of the National Senior and Junior teams for men and women.

Canada to probe Chinese interference in recent polls

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that an independent special rapporteur will probe alleged Chinese interference in their recent elections.

Hungarian delegation backs Sweden's NATO application

A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political disputes.”

UK says plan to stop Channel migrants pushes bounds of law

The U.K. government said Tuesday that it was ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.

Biden will seek Medicare in new budget changes

Biden is scheduled to release his budget proposal on Thursday in Philadelphia

Vietnam steps up fight against wildlife trafficking

Vietnam has enhanced efforts against illegal wildlife trade and its impact on biodiversity, through a wide range of measures from raising public awareness to strengthening law enforcement including increased penalties for offenders, local media reported on Tuesday.

China's new Foreign Minister warns of potential for conflict with US

The US and China are heading towards inevitable conflict if Washington does not change its approach, Chinas new Foreign Minister Qin Gang said in a fiery press conference on Tuesday in which he also defended his countrys strengthening relationship with Russia.

Israeli oppn leaders urge PM to halt judicial overhaul plan, open talks

Israel's former Prime Minister Yair Lapid and former Defence Minister Benny Gantz urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt his judicial overhaul plan, which sparked massive protests, and open a dialogue.

Petition filed against Nepal PM Dahal in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court says a preliminary hearing of the case has been scheduled for Thursday

'India's economic growth in 4th quarter 2022 to be temporary'

India's economic slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2022 is temporary and even salutary, Moody's Analytics said in a report.

Data of 6 lakh HDFC Bank customers' exposed, bank denies

After reports surfaced that personal information of nearly 6 lakh customers of HDFC Bank was allegedly leaked on the Dark Web, the bank said on Tuesday there has been no data leak of its customers.

Indian carriers comprise 43.5 pc of international air traffic, more than pre-Covid times: DGCA

Indian carriers continue to increase the market share in the international aviation sector, with countries in Africa, and the Middle East region accounting for more than half of India's total inbound as well as outbound passengers.

SBI debunks Rajan's comments on Indian growth slowing down

SBI Research argued institutional share of the Public and Private sectors in total GCF has been nearly constant

Not everyone laughs at Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei-Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was “launched against” Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India.

Educator's death means the death of education

“those who burn books will in the end burn people” - Heinrich Heine

Latin America Matters

Latin America is too complex a region to be captured by a single narrative. Single foreign policy issues like the signing of trade agreements, alliance formations, and voting patterns at the United Nations do not explain foreign policy behaviour of a country or region. India needs new paradigms, tools and strategies for Latin America. India‘s global rise and Latin America‘s growing assertiveness require a new cooperation paradigm

Akhilesh indicates a third front from Amethi in 2024 LS polls

Signalling a non-Congress, non-BJP third front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday attacked previous MPs of Amethi constituency and said that his party takes a pledge to eradicate poverty of the constituency.

Land-for-job scam: CBI team at Misa Bharti's house to quiz Lalu Yadav

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Tuesday reached the residence of Misa Bharti here, to question her father and former Railway Minister Lalu Yadav in connection with the land-for-job case.

Unseasonal downpour, hail, 'rains' wreak havoc on Maha farmers

Unseasonal showers, stormy weather with thunder,lightning and winds, coupled with hail lashed several parts of Maharashtra since midnight, inundating many low-lying areas and severely damaging standing crops in many areas, officials said here on Tuesday.

ISRO simulates deployment of Gaganyaan mission parachutes

Indian space agency successfully conducted the Rail Track Rocket Sled deployment tests of the Gaganyaan Pilot and Apex Cover Separation (ACS) parachutes in cluster configurations, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).