New Delhi: India's government on Wednesday unveiled one of its biggest jumps in capital spending in the past decade in its budget for the coming year and said the fiscal deficit would fall, as it tries to create jobs while maintaining financial discipline. Prime Minister Narendra
New Delhi: Another senior TV journalist has quit India’s New Delhi Television (NDTV). Senior TV journalist and news presenter, Nidhi Razdan, is the latest addition to the series of journalists that quit the NDTV after the Adani Takeover. Several senior journalists have already quit the NDTV
Mysuru: The Congress has vowed to screen the BBC documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’ in the premises of its office in Mysuru city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Speaking to reporters, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) spokesperson M Lakshman stated that “BBC has thrown light
New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets have crashed after an apparent midair collision while on exercises about 300km (185 miles) south of the capital, New Delhi. Both aircraft had taken off on January 28, 2023 morning from the Gwalior airbase, about 50km (30 miles)
Islamabad: India should not take Pakistan’s desire for peace as a weakness as country’s armed forces were fully prepared to counter any threat to its sovereignty and integrity, a senior security official said Wednesday. Pakistan has never been averse to ‘peace’ between two countries but it
London: A Conservative member of the UK’s House of Lords, who was criticised for his "racially charged" comments over BBC's documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apologised and withdrew his remarks, The Guardian reported. Rami Ranger wrote a letter to the BBC regarding the documentary
Tokyo: Japan and NATO must "remain united and firm" in the face of security threats posed by China, North Korea and Russia’s war in Ukraine, Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday in Tokyo. Stoltenberg, secretary general of the European and North American military alliance, warned that Beijing was
Geneva: All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three "brutal" years of the Covid-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are "severely lacking", the International Federation of Red Cross
Dubai: Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said, as both Tehran and Moscow are chafing under Western sanctions. Since the 2018 reimposition of US sanctions on Iran after Washington ditched
Chibayish Marshes: Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq s Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to herders and livestock in the famous wetlands. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the marshes were parched