New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a major reduction in customs duty on cancer drugs and mobile phones, it is set to considerably bring down their prices in the market.…
New Delhi: Presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Parliament on Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fixed the fiscal deficit at 4.9 per cent of GDP despite higher allocations for social welfare schemes due to…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday took a dig at the Centre over the Budget announcements for 2024-25 made in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calling them nothing but a “Sarkar Bachao” Budget…
Kathmandu: Eighteen people were killed after a plane crashed during take-off at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Wednesday, local media reported. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. when the Pokhara-bound plane of…
Beijing: Ukraine is ready to hold talks with Russia to end their conflict and achieve a “just and lasting peace”, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, as per Chinese…
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told US lawmakers in a joint meeting of Congress that he was confident of securing the release of all hostages from Hamas’s captivity and said “give us…
Jerusalem: The bodies of five Israeli people, who were held hostages by Hamas after the attack on the country, have been recovered, Israeli forces said on Thursday. They were identified as Maya Goren from Kibbutz…
Vientiane: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar once again stressed the importance of the three mutuals – mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity – to India-China ties during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister…
Vientiane: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reiterated Friday that ASEAN remains the cornerstone of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and the Indo-Pacific vision. Addressing the opening session of the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the Laotian…
Washington: Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, on Friday, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the presidential race. “Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend Kamala…
