India and New Zealand on Monday inked a pact to institutionalise their defence ties and vowed to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged concerns to his......
'The intensity and frequency of heatwaves will be much higher than in previous years over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.' IMAGE: People shield from the blistering......
The year 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with a global average temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) confirmed......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
Wednesday's Vikravandi by-election has become a referendum on the Stalin government, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin meets a victim hospitalised at the......
Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European......
The Government on Tuesday enhanced subsidy allocation for modernisation of the textiles industry to Rs 15,404 crore (Rs 154.04 billion) from earlier sanction of Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) for......
India ranks among the top five developing countries in production of six major industrial items, including textiles, motor vehicles, chemicals and basic metals, according to a UN agency UNIDO. In......
The first Global Agro-Industries Forum will be organised in New Delhi from 8 to 11 April 2008. India's Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Sharad Pawar and......
Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for......
Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......
Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman wept during an interview in Singapore on Tuesday as he discussed unprecedented talks between the North Korean and US. leaders in the city-state aimed at......
Rodman is one of a handful of Westerners to have visited reclusive North Korea and met Kim IMAGE: Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Former US National......