China on Thursday said it hoped that US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing would help boost bilateral relations. The Foreign Affairs Ministry formally announced Trump’s visit next week, along with some details of his agenda, as part of the President’s Asia tour from November 4 to 14. Trump will arrive in Beijing on […]
Actor Dev Patel says acting in “Hotel Mumbai” was “harrowing experience” and an eye-opener in realising the travails of the victims of the 2008 terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Patel recounted his experience of making the film when asked during a discussion at the Asia Society here on Wednesday if he would […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in New York in which eight persons were run over by a truck. “Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with those injured,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter. Eight persons were […]
The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is expected to happen during November second week, said a senior official. He also said some of the equipments for the upcoming third and fourth units at Kudankulam has arrived from Russia. “The second unit […]
It was a foggy morning here on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. The Met forecast a clear day ahead. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 30 degrees Celsius. “There was shallow fog in the morning. The day ahead […]
President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 142nd birth anniversary. Kovind remembered Patel as “India’s Man of Iron, of Integrity and of Integration” in the tweet he posted after paying floral tribute at Patel Chowk here. Naidu too, paid floral tribute to […]
The Congress party on Tuesday paid rich tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 142nd birth anniversary saying his “uncompromising efforts” kept India united after Independence. “Remembering Iron Leader Sardar Patel, whose uncompromising efforts were instrumental in keeping India united after Independence,” the party said in a tweet. The party also posted alondside a picture […]
The price band of Rs770-800 for the New India Assurance IPO values the state-owned insurance company at Rs64,392-67,940 crore. State-owned general insurer New India Assurance Co. Ltd (NIA) will launch its Rs9,600crore initial public offering (IPO) on 1 November. It is the second largest this year after General Insurance Corp. of India Ltd’s Rs11,372crore IPO. […]
With almost 73 per cent of LED bulb brands found not conforming to the standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Delhi stands as the city with the highest number of BIS norms violations in the country, a study said here on Monday. According to a Nielsen study conducted across four major Indian […]
Overcoming the freeze in ties on the marines issue for over five years, India and Italy on Monday agreed to boost economic ties from the current bilateral trade level of $8.8 billion as the two sides signed six agreements, including on mutual investments and energy, following delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]