Day: June 28, 2019

Liberalism ‘has outlived its purpose’

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to FT editor Lionel Barber about foreign affairs and relations with the UK in an exclusive interview at the Kremlin Credit: Financial Times Published on Jun 28, 2019SUBSCRIBE 313K► Read more at https://on.ft.com/2ISuvpm

Share and Care is the Core of Indian Philosophy: Vice President

open view news desk The Spiritual Guru and Founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar called on Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, here today. The Vice President while sharing details of the meeting, wrote in his Facebook post that they had […]

Five-year vision plan ‘Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)’ finalised and released by HRD Ministry

open view news desk In accordance with the decision of the Prime Minister for finalizing a five-year vision plan for each Ministry, the Department of Higher Education of HRD Ministry has finalized and released a five-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP). This report […]

Joint Statement on BRICS Leaders’ Informal Meeting on the margins of G20 Summit

open view news desk We, the Heads of State and Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa, met on 28 June 2019 on the margins of the G20 Summit in […]

Big brands bet on World Cup fever in India, where cricket is “religion”

BENGALURU – Indian advertisers are on track to spend more than $400 million during this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup, looking to cash in on a mania that is smashing viewing records in the world’s biggest market for the sport. About 1.5 billion people are expected to watch […]

India’s fiscal deficit hits 52% of budgeted target in first two months of 2019/20

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s fiscal deficit in May stood at 3.66 trillion rupees ($53.04 billion), or 52% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year, government data showed on Friday. Net tax receipts in the first two months of the fiscal year were 1.15 trillion rupees, […]

Modi government freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups

NEW DELHI – India’s government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives and an opposition leader said was likely retaliation for unfavourable reports. Critics have said that freedom of the press has been under attack since Prime Minister Narendra […]

Sensex ends lower as trade frictions haunt G-20 meet; logs weekly gains

Mumbai, Jun 28: Equity benchmarks nursed losses Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the crucial US-China trade talks on the sidelines of the G-20 meet. Domestic trading sentiment was also at a low ebb following tightening of mutual fund norms by regulator Sebi, and the RBI recommending extra […]

Special court to hear Vijayvargiya’s bail plea Saturday

Bhopal, Jun 28: BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, arrested for assaulting a civic official in Indore with a cricket bat, Friday moved a special court here that handles cases against legislators seeking bail. Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh asked Indore police to produce diaries of two cases for which Vijayvargiya […]

PM Modi presents ‘5-I’ vision to maximise digital tech for social benefit at G20

Osaka, Jun 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday presented his “5-I” vision to maximise digital technology for social benefit in his intervention at the G20 Summit on digital economy and artificial intelligence (AI). Earlier in the day, Modi discussed leveraging the power of technology with US President Donald […]

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