Category: India

U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India

NEW DELHI – The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with Defense […]

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo in India on first leg of Asia trip

NEW DELHI – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in India on Monday, the first leg of a five-day Asian trip aimed at strengthening strategic ties in the face of growing Chinese influence across the region. Pompeo was met at New Delhi airport by U.S. Ambassador Kenneth […]

J&K LG refuses to comment on ED summons to Abdullah

Srinagar, Oct 21: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Wednesday refused to comment on the fresh Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, but said institutions have a right to act according to the Constitution and laws. “The Constitution and laws have […]

Farooq Abdullah appears before ED in JKCA money laundering case again

Srinagar, Oct 21: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for the second time in three days on Wednesday in connection with a multi-crore scam in the JK Cricket Association, with his National Conference terming the summons “yet another attempt to browbeat” […]

India says Chinese soldier apprehended in Ladakh, to be returned

NEW DELHI – The Indian army said on Monday that it had captured a Chinese soldier after he strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both countries have amassed thousands of troops after a deadly clash in June. The People’s Liberation Army […]

Judges should be fearless in their decisions: SC’s Justice N V Ramana

New Delhi, Oct 18: The seniormost judge of the Supreme Court Justice N V Ramana has said the greatest strength of the judiciary is the faith of people in it and judges must be steadfast in holding on to their principles and fearless in their decisions to withstand all […]

India’s Sindhu aims to hit the ground running in 2021

BENGALURU – India’s badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu has decided not to return to competitive action this year, but does not expect her prolonged pandemic-related absence to hamper her preparations for next year’s rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. The Rio silver medallist is skipping the ongoing Denmark Open as the […]

Sensex declines over 200 pts in early trade; Nifty tests 11,900

Mumbai, Oct 15: Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points in opening trade on Thursday tracking losses in index majors TCS, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank amid weak cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 248.36 points or 0.61 per cent lower at 40,546.38, and the […]

GDP likely to contract 9.5 pc in FY’21: RBI

Mumbai, Oct 9: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the economy is likely to contract by 9.5 per cent in the current fiscal GDP contracted 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, as per the estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) In a […]

India’s GDP expected to contract by 9.6 per cent this fiscal: World Bank

Washington, Oct 8: The World Bank on Thursday said that India’s GDP is expected to contract by 9.6 per cent this fiscal which is reflective of the national lockdown and the income shock experienced by households and firms due to the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that the country’s economic situation […]

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