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It’s Congress vs Congress again, this time over Brics Summit that is being held in Delhi. NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor not being in sync with his Congress colleagues is no longer news. Especially, if the issue in question pertains to the global stage. So, when senior Congress leader Chidambaram questioned the benefits of Brics for…

PM Modi, Pezeshkian & Putin at Brics Summit 2026 (left); PM Modi, Xi and Putin at SCO summit in 2025 (right) What could be a fresh diplomatic headache for Donald Trump? A picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, with Russian President Vladimir Putin standing alongside them at the…

PM Modi President Putin meet NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on maritime trade and the safety of Indian seafarers with Russian president Vladimir Putin, reiterating that dialogue and diplomacy remain the way forward to resolve conflicts.The two leaders held an over 45-minute bilateral meeting on…

Trade barriers rising globally, India building economic bridges: PM Modi at BRICS Business Forum Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday positioned India as a bridge-builder in an increasingly fragmented global economy, saying the country is responding to rising trade barriers by expanding free-trade partnerships, strengthening supply chains and creating new avenues for businesses across the…

Build denser, live better? Delhi’s high-rise gamble under MPD-2047 By 2047, Delhi could be home to nearly 32 million people, need around 1,600 million gallons of potable water every day, generate nearly 26,000 tonnes of solid waste daily and require roughly 40 lakh additional homes.Those numbers tell a bigger story than population growth. They point…

सीएम पुष्कर सिंह धामी Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday announced a month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Campaign’ in the state from September 17 to October 17, with service, public participation, dialogue and innovation at its core.Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat, Dhami said the campaign, which begins on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, will…

PM Modi and Putin heading to the car, marking their fourth time sharing a ride NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President shared a brief car ride on Friday as they met at Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam ahead of the Brics summit.The two leaders shared a ride to head to the exhibition at Bharat…

NPCI Bharat BillPay has proposed a centralised digital infrastructure to connect invoices, payments, reconciliation and financing, to fix  the biggest constraints on MSMEs. Mumbai: NPCI Bharat BillPay has proposed a centralised digital infrastructure to connect invoices, payments, reconciliation and financing, to fix the biggest constraints on MSMEs – the difficulty of turning sales into cash…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 terror attacks in the United States on its 25th anniversary.Calling India as a “victim of cross-border terrorism”, PM Modi said…

CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited Kolkata’s Kalighat Temple and partook of the traditional fish and pulao bhog, days after Dhirendra Krishna Shastri triggered a row by asking Bengalis to give up…