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NEW DELHI: In a move that may help India’s high-emission industries navigate the EU’s carbon border tax regime by adopting clean manufacturing processes in due course, Niti Aayog, the govt think tank, has come up with comprehensive roadmaps for decarbonisation of aluminium and cement sectors. This will also contribute to the country achieving its long-term…

NEW DELHI: India delivered a sharp rebuke to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, accusing Islamabad of pushing a “single point agenda – to harm the country” and presenting a “false and self-serving account” of Operation Sindoor.In a sharp retort to Pakistan, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said the facts…

Shakeel Ahmad (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Days after calling Rahul Gandhi “darpok” (coward) and “insecure”, former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad on Tuesday claimed that his residence faces a threat of attack. He shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp message which he alleged was circulated by party members, calling on district and assembly-level leaders to burn…

NEW DELHI: Soft flute notes rendering Vande Mataram kicked off Republic Day parade and 2,500 artistes drawn from every state and UT performing to a specially composed version of the national song marked its closure, as the celebration of its 150th anniversary, assiduously promoted by governing NDA to project itself as the true inheritor of…

NEW DELHI: Prominent agriculture scientist Ashok Kumar Singh who developed over 25 rice varieties and former vice-chancellor of the Bihar-based Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Gopal Ji Trivedi, are among nine persons associated with farm and allied sector selected for this year’s Padma Shri award. Trivedi helped farmers cultivate makhana (fox nuts) in a big…

NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a sharp cold spell on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.6°C in parts of the city, with isolated cold-wave conditions recorded. Safdarjung, the city’s base station, logged 4.2°C – four degrees below normal – making it the coldest Republic Day since 2021, when the capital had witnessed 2.1°C.At the…

KOLKATA: At least seven people were killed and 21 others reported missing after a massive fire tore through a warehouse complex in eastern Kolkata early Monday, trapping workers who had been sleeping inside units packed with flammable materials. The complex housed a decorators’ unit and a factory supplying a popular momo chain.Police initially confirmed three…

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were among the global leaders who extended greetings to the Indian govt and people on Republic Day. While Trump underlined the significance of ties between the world’s oldest and largest democracies, Xi said in a message to President Droupadi Murmu that India and…

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday laid the foundation stone for development works in the national capital’s slum areas under the Jhuggi Basti Sampark Abhiyan Toli scheme. The inauguration took place at the Chief Minister’s Public Service Centre on the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day. Republic Day Visual That Dominated Kartavya Path: PM Modi’s…

NEW DELHI: Railways should plan station development and redevelopment projects in a staggered manner over a longer period considering that the priority is funding of programmatic corridors, a key inter-ministerial panel has told the national transporter.It has said that expenditure of station redevelopment should be linked to creation of revenue streams from developed stations, including…