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NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for acknowledging the party’s leadership in the national elections, saying “look forward to engaging constructively with India to advance our multifaceted relationship”The party’s official social media handle posted:”Thank you very much, Honourable @narendramodi. We greatly appreciate your kind acknowledgment of Mr….

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said judicial leadership suffers when judges pretend to be perfect, highlighting that judges and judicial institutions must remain capable of growth, correction and improvement.He was delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 11th biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Judicial Educators (CJEs).“In my opinion, while that…

NEW DELHI: In a major push to expand India’s medical workforce, the Centre has approved the addition of 10,023 new medical seats across government institutions — including 5,000 postgraduate seats and 5,023 MBBS seats — in what is being seen as a significant capacity boost.Informing Parliament, Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said Phase-III of a…

NEW DELHI: After decades of losing ground to drug resistance, doctors finally have new weapons against gonorrhoea, a common sexually transmitted infection that has steadily outsmarted one antibiotic after another. The recent approval of two new oral medicines by the US Food and Drug Administration has reopened a narrowing treatment window for a disease edging…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday escalated his attack on the finalised India-US trade deal, claiming that the agreement would harm India’s cotton farmers and textile exporters.In a post on X, Rahul alleged that the government has walked into a “trap” that leaves millions of families staring into an “abyss of unemployment.”“18% Tariff…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh for his day long Assam visit. The Prime Minister was received at the Chabua airfield by Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and senior state government…

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Shikhar Dhawan participates in inauguration ceremony of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, along with Delhi minister Ashish Sood and former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, participated in the inauguration ceremony of the Delhi Khel Mahakumbh on Friday.Delhi Khel Mahakumbh, an initiative of the Directorate of Education and Sports, Government…

NEW DELHI : A rare Raja Ravi Varma painting — by some accounts his last work — is at the centre of a high-stakes legal battle with multiple ownership claims.The painting, ‘Kadambari’, by the 19th-century maestro, is at present in the possession of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, which assured Delhi high court recently that…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to land at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh on Saturday, where he will witness an aerial display by fighter jets, transport aircraft and helicopters. The ELF, the first of its kind in Northeast India, was built in coordination with the Indian…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to the soldiers, that were killed in the Pulwama attack 7 years ago calling them “brave heroes”.“Remembering the brave heroes who laid down their lives in Pulwama on this day in 2019. Their devotion, resolve and service to the nation remain forever etched in our…