NEW DELHI: Indian defence PSUs Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Bharat Electronics (BEL) and Mazagon Docks (MDL) continue to figure in the global top 100 arms-producing companies, but together accounted for just a paltry 1.1% of the global arms sales last year.Global arms revenues rose sharply by 5.9% to reach a record $679 billion in 2024, with…
NEW DELHI: Accusing PM Narendra Modi of “delivering dramabazi” on the first day of winter session of Parliament, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said BJP govt has shattered parliamentary conventions over the past 11 years by refusing to debate issues of public concern and by bulldozing bills detrimental to the common man, like the farm laws….
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday sought the Centre’s response to a suggestion for allowing Sonali, a pregnant woman who was deported to Bangladesh for allegedly being a citizen of the neighbouring country, and her 5-year-old son to return to India and getting her admitted to hospital.Responding to a plea by Sanjay Hegde, counsel for Sonali’s…
India calls for systematic review of scientific and technological developments so that governance keeps pace with innovation, said Jaishankar NEW DELHI: Reaffirming India’s commitment to the full and effective implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention and India’s well-established non-proliferation record, foreign minister S Jaishankar warned against “misuse” of biological weapons by non-State actors saying it’s…
Workers remove the Raj Bhavan signboard in front of the Kerala Governor’s residence in Thiruvananthapuram Monday NEW DELHI: Eight states and a Union territory have changed the name of their governor/lieutenant governor’s house from ‘Raj Bhavan/Raj Niwas’ to ‘Lok Bhavan/Lok Niwas’ following a directive from ministry of home affairs (MHA) to shed the earlier nomenclature…
NEW DELHI: The upcoming winter (Dec-Feb) is likely to be colder in most parts of central India (Madhya Pradesh, north and east Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat) and parts of adjoining northwest (Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, east and southeast Rajasthan, and west and south UP) and peninsular India (Telangana), with below normal day and night temperatures…
CM Omar Abdullah applauded their maiden interventions as “first day, first show”. He was present in the House as it convened for the winter session Monday. (Photo credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: Newly elected National Conference lawmakers used their first day in Parliament to demand restoration of J&K’s statehood and remind the Centre of its pledge to…
SRINAGAR: Around “120 terrorists” positioned on 69 launch pads across the LoC are under close watch and the next phase of Operation Sindoor will be activated without hesitation if Pakistan attempts any “misadventure”, BSF Kashmir frontier IG Ashok Yadav said Monday.Yadav said during the border force’s annual briefing that Pakistan shifted several launch pads deeper…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan on Monday accused the jail authorities of doing “something irreversible” to his father amid the ongoing speculations about his whereabouts.Speaking to news agency Reuters , Kasim said that the family has had no direct or verifiable contact with Khan, despite a judicial order for weekly meetings.Not…
NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament started with a major uproar as the government and the opposition sparred over former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden exit, deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR and the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in several states.After Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s address before the beginning of the…