NEW DELHI: Japanese companies have signed over 170 MoUs over the last two years with investment of over $13 billion committed in the country. But the cooperation is not limited to large players alone.Japanese industry partnerships are also enabling the entry of Indian small and medium enterprises into global supply chains, helping them gain from…
NEW DELHI: Seven members of a family are feared dead as a landslide flattened their house in the Mahore area in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, according to news agency PTI, which cited officials. According to officials, heavy rains battered the Badder village of Mahore, which triggered the landslide. A rescue operation…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday travelled from Tokyo to Sendai in a bullet train during his two-day visit to Japan.In a social media post on X, Ishiba said, “With Prime Minister Modi to Sendai. Continuing from last night, I’m accompanying him from inside the car.”After arriving…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday attained its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges as CJI BR Gavai administered oath of office to Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi as SC judges in the presence of all sitting SC judges in the apex court’s auditorium.Both the judges took oath in the name of…
Mumbai: The hunger strike launched by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange at Azad Maidan, which brought Mumbai to a halt on Friday, is set to continue Saturday with the police extending permission for one more day. However, the largely peaceful protest is set to become more combative with Jarange accusing the govt of closing toilets…
Paving the way for the operation of a Japanese Shinkansen train on the Gujarat section of Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, India and Japan Friday agreed to immediately commence signalling work, including the Japanese system, for introduction of a general inspection train and one set of the E5 series Shinkansen train. The govt plans to start…
NEW DELHI: On the inaugural day of his visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma doll, considered auspicious and a good luck charm in Japanese culture. The Daruma has an Indian connection. “Takasaki City in Gunma is the birthplace of the famous Daruma dolls. The Daruma tradition in Japan is based on the…
New Delhi: Govt on Friday approved extension of ex-servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) to around 500 officer cadets who over the years have been boarded out of military academies on medical grounds after being injured during rigorous physical training.The one-time Rs 1.2 lakh subscription fee applicable to ex-servicemen officers for joining ECHS will not be…
New Delhi: Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba joined PM Modi in unequivocally condemning terrorism, including the Pahalgam terrorist attack, and took note of the UNSC Monitoring Team Report of July 29 mentioning for the first time The Resistance Front (TRF), the group which carried out the attack.According to a joint statement, Modi explained to his counterpart…
NEW DELHI: In a first, the ED has secured an Interpol Purple Notice on trade-based money laundering modus operandi. The notice was published on August 21 and alerts all investigative agencies across Interpol’s 196 member countries to keep watch on shell entities engaged in such activities.The enforcement agency has shared an organised network of domestic…