Hansalpur: PM Narendra Modi Tuesday said India was prioritising ‘Mission Manufacturing’ that aimed to make local production more efficient and globally competitive, adding the focus would be on strengthening ease of doing business and building capacity in “futuristic industries” such as semiconductors and rare earth magnets.“India is working to make its manufacturing sector efficient and…
New Delhi: Amid the strife in bilateral ties over tariffs, India and the US held another round of 2 + 2 intersessional dialogue at the official level to advance bilateral initiatives, discussing regional security developments, shared strategic priorities and also trade and investment. Both sides also agreed to ramp up defence cooperation.Energy security, including efforts…
New Delhi: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Tianjin in China for the SCO summit, govt on Tuesday said India was seeking a strong condemnation of cross-border terrorism in the Tianjin declaration, the joint statement that will follow the summit.Senior officials recalled that when SCO was established, one of its main objectives was to…
Quad is an important platform for working on and promoting peace, prosperity and development in the Indo-Pacific region, said foreign secretary Vikram Misri, amid uncertainty over the Quad summit India would like to host in Nov. The remarks came ahead of PM Narendra Modi‘s visit to Japan this week. The US had joined India in…
New Delhi: The conviction of two persons in the 2012 rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl in UP was overturned by Supreme Court on Tuesday, after the duo had spent 13 years in jail. One of them was sentenced to death and the other life imprisonment. The apex court pulled up police for a shabby investigation….
The TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States on Monday declared what is effectively a limited trade war on India, notifying a 50% tariff (25% taxes plus 25% penalty) on most goods imports from India.Issued by the department of homeland security, the notification said the tariffs are in response to “threats to the United States…
NEW DELHI: The reopening of the Kailash Yatra route through Tibet has allowed Indian pilgrims to undertake the spiritual journey to Mount Kailash after a five-year hiatus, reflecting improving India-China relations. This year, Sadhguru, founder of the Isha Foundation, undertook the Yatra in a historic first — on a motorbike — demonstrating resilience after undergoing…
NEW DELHI: Awami Ittehad Party of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid Tuesday held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar to mark six years of his incarceration, saying his continued imprisonment is an “assault on democracy”.Workers of the AIP and civil society activists gathered at the protest venue and expressed “solidarity with Engineer Rashid and other innocent…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to take four calls from US President Donald Trump in recent weeks amid a raging trade dispute, a German newspaper has reported, as ties between Washington and New Delhi have soured rapidly, testing what both sides repeatedly said was the most consequential relationship of the 21st…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said that people across undivided India have shared the same DNA for more than 40,000 years, further adding that “living in harmony is our culture.”Speaking at the event “100 Years Journey of RSS: New Horizons” at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Bhagwat said that, “DNA…