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Air India's Tel Aviv-bound flight diverted after missile attack on Israel

The attack happened less than an hour before the Air India flight AI139, operated with a Boeing 787 aircraft, was to land at Tel Aviv, the sources said

Parliamentary panel seeks info on digital market competition from CCI, MCA

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, which is looking into 'Evolving Role of Competition Commission of India in the Economy, particularly the Digital Landscape', had a meeting on April 28

APEDA mulls strategies to boost agricultural, processed food exports

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Authority (APEDA) held an inter-ministerial dialogue to deliberate on the strategy last week here

US may seek tariff cuts, regulatory reforms in trade deal with India: GTRI

US demands include scaling back India's minimum price support (MSP) programmes for crops like rice and wheat, removing restrictions on genetically modified (GM) imports

Air Chief meets PM Modi amid Indo-Pak tensions after Pahalgam attack

The meeting came less than 24 hours after Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi apprised the prime minister on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes

Chouhan unveils first genome-edited rice varieties, yield to rise up to 30%

Both varieties exhibit superior drought tolerance and high nitrogen-use efficiency

NMDC posts record 15% rise in iron ore production in April, sales grow 3%

NMDC said it produced 4 million tonnes (MT) iron ore in April, higher from 3.48 MT in same month last year

Wind sector investing in tech, workforce to reach 100 GW by 2030: IWTMA

At present, the country has an installed wind energy capacity of over 50 GW, as per the latest report of March 2025

Ex-economist Lawrence Wong returns to lead Singapore amid tariff turmoil

The economist-turned-politician Wong led his People's Action Party to a landslide win in Singapore's general election on Saturday

Monitor top advance tax payers, check fake claims: CBDT to I-T dept

The Union government has set a target of Rs 25.20 trillion for the I-T department under the direct taxes head for the current fiscal

Incentives needed for farmers to adopt non-chemical fertilisers: Agri secy

Other experts at the event also emphasised the urgent need for scientific data, scalable models, and stronger collaboration

Corporate affairs ministry to remove 3,300 firms from official records

Out of the total, there are over 700 such companies in Maharashtra, nearly 500 in Delhi, more than 350 in Karnataka

Northeast has tremendous capabilities, launch pad for global South: Scindia

Scindia has been actively driving initiatives to enhance connectivity, infrastructure and ecosystems across the northeast

ICAI to assess financial aspects of 'One Nation One Election' proposal

A report of the assessment will be submitted to the Parliamentary panel

Govt has likely cut water flow through Baglihar dam after Indus Treaty halt

India's decision to suspend the decades-old treaty follows the killing of 26 people, mostly tourists, in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam

PM Modi made 'desperate U-turn' on caste census demand, says Congress

Jairam Ramesh said evidence abounds on Prime Minister Modi's "sudden, complete, and desperate U-turn" on the caste census

CII releases guidebook on adoption, governance of AI for board leaders

AI requires careful governance to fully harness its potential while mitigating the risks and challenges it presents, CII said

Adani Ports aims to scale up marine, logistics, agri-logistics arms: CEO

Adani said that APSEZ, the flagship company of the Adani group, will invest Rs 13,000 crore in Vizhinjam International Seaport in phase 2

EC building unified digital platform to integrate 40 mobile, web apps

The new platform will reduce the burden of users from downloading and navigating multiple Apps and remembering different logins

FIEO urges RBI to share info on banks offering rupee trade to aid exporters

The system simplifies trade and saves foreign exchange, but many exporters do not know where to access it