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India's rice planting grows on higher prices, cotton sowing lags

Higher rice planting could alleviate supply concerns in the world's second-biggest producer and consumer of the grain

India, US hold 20th edition of Military Cooperation Group meeting in Hawaii

The 20th edition of the India-US Military Cooperation Group (MCG) meeting was held on August 30-31 in Hawaii, US, with the discussions focusing on defence cooperation mechanisms between the two nations, the Defence Officials said.The meeting was co-chaired from the Indian side by Lt Gen Johnson P. Mathew and Lt Gen Stephen D. Skelenka, Deputy Commander of American Indo-Pacific Command.The discussions focused on new initiatives under the ambit of existing bilateral defence cooperation mechanisms & strengthening the ongoing India-US defence engagements, the Defence officials added."The senior leaders discussed opportunities for continued integration to strengthen interoperability and #Readiness to maintain peace and stability in the #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific," the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).According to the official readout of the 20th U.S.-India Military Cooperation Group the 20th MCG aimed at further strengthening military-to-military ...

Indian automakers post rise in August sales ahead of festive season

In the passenger vehicles (PV) category, sales for Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra and Mahindra grew 16.4% and 25%, respectively, for the month compared to a year earlier

India suggests G20 to cooperate in dealing with fugitive economic offenders

India has suggested to all G-20 nations to actively cooperate to deal comprehensively and efficiently with fugitive economic offenders as part of the action against them and recovery of the assets. In a nine-point agenda suggested to G-20 countries, India has conveyed that the member nation should form a mechanism that denies entry and safe havens to all fugitive economic offenders. There should be strong and active cooperation among G-20 countries to deal comprehensively and efficiently with the fugitive economic offenders, according to a document prepared by the government given to the G-20 nations after the G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meet held in Kolkata on August 12. Cooperation in the legal processes such as effective freezing of the proceeds of crime, early return of the offenders and efficient repatriation of the proceeds of crime should be enhanced and streamlined, it noted. Principles of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), United Nations Conventi

New secretaries appointed to parliamentary affairs, IT, telecom ministries

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has okayed the appointment of Umang Narula as secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

'INDIA' bloc meet: Logo unveiling, charting out roadmap for polls on table

Unveiling of the INDIA bloc's logo, charting out a roadmap and evolving a structure for cooperation among the alliance partners to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be on the agenda of the third meeting of the opposition parties to be held in Mumbai on Friday. The third meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) alliance is scheduled to start at 10.30 am at Grand Hyatt Hotel here. As many as 63 representatives from 28 political parties are taking part in the meeting. During the conclave, discussion on formulating a common minimum programme and forming a coordination committee of the principal opposition parties is also likely. Ahead of the meeting, the opposition bloc's logo is expected to be unveiled, while after the deliberations get over, a press conference will be held in the afternoon to give information about what decisions were taken during the conclave. Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said talks will be held on the ...

The Secret to Isro's Low Cost Moonshots

On August 23, Chandrayaan-3 landed on the lunar south pole for just $74 million, costing less than movies like "Gravity", "The Martian", and "Interstellar", and Bollywood's 'Adipurush'.

India's responsibility to bring divided world together: EAM Jaishankar

Today the world is divided into North-South and East-West and it is India's responsibility to bring the divided wold together, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. He noted that India's G20 presidency is "very important" at a time when the world is struggling with challenges like good health, good education, good nutrition, good water, good energy as well as environmental changes. "The world is divided into developed countries in the North and developing countries in the South, and due to the Ukraine war, countries are being polarised into East and West. We are in the middle of all this, so it is our responsibility to bring the divided world together," Jaishankar said while addressing the students at Hindu College here. "The Ukraine war has also created many problems for the world. This has affected fuel prices, availability and prices of food grains and availability and prices of fertilisers, thereby impacting the global economy. The world is struggling with ...

Oppn leaders just banking on name of their grouping INDIA alliance: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday took a dig at the INDIA alliance and said the opposition leaders are just banking on the name of their grouping as it was the only refuge left to them. He also cited a Hindi proverb 'naam bade aur darshan chhote' (big name with little substance) to describe the opposition bloc. The two-day meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) began in Mumbai on Thursday. During the meeting, deliberations on the strategy and roadmap to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are expected to take place. Singh also said that India has become powerful now and nobody considers it a weak nation anymore globally. India's stature globally has increased substantially as compared to what it was in the past and the world listens attentively to what it speaks which was not the case earlier, he said. Singh was speaking at an event held on the birth anniversary of Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, the

India to clock GDP growth of 6.5% in FY24 despite rainfall deficit: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal notwithstanding deficient monsoon rains. He also said that there is no real cause for concern that inflation would spike out of control as both the government and the Reserve Bank are taking adequate steps to maintain supply and keep prices under check. The CEA said food inflation is likely to subside with the arrival of fresh stock and government measures. However, the impact of deficient rains in August is to be watched. "There is momentum in economic activity in general and it is not driven by price-related distortions. Therefore our projections still are very comfortably placed at 6.5 per cent for the current financial year," he said. Risk is evenly distributed to around 6.5 per cent growth projection for FY2023-24, he said while briefing media following the release of first quarter GDP numbers. Rising crude prices may warrant attention and prolonge

India among biggest edtech centres, tech, people impt: Anthology Global CEO

India is one of the biggest edtech centres in the world and is among the key markets of US-based Anthology, its recently-appointed CEO Bruce Dahlgren said. Anthology, a global edtech company, is operational in 80 countries and has 150 million consumers. It is present in India since 2000 and has three offices -- two in Bengaluru and one in Chennai. "I made it a point to ensure that I come to India in my first few weeks itself because of the importance of technology and the people here," Dahlgren, who is visiting the country for the first time after taking charge of the Florida-based company a few weeks earlier, told PTI. Without sharing details about its India presence, the company said they are among the global leaders in the edtech sector. Dahlgren said more than 25 per cent of its employees are Indian. "Much of the innovation and concepts around the future come from India. So, it's not just (for) development or a support or services it's actually about the innovation," he said,

India at cusp of new pvt capex cycle as states bag investments: Report

The Indian economy is at the cusp of a new private capital expenditure cycle, a domestic credit rating agency said on Thursday. After analysing official data from 2005 to 2022, India Ratings and Research said Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra continue to dominate fresh capex allocation, while Odisha is getting attention with projects spread across textile, steel and power sectors. For the past few years, the government led on the investment front while private capital expenditure, which has a trickle-down effect on growth and employment, did not take off. "Analysis of Industrial Entrepreneur's Memorandum (IEM) and Business Expectation Index (BEI) data of 2005 to 2022 shows that the Indian economy is at the cusp of a new private corporate capex cycle," the rating agency said in a note. The IEM data is collected by the government's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, while data related to BEI is released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its industrial .

'INDIA' bloc aims to promote interests of some families: BJP slams oppn

The BJP on Thursday slammed the opposition INDIA bloc as a "selfish alliance" aimed at promoting and protecting the interests of families at the helm of its member parties. With 28 opposition parties meeting in Mumbai to give concrete shape to their agenda against the BJP, the ruling party's spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress' "missile" will never launch as it has no fuel. The BJP's Chandrayaan will successfully land for a third time in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as it is fuelled by development, he told reporters, drawing an analogy with the country's historic lunar exploration mission. "The CMP (common minimum programme) being discussed in the INDIA alliance is, in fact, all about having "corruption's maximum profit" as all these parties together represent scams worth over Rs 20 lakh crore," he alleged. Their other aim is to deliver a blow to the stable and pro-development dispensation running under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, he added. Patra said the ...

Brazil's Embraer in talks with HAL, Tata for defence aircraft manufacturing

President and chief executive of Embraer Defense & Security said that the firm expects to announce its partner by December

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AAP joined INDIA bloc to prepare blueprint for better India: Raghav Chadha

"If any party is saying this (that AAP has joined the INDIA bloc for the PM post), it means that we have many capable faces for the PM post," he added

India plans to host first edition of 'Global IndiaAI 2023 ' in Oct

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is planning to host the first edition of Global IndiaAI 2023 in October this year, an official statement said on Wednesday. There will be participation from leading AI players, researchers, startups, and investors in India and worldwide, the statement said. "The Global IndiaAI 2023 conference is tentatively planned for October 14 and 15 and it will bring together the best and brightest in AI from India and around the world," Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. He said that the summit is expected to evolve and become a must-attend event on the annual calendar of the Global AI industry, startups, practitioners, researchers and students. What makes India so attractive for AI is the diversity of it. Our diversity will be an addition to the quality of data sets for any large language model or any AI learning model. What we want is that AI should be responsible so that user harm is curbed and innovati

No question of alliance with NDA, INDIA as both are casteist, says Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that the NDA and the INDIA alliance are mostly parties with policies that are anti-poor, casteist, communal, pro-business, and capitalist

Outlook of Europeans towards India has turned more negative: Pew Survey

The most significant change is seen in France, where just 39 per cent now have a favourable view of India, compared with 70 per cent in 2008