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First round of India-UK free trade agreement negotiations complete

The second round of negotiations is scheduled to take place from 7 to18 March

SC won't give yardstick for reservation in promotion to SC/ST in jobs

The top court said it is neither legal nor proper for the Courts to issue directions or advisory sermons to the executive in respect of the sphere

India's defence acquisitions guided by national security, says MEA

MEA also said that while India has a comprehensive global strategic partnership with the US, it shares a special and privileged strategic partnership with Russia

Manila to acquire BrahMos cruise missiles for $375 million

Contract for over 24 missiles marks India's largest-ever weapons export

People may be free to set up standalone energy storage systems: R K Singh

Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh has indicated that people may be free to set up standalone energy storage systems (ESS) as the government plans de-licensing that under the policy for ESS. According to a statement issued by the power ministry, Singh interacted with renewable energy developers, industry and various government representatives to discuss the elements of the draft policy on the energy storage system to promote the creation of storage systems on a large scale across the country. The policy aims at the creation of the technology-agnostic storage system across the value chain of the electricity sector generation, transmission and distribution levels. In the meeting held on January 25 with representatives of the industry, Singh galvanised the industry representatives and called for their active participation in establishing storage systems and associated manufacturing industries domestically within the country. The minister also took a ...

PM Narendra Modi condoles demise of Kathakali patron Milena Salvini

She was conferred with Padma Shri in 2019 by the Government of India for her contribution to the field of performing arts

Air India likely to be handed over to Tata group on Thursday

The Indian government is likely to hand over Air India to the Tata Group on Thursday, nearly 69 years after it was taken from the conglomerate

Goyal reviews fast track implementation of infra projects via PMG portal

The PMG is an institutional mechanism to facilitate the resolution of bottlenecks in infrastructure projects

Pakistan hands over 20 Indian fishermen to India Attari: Report

They crossed over to India through the land transit route on Monday evening

NDRF's Twitter account hacked briefly; restored later, says report

The handle '@NDRFHQ' briefly posted some random messages on Saturday night

Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe honoured with Netaji Award

Consul General of Japan in Kolkata Nakamura Yutaka received the honour on behalf of Abe

'Terrorists are terrorists', cannot be glorified: MoS MEA Meenakshi Lekhi

"We need to summon the political will to combat terrorism and not allow terrorism to be justified and terrorists be glorified," she said. "

Modi, Jugnauth jointly inaugurate India-assisted projects in Mauritius

The two PMs also took part in a virtual foundation stone laying ceremony for two other projects

PM to unveil 216-foot 'Statue of Equality' in Hyderabad on February 5

The statue described as the 'Statue of Equality is located in a 45-acre complex at Shamshabad

Gadkari calls for attracting more foreign investments into MSME sector

He was speaking at a virtual international conference organised by the chartered accountants' apex body ICAI

Govt re-activates 21 monitoring centres to help migrant workers amid Covid

Once the pandemic situation eases, labour minister Bhupender Yadav and his deputy S Rameshwar Teli will travel extensively, interact with working class as well as with labour union members

Output of employees increased in some cases during WFH: Jitendra Singh

Singh reached out to the employees of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions working from home and also those in quarantine or infected with the coronavirus

Budget: Jewellery council seeks import duty cut on precious metals

The Budget for FY23 will be tabled in the Parliament on February 1

E-commerce policy likely to help small retailers in using technology

Under the proposed policy, the Centre will also have to focus on promoting the government-backed e-commerce network Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

PM Narendra Modi to interact with Gujarat BJP workers on January 25

The PM would provide guidance to workers of the ruling party in the state