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Amazon lauds new labour codes, says to scale up India e-commerce exports

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Welcoming India's new labour codes that have brought gig and platform workers under a formal social security framework, Amazon.com Inc. chief global affairs and legal officer Dav... Read More


India is set to cater to global shipbuilding demand: Sarbananda Sonowal

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- India is set to cater to global demand for large ships, including very large crude carriers (VLCCs), container vessels, and Panamax vessels, according to Union minister for ports... Read More


Quote of the day by Emmanuel Macron: 'Together, we'll go even further in our cooperation. See you'

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived in Maharashtra's Mumbai on Tuesday for their scheduled three-day visit to India. This marks Macron's four... Read More


SC questions govt over translation of Wangchuk's speeches

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Centre over the veracity of the translated version of speeches by the jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and ordered the original p... Read More


HC halts work at high-rise near INS Shikra ahead of PM's visit

India, Feb. 17 -- In a security intervention, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mumbai visit, the Bombay High Court on Monday ordered an immediate halt to all construction activity at a high-ris... Read More


Uttar Pradesh assembly budget session: Ask questions, don't resort to political theatrics, says deputy CM Brajesh Pathak

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday took a swipe at the Opposition in the state assembly, asserting that legislative proceedings must not be reduced to political theatri... Read More


Not singing Vande Mataram unacceptable, disrespect to national symbols nothing less than sedition: Yogi

Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday made Vande Mataram the central plank of his attack on the Opposition while replying to the debate on the governor's address in the Uttar Pr... Read More


India team heads to US to seal text for interim trade deal days after announcement

India, Feb. 17 -- India's chief negotiator Darpan Jain will visit the US next week to finalise the legal text for an interim agreement in line with the February 7 joint statement of the two countries,... Read More


Noida authority scraps health and traffic cell to end confusion among staff

India, Feb. 17 -- The Noida authority has discontinued the city's health department and the traffic cell and transferred these responsibilities to respective Work Circles (administrative divisions), o... Read More


Garbage heaps, illegal dumping plague FNG road stretch in Noida

India, Feb. 17 -- Large stretches of the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) road, particularly near Sector 123, Pushta road, have turned into dumping zones, with heaps of garbage, construction debris and... Read More