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Indonesia vows sustainable and credible 2027 state budget

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said the government is committed to maintaining a healthy, credible, and sustainable 2027 State Budget (RAPBN). He said this would be achieve... Read More


Jan Dhan Yojana has had an unparalleled impact" PM Narendra Modi

India, Aug. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) for its "unprecedented scale and transformative outcomes" with 590 million bank accounts in t... Read More


India expresses readiness to initiate negotiations on investment treaty with Canada

India, Aug. 28 -- India has expressed its readiness to initiate negotiations towards a bilateral investment treaty, according a joint statement issued after the first Economic and Financial Dialogue b... Read More


BJP leader slams Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Manusmriti, files complaint

India, Aug. 28 -- BJP leader Nazia Khan on Friday said she has filed a complaint against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the Manusmriti. Khan, who is a Supreme Court lawyer, also slammed the Lea... Read More


Police books BJP leader in Anantnag for cheating and fraud

Srinagar, Aug. 28 -- BJP's Anantnag district general secretary, Abid Nengroo was booked by J&K Police for alleging cheating and fraud on the pretext of securing a government job and facilitating permi... Read More


Indonesia's lawmaker calls for technology transfer with carrier

Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- Indonesia should secure technology transfers alongside the planned handover of Italy's ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier, to help its navy and domestic ship engineers learn t... Read More


Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' as Canada Trade War Deepens

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Along the New York shoreline of one of the world's largest freshwater bodies, the fishing boats and ferry terminals now exist, on paper at least, beside a lake with a different ... Read More


HT Morning Brief Aug 28: 2 new lakes threaten fresh disaster in Nepal, Sonia's memoir loses publisher

India, Aug. 28 -- Good morning! Here's your 5-minute sprint through today's biggest stories - politics, India, world, entertainment and sports. Nepal and China have both raised alarms over a pair of ... Read More


India hands over 37.5 tonnes of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief to flood-ravaged Nepal

India, Aug. 28 -- India has handed over the second consignment of 37.5 tonnes of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) material, medicines and food packets to Nepal to support its relief ... Read More


Union minister JP Nadda meets protesters to discuss income-based reservation demands

India, Aug. 28 -- The Union government on Thursday reached out to a group demanding caste-based reservations in education and government jobs be replaced by income-based quotas, a week after the littl... Read More