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Washington, October 15India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met European Union’s Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni here and the two leaders discussed the current global economic situation, the Union Ministry of Finance said.Sitharaman is here to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. On the…

ANI Astana, October 15 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that any direct contact or direct clash of NATO troops with the Russian army would lead to a “global catastrophe”. Addressing the news conference in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Putin said, “In any case, direct contact, direct clash of (NATO)…

Washington, October 15The impact of a global recession, which is increasingly being feared by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, is unlikely to be as pronounced in India as compared to other countries, State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Khara said.With a projected growth rate of 6.8 per…

Varanasi (UP), October 14 A Varanasi court on Friday rejected the plea of Hindu petitioners for carbon dating of what is claimed to be a ‘Shivling’ in the Gyanvapi mosque premises, a government counsel said. District Judge AK Vishvesha turned down the plea seeking scientific investigation and carbon dating of…

New Delhi, October 14India has again taken up with Canada the plan by separatists to hold a second “referendum” on Khalistan in Toronto on November 6. While a demarche has been served on Ottawa, a detailed discussion was held with Canadian diplomats here.”We have taken up the matter with the…

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, October 14The BJP appears to be banking on “disarray” in the Congress and AAP’s “self-goals” to push it past the finishing line in the poll-bound Gujarat where it suspects “some understanding” between the two opposition parties in the fray. As the BJP goes after AAP’s Gujarat convener…

New Delhi, October 14 The Assembly poll in Himachal Pradesh would be conducted on November 12 while the counting of votes would take place on December 8, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced today. The poll panel, however, refrained from announcing the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha elections, usually declared simultaneously…

Cairo, October 14 Young Rudrankksh Patil on Friday won gold in men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Championship here, becoming only the second Indian to achieve the feat after Abhinav Bindra. Patil also secured a 2024 Paris Olympics quota for the country in the process. This was…

London, October 14 British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday, replacing him with former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, and scrapped part of her big unfunded tax cut plans. Truss said at a news conference Britain would retain a plan to increase corporation tax…

Shimla, October 14 The Himachal Pradesh Government on Thursday appointed Justice CB Barowalia, Judge, Himachal High Court, as state Lokayukta. The post of Lokayukta had been lying vacant for the last about eight years after the term of Justice LS Panta, a retired Supreme Court Judge, got over during the…

New Delhi, October 14 India’s nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant on Friday carried out a successful launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the Bay of Bengal with a “very high accuracy”, the Defence Ministry said. It said all operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated,…

New Delhi, October 14 India has again taken up with the Canadian authorities the plan by separatists to hold a second so-called referendum on Khalistan in Toronto on November 6. While a demarche has been served on Ottawa, a detailed discussion was held with Canadian diplomats here. “We have taken…

New Delhi, October 14 MEA spokeperson Arindam Bagchi has categorically conveyed India’s stand to Pakistan over latter’s proposal for talks stating that India will comply with the offer only when terror module thriving in neighbourhood is dealt with. “But, as we have always said, in an atmosphere free of…

Chandigarh, October 14 The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The term of the Gujarat Assembly ends on February 18 next year while that of Himachal Pradesh on January 8, 2023. The Commission had recently visited the two states…

New Delhi, October 14 The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the schedule for the polling to be held in Himachal. The voting will take place on November 12 and counting of votes will be done on December 8 to constitute a new 68 member state assembly. The…