NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's existence at the French National Day as 'visitor of honour' is a rare honour as the last dignitary welcomed to the occasion was United States President Donald Trump in 2017. In another unique gesture, India's tri-services contingent, including IAF airplane, will take part in the Bastille Day Parade, which is organised ...

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NEW DELHI: US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Tuesday satisfied house minister Amit Shah at the latter's office, during which they talked about ways to boost bilateral cooperation in numerous domains, including counter-terrorism, drug trafficking and national security.The considerations, Shah tweeted later on, belonged to the dedication to build upon the ...

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MUMBAI: The head of the premier Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and some other deemed-to-be universities in the nation will henceforth be designated by the main government, and not by their governing boards.A current modification in UGC regulations brings deemed-to-be universities receiving over 50% funds from the Centre under the ...

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NEW DELHI: Around 415 million people left hardship within a span of simply 15 years in between 2005 to 2021 in India, according to the most recent Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). India is also among the 25 nations that have effectively halved their international MPI values within 15 years.Some of the other nations that have actually accomplished this ...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was not possible to order a blanket stay on proceedings initiated in various locations for reclaiming places of worship on the ground that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, prohibits changes in the religious character of structures existing prior to 1947.During the hearing on a bunch of petitions...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday chose to start day-to-day-hearing from August 2 on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional credibility of the Centre's four-year-old choice to ditch the special status conferred on Jammu and Kashmir through Article 370, and to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories.With counsel for 23 ...

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