PM Modi meets Keir Starmer ahead of key FTA deal signing

IANS | July 24, 2025 3:14 PM

London, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called on Keir Starmer at the Chequers Estate - the countryside retreat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - as he began official engagements on his fourth visit to the country.

Nestle India's Q1 net profit falls 13.4 pc to Rs 646.5 crore

IANS | July 24, 2025 1:37 PM

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) FMCG major Nestle India on Thursday reported a 13.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit, which fell to Rs 646.5 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1 FY26) from Rs 746.6 crore in the same quarter of the previous year (Q1 FY25).

Rs 96,000 crore invested to strengthen India’s aviation sector in last 5 years: Minister

IANS | July 24, 2025 1:20 PM

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Airports Authority of India (AAI), along with its public-private-partnership (PPP) ventures, has incurred a cumulative capex (capital expenditure) exceeding Rs 96,000 crore during FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25 to strengthen the country’s aviation sector, Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu informed the Parliament on Thursday.