PM Modi invites New Zealand investors to partner India in key sectors

IANS | July 11, 2026 9:30 AM

Auckland, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited New Zealand investors and business houses to partner India in infrastructure development, civil aviation, logistics, clean energy, urban mobility, water management, waste management and digital economy sectors.

FM Sitharaman to review PSBs' foreign currency deposit mobilisation

IANS | July 10, 2026 9:02 PM

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet heads of public sector banks (PSBs) and financial institutions on Monday to review the progress of foreign currency deposit mobilisation and overseas borrowing initiatives aimed at strengthening external capital inflows, as per sources.

Telegram submits reply to IT Ministry notice on username feature

IANS | July 10, 2026 8:10 PM

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Messaging platform Telegram has submitted its reply to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's (MeitY) notice on its 'username' feature, following a similar response from WhatsApp, according to sources.

Retailers' association seeks CCI probe into Flipkart over alleged unfair practices

IANS | July 10, 2026 7:44 PM

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Forum for Internet Retailers, Sellers and Traders (FIRST) -- an association of online retailers under the India SME Forum -- has approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) alleging that Flipkart engaged in predatory and discriminatory business practices that distorted competition on its marketplace, according to a report.

ADB lowers Pakistan's FY27 growth outlook to 3.7 pc: Report

IANS | July 10, 2026 6:52 PM

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Pakistan's economic growth is expected to slow in the current fiscal year as higher energy costs and pressure on foreign remittances weigh on the economy, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its latest outlook, according to a report.

India and Bangladesh: The geography of strategic reality

Vinay Nalwa | July 10, 2026 6:13 PM

New Delhi: History occasionally produces relationships that are not merely diplomatic but geographical, shaped less by political choice than by immutable strategic realities. India and Bangladesh exemplify one such relationship. Governments may change, political slogans may evolve, and public opinion may fluctuate, but geography remains remarkably indifferent to ideology. Sharing over 4,000 kilometres of border, 54 transboundary rivers, centuries of civilisational interaction, and deeply interconnected economic and security interests, the two nations remain bound by realities that no political narrative can rewrite.