Piyush Goyal to embark on two-day visit to UAE on Thursday, to co-chair task force meeting on investments

IANS | October 4, 2023 6:51 PM

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will lead a delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 5 to 6 to co-chair the 11th India-UAE high level task force on investments (HLTFI), engage with industry representatives, and interact with the UAE delegation led by Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the executive council of Abu Dhabi.

This is the season for anti-India lobbies (Column: The Third Eye)

D.C. Pathak | October 1, 2023 10:16 AM

New Delhi: The steady rise of India on the global platform expectantly helped by an extraordinarily successful G20 under India’s Presidency, the efficacy of India’s strategy of countering the mischief of Sino-Pak axis against this country and the acknowledgement worldwide of the credibility of India’s policy of building a deep friendship with the US without letting this come in the way of India’s strategic bonds with Russia - particularly in the backdrop of the ‘war in Ukraine’ - have all created a sense of desperation among those who had been building the narrative of ‘authoritarianism’, ‘majoritarianism’ and inadequate ‘safety of minorities’ over a long period against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Wushu players denied visa by China would be considered as participants & given incentives: Arunachal CM

IANS | September 27, 2023 8:32 PM

Itanagar, Sep 27 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday said three Wushu players from the state, who missed the opportunity to participate in the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou in China, due to denial of visas by the host country, would be treated as participants of the event as members of the Indian Wushu team and provided with incentives as per the state's sports policy.

SGPC expresses 'concern' over Trudeau's allegations on Nijjar's killing

IANS | September 25, 2023 9:11 PM

Amritsar, Sep 25 (IANS) The executive meeting of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) held here in Punjab on Monday expressed concern over the allegations levelled by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his country's Parliament of the involvement of officials of Indian agencies in the murder case of Khaistan-backer Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who used to reside in Canada.