PM Modi departs for Slovakia after fruitful visit to Nice

IANS | June 14, 2026 10:53 PM

Nice, June 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday departed for Bratislava from Nice, concluding the first leg of the visit. He is going to pay a State visit to Slovakia from June 14-16 at the invitation of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Jharkhand: Dumka’s Lathipahar gets road connectivity under PM JANMAN Yojana

IANS | June 14, 2026 10:06 PM

Dumka, June 14 (IANS) Lathipahar, a quaint and remote location in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, got its first brush with modernity as it was linked with a road for the first time since Independence. The region, situated in the midst of forest and high hills, has natural vegetation in abundance, but it remained disconnected and detached from city life in the absence of road connectivity.

India, France agree to double bilateral trade in 5 years, bolster tech and innovation ties

IANS | June 14, 2026 9:14 PM

Nice/New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday agreed to set up a high-level mechanism to double trade between the two countries within five years, and also shared concrete ideas to strengthen and diversify bilateral ties in the fields of economic growth, technology and talent mobility, according to a joint statement issued after the summit between the two leaders at Nice in France.

India-France Atal Tinkering Lab Bridge to boost innovation via school labs

IANS | June 14, 2026 9:07 PM

Nice/New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) In a bid to deepen innovation-led cooperation between India and France, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and La Fondation Dassault Systèmes have established the India–France Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) Bridge to enable collaboration among young innovators in both countries, it was announced on Sunday.

DG Shipping directs firms to restrict deployment of Indian seafarers in Gulf zone

IANS | June 14, 2026 8:47 PM

Mumbai, June 14 (IANS) The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has advised shipping companies as well as maritime recruitment and placement agencies to restrict deployment of Indian seafarers to in the Middle East conflict areas until further orders, days after three Indian seafarers onboard MT Settebello were killed after the US military strike on the commercial vessel off the Oman coast.

Acharya Prashant returns home after addressing UK Parliament, Oxford and Cambridge; accorded grand welcome in Delhi

IANS | June 14, 2026 8:26 PM

New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.

From close Mamata aide to critic, Sudip Bandyopadhyay walks the path again

IANS | June 14, 2026 8:08 PM

New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s sudden arrival in the national capital and his open rebellion against party leadership is making headlines since he has been known as a close confidante of party Chairperson Mamata Banerjee and a staunch supporter of his leader in Parliament for decades.