This year, India’s exports will be higher than last year: Piyush Goyal

IANS | August 29, 2025 2:12 PM

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that India’s exports this year will be higher than last year, reflecting the growing competitiveness and resilience of the domestic industry, while the government is reaching out to partner countries across the globe to open up new opportunities.

BJP-Cong workers clash in Patna over abusive remarks against PM Modi, his mother

IANS | August 29, 2025 2:01 PM

Patna, Aug 29 (IANS) Tension flared in Patna on Friday after BJP workers staged a protest outside the Congress state headquarters, Sadaqat Ashram in Patna, over the abusive remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother by some party workers at an event during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Darbhanga.

BRICS nations surpass G7 in global output: US economist

IANS | August 29, 2025 1:24 PM

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Leading US economist Richard Wolff has warned that a significant global economic shift is underway, noting that BRICS nations have surpassed the G7 in global output, with BRICS at 35 per cent and G7 at 28 per cent of the world GDP.