China row won’t derail Xi trip: Navarro
Washington, July 17 (IANS) Senior White House adviser Peter Navarro on Friday indicated that allegations of Chinese interference in the 2020 US presidential election would not automatically alter the Trump administration’s broader engagement with…
Kuwait says soldiers injured, power plant damaged in Iranian attacks
Kuwait, July 17 (IANS) Several members of Kuwait’s armed forces were injured and a power generation and water desalination plant was damaged on Friday in Iranian attacks, Kuwaiti authorities said. The soldiers were injured by “hostile”…
Trump official Peter Navarro urges election overhaul
Washington, July 17 (IANS) Senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Friday defended President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on election integrity, arguing that newly declassified material had strengthened public concerns about…
RJD MP Abhay Kushwaha dismisses BJP rumours, reaffirms loyalty to Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav
Patna, July 17 (IANS) Amid growing political speculation over his alleged proximity to Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Aurangabad, Abhay Kushwaha, has categorically denied rumours of joining the Bharatiya Janata…
Mini Ratna PSU HLL bets on sustainable menstrual hygiene market
Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IANS) Tapping into the growing demand for sustainable consumer products, HLL Lifecare Ltd, the Central government’s Mini Ratna PSU under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has entered the eco-friendly menstrual…
Railway compensation cannot be denied merely because ticket is missing: SC
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the absence of a train ticket on the body of a deceased passenger cannot, by itself, be a ground to deny compensation under the Railways Act, holding that welfare legislation must receive a…
Leverage India’s engineering talent, Make in India ecosystem: Piyush Goyal to Finnish firms
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a series of high-level meetings with leading Finnish technology and industrial companies in Helsinki on Friday, urging them to deepen their investments in India by expanding…
PM Modi e-inaugurates four redeveloped railway stations in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, July 17 (IANS) Gujarat added four more redeveloped railway stations to its transport infrastructure on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Pratapnagar, Godhra, Porbandar and Bhaktinagar railway stations under the…
PM Modi inaugurates redeveloped hi‑tech city railway station in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, July 17 (IANS) Hi‑Tech City Railway Station in Hyderabad is among 75 redeveloped railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Jalandhar Railway Station on Friday. A function…
Gujarat: Doodh Sanjeevani Yojana extended to all ICDS blocks in tribal areas
Gandhinagar, July 17 (IANS) ‘Doodh Sanjeevani Yojana’, a public welfare initiative by the Gujarat government to tackle malnutrition in tribal and remote areas received a fresh push on Friday, with state government deciding to extend it in all…