New Delhi: India will discuss a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council-GCC, comprising six Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. The discussion will start next month, and the agreement is believed to be concluded with negotiations by the middle of 2023. After the Coronavirus pandemic, there […]
Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a project to manufacture C-295 aircraft, which is essentially used for military transport. The project is being set up in Vadodara, Gujarat, for a facility to manufacture around 40 C-295 aircraft. While expressing satisfaction over the project, the Prime Minister exuded confidence that India will […]
Moscow/Kyiv: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reported that more than 650 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in attacks by Chechen units, which are part of the Russian army, in southern and central Ukraine. More than 10,000 soldiers from Chechnya province have taken part in the Russian campaign in Ukraine. They are deployed in southern Ukraine, including the […]
Tehran: Reports emerge of clashes between the protesters and security forces in Zahedan, Iranian city about 500 km away from the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities have yet to confirm this; however, gunshots are clearly heard in a few of the released videos. This proves that the movement against Hijab is gaining nationwide support. The protests […]
New Delhi: ‘To the extent that India is progressing, the country’s challenges will also increase. Countries at the forefront of different fields may feel that India should not progress in its field. This competition can eventually take the form of enmity. We have to be prepared to face this. While facing challenges like terrorism and […]
Brussels: In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings about nuclear attacks and increased nuclear deployment at bases near Europe, NATO has organized a wide-ranging ‘nuclear exercise’. From Monday, the ‘Steadfast Noon 22’ exercise began in the North Sea region of Europe alongside Belgium. 14 member countries of NATO, including the United States and […]
Moscow: Russian forces are forging ahead to take control of Bakhmut, one of the strategic cities in the Donbas region. The Russian Army has captured three strategic locations near the city. Ukrainian authorities have acknowledged that intense fighting is occurring in Bakhmut and nearby areas, and President Zelensky has also confirmed it. Meanwhile, Russia has […]
Mumbai – On Friday, the Reserve Bank (RBI) released a concept note announcing the e-Rupee. It has been mentioned that the pilot project of ‘Central Bank Digital Currency-CBDC’ will start soon. However, the Reserve Bank has revealed that this new digital currency of the country will not be a substitute for the currently used currency […]
Vienna/Washington: OPEC Plus, a group which includes the world’s leading fuel-producing countries, has decided to decrease crude oil production by two million barrels per day. This decision is considered to be a significant diplomatic victory for Russia. The United States has strongly reacted to this, and the Biden administration has criticised the announcement as protecting […]
Tehran: ‘I say explicitly that these riots and this insecurity were a design by the US and the occupying, fake Zionist regime [Israel] and those who are paid by them, and some traitorous Iranians abroad helped them,’ the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, made a serious allegation. He cast blame that these countries would […]