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PM Modi dedicates 7 cancer hospitals to the nation in Assam


India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation seven cancer hospitals in Assam at a function in Dibrugarh on April 28. These cancer hospitals are built at Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Darrang, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, and Jorhat. Dibrugarh Hospital was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister earlier in the day when he visited...

PM inaugurates Global Patidar Business Summit


Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Patidar Business Summit (GPBS), being organized by Sardardham, today via video conferencing. The Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel and Union Ministers and industrial leaders were among those present on the occasion. Organized by Sardardham under ‘Mission 2026’ to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of the Patidar...

CEC urges Indian diaspora to register as overseas voters


New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sushil Chandra urged the Indian community living in South Africa and Mauritius to register as overseas voters, as the present numbers are abysmally low. He also shared with the members that the extension of the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) facility to overseas voters is being contemplated....

No change in India’s approach: MEA on Pakistan


New Delhi: Over a fortnight after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s new prime minister, India on Thursday asserted there is no change to its approach that talks between the two sides can only take place in an atmosphere free of terror, and insisted that the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment. External Affairs...

Ambani, Adani prepare for battle with Netflix, Amazon


Mumbai: Asia’s two richest men — Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani — are doubling down on India’s media sector, intensifying competition in an arena where Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are also vying for more than a billion viewers. Ambani’s joint venture with Paramount Global - Viacom18 Media Pvt., is set to receive $1.8 billion...

Not opportune moment to discuss tourist visas to Chinese: MEA


New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that it was not an opportune moment to discuss the resumption of issuance of tourist visas to Chinese nationals in view of the COVID-19 situation there. The assertion came in response to queries about global airlines body IATA telling its member carriers on April...

Photo of Kashmiri kebab seller wins international award


New Delhi: Indian photographer Debdatta Chakraborty was named the winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 for an image of a street vendor in Srinagar, Kashmir. In the image titled 'Kebabiyana', the vendor is seen working at a smoke-filled food joint. He's engulfed by smoke as he tends to what looks...

‘Hate-in-India’ & Make-in-India can’t coexist: Rahul


New Delhi: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter over the exit of several major global brands from India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that “Hate-in-India” and “Make-in-India” cannot coexist. “The ease of driving business out of India 7 Global Brands. 9 Factories. 649 Dealerships. 84,000 Job,” Gandhi wrote. “Modi ji, Hate-in-India and Make-in-India...

CEC urges Indian diaspora to register as overseas voters


New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sushil Chandra urged the Indian community living in South Africa and Mauritius to register as overseas voters, as the present numbers are abysmally low. He also shared with the members that the extension of the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) facility to overseas voters is being contemplated. The...