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  • German, Indian companies near deal to build submarines in India: Report June 06, 2023 03:55 PM IST

    German, Indian companies near deal to build submarines in India: Report

    India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius met on Tuesday.

  • Govt will come out with policies to get public transport in most Indian cities: Advisor to PM June 06, 2023 02:51 PM IST

    Govt will come out with policies to get public transport in most Indian cities: Advisor to PM

    In an analysis, it was realised that public transport is missing in most of the Indian cities.

  • CBI begins Balasore train probe, collects first-hand report June 06, 2023 02:27 PM IST

    CBI begins Balasore train probe, collects first-hand report

    A forensics team, which is accompanying the CBI officials, also spoke to signal room employees and sought information about the functioning of different equipment.

  • Depression over Arabian Sea likely to intensify into cyclonic storm: IMD June 06, 2023 09:51 AM IST

    Depression over Arabian Sea likely to intensify into cyclonic storm: IMD

    In a bulletin, the Met office said the depression lay about 920 km west-southwest of Goa, 1,120 km south-southwest of Mumbai, 1,160 km south of Porbandar and 1,520 km south of Karachi, Pakistan, at 5:30 am.

  • Critical and emerging technologies new frontier of India-US cooperation, says former Obama administration official June 06, 2023 08:39 AM IST

    Critical and emerging technologies new frontier of India-US cooperation, says former Obama administration official

    Arun M Kumar, former assistant secretary of commerce for global markets and director general of the US and foreign commercial service, said India has emerged as a very strong and trusted location with a deep capability to be able to take up a number of areas that have formally been concentrated in China.

  • Allow Indians to work on US defense projects, says Indian-American venture capitalist ahead of PM Modi's Visit June 06, 2023 06:29 AM IST

    Allow Indians to work on US defense projects, says Indian-American venture capitalist ahead of PM Modi's Visit

    Prime Minister Modi, when he comes here, should ask for that, said Venkatesh Shukla, general partner, Monta Vista Capital, and former TiE Global chairperson.

  • India is a strong partner with United States on many levels, says John Kirby June 06, 2023 08:49 AM IST

    India is a strong partner with United States on many levels, says John Kirby

    Kirby said India is a strong partner with the United States on many levels.

  • India in strong position to develop medical countermeasures for equitable drugs, vaccine distribution: WHO official June 05, 2023 02:21 PM IST

    India in strong position to develop medical countermeasures for equitable drugs, vaccine distribution: WHO official

    Under its G20 presidency, India has proposed a medical countermeasure coordination platform to effectively deal with challenges of any Covid-like pandemic.

  • Formation of low-pressure system may critically influence advance of monsoon to Kerala: IMD June 05, 2023 01:36 PM IST

    Formation of low-pressure system may critically influence advance of monsoon to Kerala: IMD

    The weather department, however, did not give a tentative date for the arrival of the monsoon in Kerala.

  • Airline industry to report $9.8 billion net profit this year: IATA June 05, 2023 01:36 PM IST

    Airline industry to report $9.8 billion net profit this year: IATA

    Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said that despite economic uncertainties, people are flying to reconnect, explore and do business. "Latest data shows that passenger traffic is at over 90 per cent of 2019 level".

  • Odisha train accident: Mamata Banerjee cancels Darjeeling trip to take care of injured passengers June 05, 2023 01:23 PM IST

    Odisha train accident: Mamata Banerjee cancels Darjeeling trip to take care of injured passengers

    The Trinamool Congress chief was supposed to visit Darjeeling where she was scheduled to meet members of all political parties in the Hills before the panchayat elections slated this year, secretariat sources said.

  • In last 8 years, pace of development not gone down, but pollution level dipped in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal June 05, 2023 01:19 PM IST

    In last 8 years, pace of development not gone down, but pollution level dipped in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

    Addressing a gathering at Thyagaraj Stadium on the occasion of World Environment Day, he asserted that both PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels "fell by 30 per cent" in 2022 compared to the figures in 2016.

  • Civil aviation ministry, airlines to discuss airfare spike June 05, 2023 12:42 PM IST

    Civil aviation ministry, airlines to discuss airfare spike

    Airfares have jumped significantly on certain routes, especially in the wake of crisis-hit Go First suspending operations from May 3.

  • India strongly raising issue of climate justice with developed countries: PM Modi June 05, 2023 12:17 PM IST

    India strongly raising issue of climate justice with developed countries: PM Modi

    In his video message at a World Environment Day event here, Modi said that for the protection of the world climate it is important that all countries think, rising above selfish interests.

  • India moving ahead with clear roadmap on environment, climate change: PM Modi June 05, 2023 12:12 PM IST

    India moving ahead with clear roadmap on environment, climate change: PM Modi

    Speaking on the occasion of the World Environment Day, he said if India has expanded its 4G and 5G telecom networks, it has also enhanced its forest cover on an equal footing.

  • Modi govt made it easier for global tech companies to establish footprint in India: DocuSign president June 05, 2023 10:51 AM IST

    Modi govt made it easier for global tech companies to establish footprint in India: DocuSign president

    The remarks by Robert Chatwani, president & general manager, Growth at DocuSign came as he spoke about the adoption of technology for governance and other areas in India.

  • 'No intention to hide deaths': Odisha govt on manipulation of crash toll allegation June 05, 2023 08:59 AM IST

    'No intention to hide deaths': Odisha govt on manipulation of crash toll allegation

    Reacting to allegations that the death toll figure was being manipulated, he said Odisha believes in transparency.

  • Balasore train accident: Mamata Banerjee questions official death toll June 05, 2023 06:20 AM IST

    Balasore train accident: Mamata Banerjee questions official death toll

    Mamata Banerjee also asked questions on whether Vande Bharat engines were up to the mark.

  • First train chugs out of accident affected section in Balasore June 05, 2023 06:16 AM IST

    First train chugs out of accident affected section in Balasore

    The goods train was seen off by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as scores of mediapersons and railway officials looked on.

  • To improve chances of survival, focus on post-rail accident rescue efforts June 04, 2023 02:04 PM IST

    To improve chances of survival, focus on post-rail accident rescue efforts

    The objective of the rescue efforts after the Odisha-like train accidents should be to improve the chances of survival by minimising fatalities and injuries. This can be done by having a trained force equipped to deal with such events and also through continous enforcement of a safety culture

  • India’s worst rail disaster in decades convulses country dependent on trains June 04, 2023 12:38 PM IST

    India’s worst rail disaster in decades convulses country dependent on trains

    At least 288 people were killed in what officials in a preliminary government report described as a “three-way accident” in the eastern state of Odisha. Officials said they were investigating signal failure as a possible cause of the crash.

  • Odisha Train Tragedy: 'Possible sabotage' being looked into; Railways seeks CBI probe June 04, 2023 11:04 PM IST

    Odisha Train Tragedy: 'Possible sabotage' being looked into; Railways seeks CBI probe

    The Railways virtually ruled out driver error and system malfunction, indicating a possible "signalling interference" and tampering of the electronic interlocking system behind the accident.

  • In Pics | Deadly train crashes in India June 03, 2023 03:25 PM IST

    In Pics | Deadly train crashes in India

    A look at some of the deadliest train accident in India in recent years

  • Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assesses Odisha train accident site, says rescue and relief are priority June 03, 2023 12:27 PM IST

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assesses Odisha train accident site, says rescue and relief are priority

    The Union Minister also said that a high-level inquiry and independent investigation will be carried out by the rail safety commissioner 

  • Economists look at FY24 with cautious optimism June 03, 2023 08:53 AM IST

    Economists look at FY24 with cautious optimism

    Blockbuster growth numbers for Q4, FY23 not nudging economists to revise their forecasts upwards just yet