Category: Breaking News

Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports announced last week has come into effect from Thursday. The country, which is the world’s largest producer of palm oil, later clarified that the export ban will not be applicable to crude palm oil but will only cover refined, bleached, deodorised (RBD) palm oil. Why the Ban? Indonesia announced the ban on the export of palm oil in view of a severe shortage and skyrocketing prices of edible oil in the Southeast Asian nation. The world cooking oil supply has been in a huge supply…

PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the summit under “Mission 2026” to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of the community. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Patidar Business Summit on Friday through video conferencing, the PMO said. Sardardham, an organisation of Patidars, a numerically strong caste in Gujarat, is organizing the summit under “Mission 2026” to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of the community. The summit is organized every two years, the PMO said, adding the first two summits were held in Gandhinagar in 2018…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he shared the US Senator perspective that India-US was alliance of good and would have an impact on Chinese Communist Party’s future moves. With White House announcing the QUAD summit during US President Joseph Biden’s bilateral visit to Japan and South Korea on May 24, Washington has signaled that it has not forgotten Indo-Pacific amidst the never-ending turmoil in Ukraine. While the White House statement makes it clear that President Biden will build on more than an year of intensive diplomacy with the Indo-Pacific…

A lawyers’ group called ‘Lawyers for Justice’ will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on April 29, along with victims of post-poll violence from Bengal. A delegation of ten advocates, who are part of an association named ‘Lawyers for Justice’, said on Wednesday they will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on April 29 to demand justice for the victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal last year. The delegation will meet with Home Minister Amit Shah on the same day. The association’s convener, Kabir Shankar Bose, told a press conference that…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with chief ministers on Wednesday to discuss the country’s emerging Covid-19 situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conferencing, an official said. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation at the conference. “PM Modi will interact with CMs on the Covid-related situation in the country through video conferencing tomorrow at 12 noon,” the official said. With several festivals coming up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged…

With Macron getting re-elected as French president for the second term with a resounding vote, PM Modi is expected to drop by in Paris to meet and greet the leader of one of India’s closest bilateral partners. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Europe from May 2 to 6 to have bilateral meetings with re-elected French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz, apart from addressing the India-Nordic summit in Copenhagen, according to people familiar with the matter. With Macron getting re-elected as French president for…

China has accelerated efforts to extend its strategic and economic clout over India’s neighbours. Here’s how New Delhi is trying to contain Beijing. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that trade, commerce, defence, and clean energy figured prominently in his talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Both countries also launched their Global Innovation Partnership (GIP) as the two leaders discussed bolstering the innovation ecosystem to benefit start-ups. GIP is expected to lend a template to use the Trilateral Development Corporation (TDC) Fund for projects with other countries like…

Actor Anupam Kher met PM Modi and posted photographs of the same on social media on Saturday evening. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and posted photographs of the same on his official social media handles on Saturday evening. He presented the prime minister with a rudraksh mala (prayer beads) sent by his mother. In his tweet, Anupam Kher wrote in Hindi, “Respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was a great pleasure to meet you. The hard work you are doing day and night for countrymen is…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson agreed to constitute a sub-group on countering extremism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Friday expressed “zero tolerance” for terrorism in all its forms and reiterated their condemnation of Mumbai and Pathankot terror attacks. In their wide-ranging talks, Modi and Johnson agreed to constitute a sub-group on countering extremism in order to further enhance cooperation between India and the UK in ensuring that all possible actions are taken against groups and individuals based in or…

To mark the 400th anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin and a postage stamp on Thursday. Modi addressed the nation from the historic Red Fort to mark the celebrations. “I am happy that today our country is moving forward with full devotion to the ideals of our gurus. On this virtuous occasion, I bow at the feet of all ten gurus. Hearty congratulations to all of you on the occasion of Prakash Parv,” he said from the ramparts of the Red…