State should partner with the private sector and support firms, especially midsized ones, that want to open up new markets. 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 04 2024 | 9:38 AM IST By Mihir Sharma Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his “Make in India” policies shortly after being elected prime … Read more
File photo of PM Modi chairing meeting of his Cabinet. (PTI Photo) 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 04 2024 | 10:05 AM IST The Union cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made several key decisions on Thursday (October 3), including measures aimed at enhancing farmers’ incomes and ensuring food security for the … Read more
Washington: U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 250 Americans and their relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. In Washington, senior State Department and White House officials met Thursday with two top Arab American officials to discuss U.S. … Read more
Stock Market LIVE Updates, Friday, October 4, 2024: Indian benchmark equity indices, after having opened lower on Friday, were trading flat. At 10 AM, the BSE Sensex was at 82,601, up 104.89 points, or 0.13 per cent, while the Nifty 50 was at 25,281, up 31 points, or 0.12 per cent. More than half … Read more
Beirut: The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a UN-declared buffer zone, signalling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group. Meanwhile, Israeli forces said they had struck around 200 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, including weapons-storage facilities and … Read more
Share market today, October 04, 2024: Benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are set for a shaky opening on October 04, 2024, amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The fallout from Israel’s airstrikes on central Beirut, which resulted in at least six fatalities, has left investors anxious as the region braces for further … Read more
A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud is seized of various pleas on the issue. | Photo: Shutterstock 5 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:30 PM IST If sexual acts by a man with his own wife is made punishable as “rape”, it may severely impact the conjugal … Read more
The media is buzzing with tales of a whopping Rs 50 crore heist from a retired IAS officer’s high residence in the tranquil hills of Uttarakhand. What’s drawing attention is not just the theft, but also the great question — how did such a hefty sum of money get there in the first place? The … Read more
Social roles evolve over the long term. Today’s “mother” need not be a female and a “father” not necessarily male. In the context of increasingly degenderized institutional roles, recent social policy reversals in Russia, China and the United States come as surprises — not least because equality is a central tenet of both socialism and … Read more
An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Lebanese capital has killed nine people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of Beirut. There was no warning before … Read more