Officials say the geopolitical situation and twin goals of boosting defence self-reliance and exports prompted the government to allocate 13 per cent of the total budget to the sectorThe Narendra Modi government has given defence the highest sectoral allocation in its pre-Lok Sabha election Interim Budget 2024—the key announcements including a whopping 30 per cent outlay hike for the Border Roads

Paris: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been formally launched at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Indian Embassy in France said on Friday and termed it as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "vision of taking UPI global." The UPI was formally launched at the Republic Day reception held in France.In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in France stated, "UPI formally launched at the iconic

Surrey: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has launched an investigation into an overnight shooting incident at the South Surrey residence of Simranjeet Singh, a friend of India-designated Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada-based CBC news has reported.In a statement, Surry RCMP said that they responded to reports of gunshots just after 1:20 am Thursday at a residence located

The Indian Air Force will display its full spectrum of combat and fire capabilities during Exercise Vayu Shakti-2024 at the Pokhran range close to the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan on February 17. Fighter jet Rafale, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand and Apache attack helicopters will be among the assets taking part in the exercise for the first time, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal

New Delhi: Nobel laureate and Danish Professor Morten Meldal called on Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh and discussed bilateral cooperation in pharmaceuticals and promoting chemistry studies among schoolchildren, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a press release on Friday.Professor Meldal was jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the groundbreaking development

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Australian High
Commissioner Philip Green

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Australian High
Commissioner to India Philip Green on Friday and discussed the bilateral
partnership between the two countries.

The EAM will also be heading to Perth for the Indian Ocean Conference 2024
later this year.

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