SURAT TO UDAIPUR VANDE BHARAT TRAIN
NEW DELHI: The diamond and textile city of Surat is finally getting its first Vande Bharat Express. The Ministry of Railways has approved a new service between Surat and Udaipur, giving travellers from central and south Gujarat a faster connection to Rajasthan’s popular tourist city. The train will run six days a week and is […]
PM MODI OPENS BRICS SUMMIT STRESSING ON “CONSENSUS, NOT AGAINST ANYONE”
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability as he greeted world leaders at the BRICS Summit that began in New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam. Addressing the leaders, PM Modi said BRICS nations will move ahead with consensus and not against anyone. BRICS has made its identity at world […]
BRICKS SUMMIT BEGINS WITH NEW DELHI DECLARATION
photo courtesy : The Economic Times NEW DELHI: In a big breakthrough for India’s chairship of the BRICS Summit, the grouping has agreed on a joint statement. The BRICS New Delhi Declaration “deplores” all kinds of aggression without naming any country, which assumes great significance in the view of ongoing conflict in West Asia. The […]
Potato Purge at Mira Road Academy: When ‘Science’ Declared War on the Humble Aloo
photo courtesy : Free Press Journal In the hallowed halls of Seven Square Academy in Mira Road, a quiet revolution nearly reshaped Indian childhood nutrition this week. On the auspicious occasion of Paryushan, the school—managed by the family trust of BJP MLA Narendra Mehta—issued a landmark advisory. Parents were “humbly requested” to ensure children’s tiffin […]
BRICS SUMMIT: 4 BILLION PEOPLE, 6,000 NUKES
NEW DELHI: India is preparing for the BRICS Summit on September 12 and 13, with the meeting bringing together leaders of 11 member countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are among the leaders who will land in India for the summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The national capital will […]
PM Modi-Putin Talks: India-Russia Target $100 Billion Trade by 2030
New Delhi, 11 September– Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks here today, with an ambitious $100-billion bilateral trade target by 2030, expanded industrial cooperation, defence cooperation and civil nuclear partnership among the key issues figuring in their discussions. The talks at Bharat Mandapam come a day before the 18th BRICS […]
BRICS at Twenty: From Acronym to Arena of a Fractured Order
Twenty years after foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China first gathered on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the expanded BRICS grouping convenes its leaders in New Delhi this weekend. India, a founding member, hosts the 18th summit under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” […]
DELHI HOTELS HOSTING BRICS DELEGATES
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s luxury hotels are turning into high-security diplomatic zones ahead of the BRICS Summit on September 12 and 13. More than 3,000 hotel rooms have been booked across the capital for BRICS delegates, partner nations, and senior global officials. At some luxury properties, room tariffs have crossed Rs 2 lakh a night. Here […]
RAJASTHAN CIVIC POLLS IS CM BHAJAN LAL’S MID-TERM REFERENDUM
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan’s urban electorate is voting in elections that could turn out to be much more than a contest for councillor posts. Across 309 urban local bodies in 41 districts, voters are electing 10,245 councillors in a two-phase exercise (September 9 and 11), with counting scheduled for September 14. The exercise covers 10 municipal […]
RAIN LASHES DELHI A DAY BEFORE BRICS SUMMIT
NEW DELHI: Parts of the national capital were lashed by heavy rain on Friday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert warning of more intense showers over the next few hours. The downpour has triggered waterlogging at several spots across the city, disrupting the usual flow of traffic during peak hours. […]
