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November 20, 2024 9:01 AM

PM Modi, Australian PM Albanese hold 2nd India-Australia Annual Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese held the 2nd India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. Both leaders reiterated their commitment to further advance Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in areas including defe...

November 19, 2024 10:22 PM

Brainstorming session on ‘Treatment of PDS items in HCES & CPI compilation’ to be held on Nov 20

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will organize a brainstorming session on the treatment of Public Distribution System (PDS) items in the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey and Consumer Price Index (CPI) compilation tomorrow in New Delhi. In a statement, MoS...

November 19, 2024 10:15 PM

Railways to add 1,000 new general coaches to over 370 trains by month-end

Around one thousand new general coaches will be added to more than 370 trains by the end of this month to ensure smooth travel for the passengers. Talking to the media in New Delhi today, Executive Director of Information Publicity in Railways Board Dilip Kumar said that the railways have decided to...

November 20, 2024 6:03 AM

19th G20 Summit concludes; Brazil hands over presidency to South Africa

The 19th G20 Summit has ended with Brazil's President Lula Da Silva handing over the presidency to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday. In his closing address, President Lula talked about various initiatives taken under Brazil's presidency. The initiatives are, launching of ...

November 19, 2024 9:40 PM

PM Modi participates 3rd session of G20 Summit on Sustainable Development & Energy Transition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the 3rd Session of the G20 Summit on Sustainable Development and Energy Transition at Rio De Janeiro in Brazil today. Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Randhir Jaiswal said Mr Modi highlighted the importance of accelerating efforts to ensure a...

November 19, 2024 9:27 PM

HM Amit Shah inaugurates ₹21 cr lake & public park in Gujarat

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah inaugurated a newly constructed lake and public park in Shela, Ahmedabad, in the presence of Padma Bhushan awardee Rajinikanth Shroff today. Developed at an estimated cost of ₹21 crore, the project aims to enhance the ecological and recreational infrastructure of the...

November 19, 2024 9:13 PM

Germany assumes sabotage in damage to Baltic Sea telecom cables

Germany has said it assumes that the damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea was an act of sabotage. German Defence Minister Boris said today it is difficult to believe that the cables between Finland and Germany, and between Sweden and Lithuania, were accidentally severed. ...

November 19, 2024 9:07 PM

Hezbollah rocket commander killed in airstrike in Lebanon: Israel’s military

Israel's military announced today that it killed Ali Tawfiq Dweiq, the commander of Hezbollah's medium-range rocket unit, in an airstrike on southern Lebanon yesterday. In a statement, the Israeli military said, Ali Tawfiq Dweiq was killed by the Israeli Air Force in the village of Kfar Jo...

November 19, 2024 9:05 PM

Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh calls for collective global action on climate change at CoP29

Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh has called all nations to put up a collective fight against Climate Change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement. Mr Singh said this while delivering India’s statemen...

November 19, 2024 9:01 PM

Delhi-NCR air quality in severe category with AQI reaching 470

The air quality in Delhi-NCR is in the severe category, with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 446 as of 8 this evening. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, some parts of the city have breached the 450 AQI levels. Delhi's Sonia Vihar station was recorded at 470, Anand Vihar at 465,...