Mexican President says no need to expedite review of USMCA

January 24, 2025 6:28 PM

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Mexican President says no need to expedite review of USMCA

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said, there is no need to expedite a review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) which was proposed by her US counterpart Donald Trump. Speaking at a press conference in Mexico City yesterday, Ms. Sheinbaum emphasised that according to the decr...

Major Asian markets display mixed response

January 24, 2025 6:03 PM

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Major Asian markets display mixed response

Major Asian indices displayed mixed trends today. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surged over 1.8 percent, South Korea's Kospi gained over 0.8 percent, and China's Shanghai Composite Index added almost 0.7 percent. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei as well as Singapore's Straits Times index ended nearly flat, w...

Australia: Major airports witness disruption due to ground workers’ strike

January 24, 2025 5:55 PM

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Australia: Major airports witness disruption due to ground workers’ strike

International travellers have been warned to expect disruptions at Australia's major airports as ground workers strike. More than 1,000 ground workers employed by aviation services companies at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports today reportedly staged four-hour work stoppages amid an ongoing p...

Sensex ends week’s last trading session with losses

January 24, 2025 5:43 PM

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Sensex ends week’s last trading session with losses

  Benchmark domestic equity indices today ended the week's last trading session with losses, snapping its two-day gaining streak. The 30-share index at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, shed 330 points, or 0.43 per cent, to close at 76,190. Similarly, the National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 fell 113 p...

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Visit China for Bilateral Talks

January 24, 2025 5:28 PM

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Visit China for Bilateral Talks

    Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be on a two-day visit to China from Sunday for a meeting of the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism between India and China. Briefing media in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, the Foreign Secretary will be me...

VP & PM pay tributes to Karpuri Thakur on his birth anniversary

January 24, 2025 4:11 PM

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VP & PM pay tributes to Karpuri Thakur on his birth anniversary

          Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to former Bihar Chief Minister Bharat Ratna Karpuri Thakur on his birth anniversary. In a social media post, the Vice President said that Karpoori Thakur was the Messiah of Social Justice, and he implemented...

Union Minister Manohar Lal inaugurates 1st 24-hour drinking water supply project

January 24, 2025 2:01 PM

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Union Minister Manohar Lal inaugurates 1st 24-hour drinking water supply project

Union Urban Affairs and Power Minister Manohar Lal Kattar today inaugurated a 24-hour water supply project in Karimnagar in Telangana. The project is the first such project to supply 24-hour drinking water supply. The pilot project initiated in 5 divisions of Karimnagar, has been taken up for 18 cro...