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MUMBAI: In a major step towards strengthening India’s nuclear diplomacy, Atomic Energy Commission chairperson AK Mohanty announced that the country is ready to share its nuclear expertise and experience in indigenous technology development, capacity building, closed fuel cycles and peaceful applications as a frontline nuclear power with proven capabilities.Speaking at the 70th International Atomic Energy … Read more

Omar praises Centre for Brics SRINAGAR: The condemnation of Pahalgam terror attack in the Brics declaration earned praise for India’s foreign policy from Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday, but the National Conference vice-president hit out at the Centre over what he called an attempt to bring in the Uniform Civil Code … Read more

Meena Mishra, director of DRDO’s Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) led her team that is behind the successful development of indigenous GaN MMIC technology. NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated and implemented indigenous Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (GaN MMIC) Technology for high-frequency defence systems that can support next-generation … Read more

If BJP wins Nagaon, party will secure all 126 Assam seats in 2031: Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarm on Tuesday made a big claim that BJP could win all 126 assembly seats in the state in the 2031 Vidhan Sabha elections if it wins the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll … Read more

Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle. (Reuters file photo) NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and settlements and left … Read more

Bengal CM prayed at Kalighat temple and had fish-basanti pulao prasad. West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari last week offered prayers at the Kalighat Temple on the occasion of ‘Kaushiki Amavasya’ and partook of a traditional bhog that included fish and ‘basanti pulao’. Interestingly, the timing of the visit gave the ritual a political context.The … Read more

Owaisi on Amit Shah’s UCC push NEW DELHI: AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday turned to the Constitution to counter Union home minister Amit Shah‘s push to implement the Uniform Civil Code in all 21 NDA-ruled states by 2029. Hyderabad MP said that the Bhartiya Janata Party is using the proposed law to target Muslims … Read more

File photo: Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday adopted a cautious position on the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary saying the party will first study the legislation and will not oppose it “for no reason” if its provisions are … Read more

Omar praises Centre for Brics NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday heaped praise on the foreign policy of PM Narendra Modi-led Centre and recently held Beics Summit in Delhi. Omar Abdullah said the Brics declaration condemning Pakistan-backed Pahalgam terror attack was a major diplomatic win.J&K CM remarks came after India … Read more

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted Swatantra Bhardwaj interim bail for three weeks in connection with the alleged assault of the father of a Dalit student-activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar.Bhardwaj is facing charges in connection with the alleged assault during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in June. … Read more