India in Davos: Union minister rules out trade talks at WEF; assures New Delhi’s engagement on other fronts

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday clarified that while India remains engaged with major global powers, the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos is largely a platform for the exchange of ideas rather than a venue for formal group-to-group trade negotiations.Responding to a query on whether India would hold meetings with the US delegation at…

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SC refuses reprieve to any builder in CBI probe on nexus with banks | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said on Tuesday that prima facie it is convinced that there was a calculated and deep-rooted conspiracy between realtors and financial institutions to exploit the subvention scheme, causing harassment to homebuyers who kept paying EMIs for years for flats which remain elusive. In response to several builders’ plea that homebuyers have…

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CAT quashes CBIC charges against Sameer Wankhede | India News

Sameer Wankhede (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Sameer Wankhede — the IRS-Customs officer who left Narcotics Control Bureau under controversial circumstances over a botched up probe in a drug-related case involving Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son — on Monday got a reprieve from Central Administrative Tribunal, which set aside the disciplinary charges framed against him…

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First thing I did after reaching space was to locate countries of my father, mother; I missed meeting Grp Capt Shukla on ISS who came after I left: Sunita Williams | India News

NEW DELHI: “When I reached International Space Station for the first time, the first thing I did was to locate India (on Earth), from where my father belonged to, and Slovenia, from where my mother belonged,” said Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams in Delhi on Tuesday — the only female astronaut who has set the…

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