Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI photo) New Delhi: India and Russia on Friday vowed to scale up bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030, with PM Narendra Modi saying the target could be ach-ieved “well ahead of schedule”.“Considering the tremendous potential in our partnership, I am confident that we…
NEW DELHI: Govt has put on hold the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms for pilots with “immediate effect for now” and expects normalcy in IndiGo operations to be restored by Dec 15.The aviation ministry’s decision came Friday when over 1,000 IndiGo flights — more than half its schedule — were cancelled, with none…
NEW DELHI: India remains the centre of malaria transmission in the WHO South-East Asia Region, accounting for 73.3% of all estimated cases and nearly 89% of malaria deaths in 2024, even as the region records one of the world’s steepest declines in malaria, World Malaria Report 2025 showed.The region logged 4.79 lakh cases in 2024…
IMPHAL: Over 150 metres of fence in newly constructed section along Myanmar border in Manipur’s Chandel district was cut in the second instance of such a security breach in the state in four months. Officials said they had zeroed in on the suspects but declined to reveal their identities, citing ongoing investigations. The “sabotage” was…
TN defends defying HC order in SC NEW DELHI: While continuing its defiance of orders from Madras HC allowing lighting of the ‘Karthigai Deepam’ atop Thiruparankundram hills, Tamil Nadu’s DMK govt on Friday requested Supreme Court for an early hearing on its appeal but got no such assurance from CJI Surya Kant.When a counsel mentioned…
NEW DELHI: In an important takeaway from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first official visit to India since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, India and Russia on Friday decided to expand cooperation in nuclear energy, with the two sides discussing the possibility of building a second nuclear power plant with Russian-designed reactors.“The Indian…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a Sikh British Columbia resident and long-serving Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) superintendent has sued the Govt of India in Ontario Superior court, alleging he was falsely vilified through a malicious state-linked propaganda.His suit, filed this Tuesday (December 2), claims India’s “disinformation campaign” turned him from a respected CBSA…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday invoked India’s slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” during the presidential dinner hosted in his honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan, saying the phrase reflected the true character of India–Russia relations.Putin highlighted cooperation between the two nations in the emerging Eurasian space and said the partnership aimed at building an…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: At a time the Trump administration is attriting India’s security and economy with punitive tariffs and indulgence towards hostile neighbors, the new US 2025 National Security Strategy wants to enlist New Delhi to prevent domination by “any single competitor nation” while advancing its own primacy. The 29-page report released on Friday…
