Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her address at the Uzbekistan-India Business Forum on Friday, emphasised the vast trade opportunities between India and Uzbekistan.
The EU representative highlighted that harassment, intimidation and surveillance are faced by human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, media workers, writers and intellectuals, including even at the transnational level.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin visited the family of the late CPI-(Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and recalled the cherished memories with the leader on Friday.
"These large monopolists have control of the political system and they are organising a systematic attack on you people. GST was designed to hurt you people, demonetisation was designed to hurt you, people, and import duties were designed to hurt you people," he added.
India and Uzbekistan have signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to assure appropriate protection to Uzbekistan investors in India and Indian investors in the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Friday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed over a memorandum requesting release of central funds under the Samagara Siksha Scheme and approval of Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase-II under 50:50 equity sharing basis.
The Bombay High Court is reviewing a petition from Akshay Shinde's family, seeking permission for his burial after facing difficulties in finding a site.
The complaint of a parent that their child was made to sit on an electric chair by staff of a private school here was found to be false, said an education department officer.
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to form an SIT to look into the matter of Badlapur encounter and sought to issue direction to Central Government, all the State Governments and Union Territories of the Country to ensure that their law enforcing agencies/ police machiner
Superintendent of police (SP City), Pramod Kumar on Friday ensured strict action against the accused involved in the stone pelting incident between two communities in Dehradun on Thursday night.
A Special Court in Bengaluru has directed the Lokayukta police in Mysuru to file a criminal case against the state's Chief Minister and others over alleged illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites valued at Rs 56 crore to his wife by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, emphasized the urgent need for sustainable and resilient infrastructure, especially in light of the global challenges posed by climate change and geopolitical tensions.