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July 3, 2026
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged state governments to make exports a top governance priority and fully utilise the BHAVYA Industrial Parks Scheme, while setting an ambitious target of achieving $1 trillion in exports. Addressing the Board of Trade (BoT) meeting in New Delhi, Goyal unveiled a seven-point action agenda for states, Export Promotion Councils (EPCs), industry bodies and exporters aimed at accelerating India's export growth through closer Centre-State...
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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that, for the first time, 40 metric tonnes (MT) of biscuits manufactured in Varanasi have been exported to Oman under the India-Oman Comprehensive Economi...
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Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Friday said democracies thrive when the press informs, questions and promotes informed public debate while remaining committed to facts, credibility and the highest professional standards. He added that press freedom is me...
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi concluded her three-day official visit to India on Friday after holding wide-ranging discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 16th India-Japan An...
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Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Lt. General (Retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain will visit Iran on July 3 to attend the funeral ceremony of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader of Iran. The Ministry of...
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday underscored the importance of deepening strategic cooperation with India, saying that a "free, prosperous, and rules-based Indo-Pacific" remains a shared priority for both countries. She also said that Prime M...
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The United Arab Emirates has achieved a historic milestone in its transport infrastructure today. The first Etihad Rail passenger train has completed its inaugural trial journey, travelling from Fujai...
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India and the European Union (EU) held the 12th India-EU Human Rights Dialogue in New Delhi on Wednesday. The dialogue was co-chaired by Piyush Srivastava, Additional Secretary (Europe West) in India'...
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Three International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing that the measures were unlawful. In the lawsuit filed in the federal court in Manhattan, judges Ki...
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Russia has announced that its scientists have developed a vaccine against a new strain of the Ebola virus linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Russian Embassy in South Africa, in a post on social media platform X on Tu...
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The first International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit, originally scheduled to be held in New Delhi on June 1, has been postponed following the rescheduling of the Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS IV), the government said on Thursday. The summit was pl...
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