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August 20, 2026 2:27 PM
India will host the 12th BRICS Communications Ministers Meeting on August 21 under its BRICS Chairship, with Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya M Scindia set to chair the meeting. Communications Ministers and senior representatives f...
August 20, 2026 2:17 PM
India and Japan on Thursday agreed to further deepen defence and maritime security cooperation, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi signing a Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Security Cooperation in ...
August 20, 2026 12:41 PM
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Thursday inspected the ceremonial Guard of Honour at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Koizumi, who is on a visit to India, also laid a wreath at the Na...
August 20, 2026 12:28 PM
The 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council commenced at Kovalam near Chennai on Thursday with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the chair. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay felicitated Shah on the occasion. The meeting, being held at a se...
August 20, 2026 12:26 PM
Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and Jitin Prasada on Thursday met Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at The Istana in Singapore, as part of India’s high-level engagement with the Southeast Asian nation. The meet...
August 20, 2026 12:16 PM
India on Thursday delivered medicines and medical consumables to a government hospital in Kabul, reaffirming its continued humanitarian assistance and health partnership with the people of Afghanistan. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said...
August 20, 2026 11:51 AM
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises organised a national seminar at IIT Madras, Chennai, to help MSMEs strengthen their export readiness and leverage digital commerce to access national and international markets. The seminar, titled ...
August 20, 2026 11:39 AM
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday chaired a review meeting to assess the national capital’s preparedness for the upcoming BRICS Summit 2026, scheduled to be held on September 12 and 13. Emphasising the significance of Del...
August 20, 2026 10:57 AM
India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on Wednesday (local time) hosted Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and members of the Gujarati diaspora at India House in Washington, with discussions focusing on Gujarat's efforts to attract glo...
August 20, 2026 10:43 AM
Harry Kane said the Premier League no longer holds the same draw for him and that he is fully focused on Bayern Munich amid continued speculation about a return to England. The 33-year-old left Tottenham Hotspur for Bayern in 2023 and has won two Bu...
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