Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

January 31, 2025 11:25 AM

PM Modi hails 2025-26 Budget Session as first in a decade free from foreign interference

Ahead of the Budget Session for 2025-26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media on Friday, highlighting that this is the first Parliament session since 2014 where he has observed "no foreign interference" in India's affairs. In his remar...

January 31, 2025 12:20 PM

PM Modi highlights innovation, inclusion and investment as key to India’s future as Budget session begins

Ahead of the Budget session on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his government's commitment to all-round development in its third term, highlighting innovation, inclusion, and investment as the key pillars of India’s economic growth ...

January 31, 2025 10:33 AM

Mexico president to Google: Wrong to accept Trump’s Gulf of Mexico name change

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America." Sheinbaum present...

January 31, 2025 10:06 AM

‘Deeply saddened, we stand in solidarity with US’, PM Modi expresses grief on Washington DC plane collision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Washington DC midair plane-helicopter collision and said that India stands in solidarity with the people of the US. PM Modi in his post on X wrote that he was deepl...

January 30, 2025 5:03 PM

Man shot dead in Sweden ahead of court verdict over Koran burning; five people arrested

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, and five people were arrested over the shootingon Thursday. The five were arrested in con...

January 30, 2025 4:38 PM

Sensex, Nifty extend gains ahead of Union Budget

India's benchmark indices continued their upward momentum on Thursday, marking the third consecutive session of gains ahead of the Union Budget 2025-26. Both the Sensex and Nifty ended in positive territory, buoyed by investor optimism. At the close...

January 30, 2025 3:31 PM

National Critical Minerals Mission to cut dependence on imports, support Net Zero goal: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the National Critical Minerals Mission, approved by the Cabinet, aims to reduce import dependence, strengthen domestic value chains and support India's 'Net Zero by 2070' goal. Responding to an arti...

January 30, 2025 2:55 PM

Trump issues orders to promote school choice, end “anti-American” teaching

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders to promote parental choice in school selection and end federal funding for curricula that he called the "indoctrination" of students in "anti-American" ideologies on race and gender. The tw...

January 30, 2025 2:46 PM

Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash

Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision over Washington on Wednesday night. Audio from LiveATC.net, a respected ...

January 30, 2025 2:21 PM

Maharashtra records second suspected GBS death, cases rise to 127

Maharashtra recorded the second suspected fatality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with the death of a 56-year-old woman on Sinhagad Road in Pune. The woman died on Tuesday following respiratory failure with sepsis and was suffering from oral cance...