Neeraj Kumar, Author at DD India

July 9, 2025 9:48 AM

UK and France must end dependency on US and China, Macron warns

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday Britain and France must work together to counter the world's many destabilising threats and protect Europe from "excessive dependencies" on the United States and China. Macron, in a rare address to bo...

July 9, 2025 9:34 AM

Trump says steep copper tariffs in store as he broadens his trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would impose a 50% tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, broadening his trade war that has rattled markets worldwide. One day after h...

July 8, 2025 4:58 PM

NITI Aayog releases second edition of the North Eastern Region District SDG Index (2023-24)

NITI Aayog on Monday released the second edition of the North Eastern Region (NER) District Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index Report (2023-24). Developed by NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDoNER), with te...

July 8, 2025 4:55 PM

Spain: More than 18,000 people in lockdown as wildfire rages in Catalonia

Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged out of control, consuming almost 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetatio...

July 8, 2025 4:53 PM

Junior doctors in England back strike action over pay demand

Junior doctors in England have voted in favour of taking strike action, their trade union said on Tuesday, threatening Britain's hospitals with a wave of disruption just as the government has started to improve services. Junior doctors, who are also...

July 8, 2025 3:45 PM

Haj Committee of India opens application process for Haj 2026

The Haj Committee of India, under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, officially opened the application process for Haj 2026 on Tuesday, offering Indian Muslims an opportunity to embark on the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. Applications can be submitted ...

July 8, 2025 3:27 PM

With 8% of world’s reserves, India poised to play key role in rare earth elements supply chain

India holds 8 per cent of the world's rare earth element reserves, which gives it the potential of playing a key role in the gradually evolving global supply landscape as China's current dominance is projected to decline, according to a CareEdge repo...

July 8, 2025 2:46 PM

Active monsoon conditions likely to prevail over central India; heavy rain likely in eastern MP: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that active monsoon conditions are likely to prevail over central parts of the country during next 4-5 days, with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall (over 21 cm) at isolated locations...

July 8, 2025 3:17 PM

Bihar govt approves 35 percent job quota for women, sets up Youth Commission

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Tuesday approved 35 percent reservation in all state government jobs for women who are permanent residents of the state. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whi...

July 8, 2025 1:43 PM

BRICS must amplify voice of Global South: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while attending the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, underscored the importance of the BRICS grouping in representing the interest...