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August 30, 2025 3:24 PM

Social security net widens: Govt plans cover for gig, platform workers under e-Shram, Ayushman Bharat

India’s gig economy — projected to employ 2.35 crore workers by 2029-30 — is set to receive a significant social security boost with the government pushing measures to extend healthcare and welfare benefits to platform-based workers. According...

August 29, 2025 6:48 PM

Daruma doll: PM Modi receives ‘unique’ gift during Japan visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day official visit to Japan (August 29–30) for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, was presented with a traditional Daruma doll on Friday. The gift was offered by the Chief Priest of Darumaji Temple, R...

August 29, 2025 6:15 PM

India, Japan set 10-year roadmap with focus on security, innovation, and $65 billion investment target

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Friday unveiled a comprehensive 10-year roadmap aimed at deepening strategic, economic, and technological cooperation between India and Japan. The announcement came after wi...

August 29, 2025 11:39 AM

India Japan ties: A friendship forged through centuries

India and Japan’s relations, elevated to a ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’, date back centuries. It is a relationship marked by a civilizational connection, as Buddhism spread from India to the world. According to the Ministry of For...

August 28, 2025 10:44 PM

PM Modi embarks on two-day visit to Japan for 15th India-Japan annual summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed from New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day official visit to Japan, from August 29 to 30, to attend the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit. This is his first standalone visit to Japan in nearly seven years. The visit ...

August 28, 2025 7:02 PM

Iran’s ambassador, leaving Sydney after expulsion, decries ‘lies’

Iran ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi, arriving at Sydney Airport before an expulsion deadline, on Thursday rejected as "lies" Australia's accusation that Tehran had directed antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, . Australia gave ...

August 28, 2025 4:00 PM

The ‘land swap’ that wasn’t: Inside Trump’s frantic dash for Ukraine peace

Shortly after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow on August 6, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered major news to Donald Trump: The Russian president was prepared to offer significant territorial concessions to end his war in Ukraine. Following W...

August 28, 2025 4:42 PM

PM Modi hails 11 years of Jan Dhan Yojana; 56 crore accounts, ₹2.68 lakh crore deposits

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the world’s largest financial inclusion programme, has completed 11 years, with more than 56 crore bank accounts opened under the scheme and deposits crossing ₹2.68 lakh crore, the finance ministry said...

August 28, 2025 4:42 PM

Trump holds Gaza policy meeting with Tony Blair and Jared Kushner

U.S President Donald Trump presided over a policy meeting on Israel's war in Gaza and post-war plans for the Palestinian territory on Wednesday with input from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner,...

August 28, 2025 9:56 AM

All UN Security Council members, except US, say famine in Gaza is ‘man-made crisis’

All United Nations Security Council members, except the United States, on Wednesday said the famine in Gaza was a “manmade crisis” and warned that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is banned under international humanitarian law...

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