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September 20, 2025 2:50 PM

Brazil will be first to invest in global forest fund

Brazil will become the first country to announce an investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral funding mechanism it has proposed to support conservation of endangered forests globally, three people with knowledge of the plans...

September 20, 2025 1:46 PM

Consumer Affairs Dept enables GST grievance redressal on National Consumer Helpline

The Department of Consumer Affairs has enabled GST grievance redressal on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) as part of the Next-Gen GST Reforms 2025, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Saturday. A dedicated GST c...

September 20, 2025 1:11 PM

Cyberattack causes disruption at European airports including Heathrow, Brussels

A cyberattack targeting a service provider for check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin, causing flight delays and cancellations, the operators said. T...

September 20, 2025 3:07 PM

PM Modi inaugurates development projects in Gujarat, stresses importance of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' programme on Saturday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several development projects across multiple sectors worth more than Rs 34,200 crore while also stressing the importa...

September 20, 2025 10:22 AM

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Morocco on Sept 22-23

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay a two-day official visit to Morocco from September 22-23 at the invitation of the country’s Minister Delegate of National Defence Abdeltif Loudiyi, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday. This will be the fir...

September 20, 2025 8:59 AM

India-New Zealand FTA talks advance in Queenstown, next round set for October

The third round of negotiations for the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded on Friday in Queenstown, New Zealand, marking significant progress toward a balanced and mutually beneficial trade pact. The talks, held from September 15 ...

September 19, 2025 4:31 PM

ABVP sweeps DUSU polls by winning President, 2 posts; NSUI gets VP

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Friday wrested the President’s position from the Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), as Aryan Maan bagged the top post an...

September 19, 2025 4:02 PM

India re-elected to Universal Postal Union’s governing councils

India has been re-elected to the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at the 28th Congress of the UN agency held in Dubai, the government said on Friday. The re-election underscor...

September 19, 2025 3:04 PM

Rajnath Singh pays tribute to 1965 war heroes, recalls Abdul Hamid’s valour

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday interacted with veterans and families of soldiers who fought in the 1965 India-Pakistan war, as the Army commemorated the diamond jubilee of the conflict with a solemn ceremony at South Block in Delhi. Singh ...

September 19, 2025 11:48 AM

French unions strike against austerity, pressuring Macron

Hundreds of thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France on Thursday, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts. Teachers, train drivers, ph...