India, US may focus on goods sector in first phase of trade agreement: Sources
New Delhi: India and the US are likely to focus on goods in the first phase and services in the next tranche under the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), sources said. Both sides have aimed at concluding the first phase by by fall (September-October) of this year. India and the US have decided to hold […]
Govt agrees to raise stake in Voda Idea to 49 pc with fresh share acquisition worth Rs 37,000 cr
New Delhi: The government has agreed to raise stake in Vodafone Idea to 48.99 per cent with fresh acquisition of shares worth Rs 36,950 crore in lieu of outstanding spectrum auction dues, the company said in a regulatory filing on Sunday. The government is the single-largest shareholder in the debt-ridden Vodafone Idea with 22.6 per […]
Mother Dairy to invest Rs 600 cr in new fruits, vegetable processing plants
New Delhi: Mother Dairy plans to invest about Rs 600 crore to establish two new fruit and vegetable processing plants in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, a top company official said. The dairy major, which has a significant presence in Delhi-NCR milk market, will spend more than Rs 400 crore on a plant at Itola near […]
ChatGPT faces outage amid Ghibli art frenzy; OpenAI says services back on track
New Delhi: ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, was down for several users on Sunday with its servers overwhelmed by a surge in demand for its new Studio Ghibli-style image generation feature. However, the developer soon updated saying all impacted services have been “fully recovered”. Reports of the outage began surfacing Saturday evening, […]
India’s merchandise exports may fall slightly to USD 435 billion in 2024-25: GTRI
New Delhi: The country’s merchandise exports, which have been contracting since October last year, are expected to decline slightly by the end of this fiscal year and fall below USD 435 billion, think tank GTRI said on Sunday. Exports dipped 10.85 per cent in February to USD 36.91 billion due to volatility in petroleum prices […]
Nine people including Indian arrested for looting departmental store in Kathmandu
Kathmandu: At least nine people, including an Indian national, were arrested for their involvement in looting various items from a departmental store during the pro-monarchy protest in Nepal, police said. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, a resident of Patna in Bihar, was among those arrested for looting the Bhatbhateni Departmental Store during Friday’s protest and vandalism. The […]
‘Eid of sadness’: Palestinians in Gaza mark Muslim holiday with dwindling food, no end to war
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate Sunday as they marked the normally festive Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and renewed fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, health officials said. Many prayed outside demolished mosques on the […]
2 killed and dozens wounded in Russian attack on Kharkiv as Trump lashes out at Putin
Kyiv: Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping center and apartment blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while US President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the […]
14 Chinese nationals injured in Myanmar earthquake: Embassy
Beijing/Yangon: Fourteen Chinese nationals were injured in the massive earthquake that struck Myanmar, the Chinese embassy confirmed on Sunday. The 7.7 magnitude quake hit midday Friday with an epicentre near Myanmar’s Mandalay city, killing more than 1,600 people and leaving countless others buried. The Chinese embassy in Myanmar said that 14 Chinese nationals were also […]
Tsunami warning lifted after 7.1 earthquake near Tonga in South Pacific; no initial damage reports
Tokyo: A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit about 100 kilometres northeast of the main island in the early morning hours of Monday local time. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii […]
