Cabinet

Israeli PM: World powers must ”wake up” on Iran nuke deal

8:43 pm June 20, 2021

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of the new Iranian president. He said Iran’s presidential election was a sign for world powers to “wake up” before returning to a nuclear agreement with Tehran. Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected Saturday with […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM delays COVID lockdown end by 4 weeks to July 19

12:01 am June 15, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed a four-week delay to an end to all legal lockdown restrictions, which was previously set for June 21, as he said the link between coronavirus infections and hospitalisations remains at concerning levels due to the Delta variant. The last and fourth stage of the lockdown roadmap, dubbed “Freedom Day”, will now […]

Jaishankar-Raab bilateral talks focus on 2030 Roadmap to India-UK FTA, COVID-19 cooperation

11:53 pm May 6, 2021

London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held bilateral discussions with his UK counterpart, Dominic Raab, which focussed on both sides implementing the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as deeper cooperation on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Jaishankar, who […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi Cabinet approves engagement of 300 low-floor AC e-buses by DTC

10:19 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi cabinet on Friday approved the proposal for engagement of 300 low floor fully electric air conditioned buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). The induction of 300 electric buses by DTC at a time is one of the largest engagements of electric buses by any State Government or State Transport Undertaking (STU). […]

Goyal, Shiv Sena members spar in LS over stalled work of bullet train, Metro project

11:14 pm March 10, 2021

New Delhi: BJP and Shiv Sena sparred in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, accusing each other of non-cooperation over important infrastructure initiatives like the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and Mumbai Metro project in Maharashtra. While Railway Minister Piyush Goyal charged the Uddhav Thackeray-led Mahavikas Aghadi government of stalling the bullet train project, the Shiv Sena accused the Centre of not cooperating with the state dispensation over the Metro car […]

Next Posts >>