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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India going to be global source of skilled manpower by 2022: MoS MEA

10:14 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: India is going to be the global source of skilled manpower by 2022, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said, noting that Skill India programme is aimed towards making the country ready to become the skill capital of the world by then. Muraleedharan made the comments at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conference on ”Bringing together Young […]

4 more arrested in loan apps issue involving Chinese nationals

11:56 pm January 6, 2021

Chennai: Four more people, including an employee of a mobile phone service provider, have been arrested by the city police in connection with the supply of over 1,000 sim cards to the accused in a case related to operating loan apps involving Chinese nationals. Two Chinese and as many Indians had been earlier arrested for […]

Govt school teacher suspended for sending lewd messages to women teachers: Official

Instant loan app fraud cases under ED scanner

7:38 pm January 4, 2021

New Delhi: The ED has brought under its scanner the alleged fraud cases of instant loan sanction through mobile applications, reported recently from Telangana and Tamil Nadu, as part of its money-laundering probe in an online betting scam pegged at over Rs 1,100 crore, official sources said on Monday. At least five people, including a software engineer, have reportedly ended […]

India calls for urgent, practical assistance to 39 stranded Indian sailors on 2 ships in Chinese waters

10:48 pm January 1, 2021

New Delhi: India on Friday called for urgent, practical and time-bound assistance to 39 Indian sailors stranded on two cargo ships in Chinese waters in view of the ”grave” humanitarian situation developing on board the vessels. Citing coronavirus-related restrictions, Chinese authorities have not allowed the ships, MV Jag Anand and MV Anastasia, to either dock or go for a crew change for months. […]

India’s foreign policy in 2020 saw recalibration following Chinese misadventure

3:42 pm December 27, 2020

New Delhi: India embarked on a major foreign policy overdrive in 2020, bringing its vision for a rules-based Indo-Pacific as a cornerstone of its diplomacy and displaying a steely resolve to fashion a regional environment conducive to its strategic interests in the face of China’s transgression attempts in eastern Ladakh that caused the most serious […]