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The agreement provides a framework for cooperative activities in human space exploration and research, especially in areas such as astronaut training, support for experiment development and integration, using ESA facilities on the International Space Station (ISS), human and biomedical research experiment implementation as well as joint education and outreach activities, ISRO said in a statement. For the upcoming Axiom-4 mission in which ISRO's Gaganyatri and ESA's astronaut are crew members, both agencies are collaborating to implement shortlisted experiments by Indian Principal Investigators on ISS, it said.

Volkswagen’s employee representatives say they have reached a wage deal

Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi hosted a deck reception onboard Indian Navy's indigenous guided missile destroyer, INS Mysore in Jakarta during his four-day official visit to Indonesia. The details of the event were shared on X by the Spokesperson of the Indian Navy. «Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, #CNS, hosted a deck reception onboard #IndianNavy's indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSMysore at Jakarta, fostering cultural exchange, friendship & camaraderie between #India & #Indonesia.»

Federal prosecutors say a Vermont military contractor will pay nearly half a million dollars to settle allegations that it used some foreign-sourced materials in certain protective eyewear it sold

Republicans will still be in charge when the Wisconsin Legislature returns to work in January but will have the narrowest majorities in years

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s bromance could be rekindled in 2025, if both sides play their cards right. This is positive and would help create the right environment for an improvement in ties between the two superpowers, but timing and tone are everything.

«We are continuing to take steps to further knock down barriers to private sector cooperation, and importantly, we are in the process of finalising national security memorandum that will update our own export control policies under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),» Finer said. Finer, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra visited Houston on Tuesday and met the astronauts of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) who are training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to execute a joint effort of the International Space Station next year.

Grubhub Inc. will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission

The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of officials linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first overseas visit since assuming office that focused on shoring up ties as concerns grew over China’s influence in the region

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s farm sector has long been bonded to the state. The supply of major crops is responsive not to price signals that reflect actual demand, but mostly to minimum support prices (MSPs) set by the government, which is widely seen by farmers as their buyer of first and last resort.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nashik: Varsha Suresh Boraste was in her early twenties when her husband died in a road accident. The newly married bride turned widow was left with a three-month-old toddler and a tiny farm plot, just about two acres, in rural Maharashtra.

The three companies building a next generation fighter jet for the U.K., Italy and Japan have revealed that they are forming a joint venture to deliver the aircraft

e-commerce platforms such as Zomato, Ajio and Ola will adopt a Safety Pledge on National Consumer Day on December 24 as part of steps to enhance product safety for online shoppers. The voluntary commitment, announced by the Department of Consumer Affairs, aims to detect and prevent the sale of unsafe and spurious products on digital marketplaces, an official statement said. A committee chaired by consumer activist Pushpa Girimaji developed the pledge after extensive stakeholder consultations in November 2023. With India projected to have 500 million online shoppers by 2030 and currently hosting 880 million internet users, the initiative addresses critical challenges in the rapidly expanding e-commerce landscape. The pledge requires platforms to cooperate with statutory authorities and raise product safety awareness among sellers.

India and the United Arab Emirates(UAE) on Friday discussed implementation of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) and resolved to shore up ties in areas of energy including long-term supplies and collaboration in upstream and downstream projects. Ways to further deepen bilateral relations in areas of energy, connectivity and trade figured prominently at the 15th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) that was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The meeting was held in New Delhi. The two foreign ministers also deliberated on expanding strategic partnership between the two countries in areas of defence, emerging technologies, nuclear energy, polar research, critical minerals and renewable energy at a meeting of the India- UAE Strategic Dialogue held last night.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attend a meeting of European Union leaders early next year

Visiting UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, among other issues, focused on the power vacuum and absence of institutional governance in Syria amid pro-Al Qaeda-ISIS transition government taking over power, it is learnt. The two sides are also understood to have discussed implications of the Syrian developments and ISIS-Al Qaeda gaining in strength in the region. The Gaza-Lebanon situation is also understood to have been discussed.

Defence Dialogue held in New Delhi. A key member of the 10-nation ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) grouping, Thailand is seen by India as a crucial strategic partner in the Southeast Asian region. «Both sides agreed for early establishment of joint working group to effectively steer and monitor the cooperation in the areas of defence industry,» the defence ministry said.

A former TD Bank employee in the U.S. is facing criminal charges for allegedly using their position at the financial institution to facilitate money laundering — the second time this year a former worker has been charged.

In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs B L Verma said, the Department of Agriculture constituted a fact finding committee to look into allegations of irregularities in the procurement of onions under Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) by National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). The department, vide OM (office memorandum) dated 4th November, 2024, «conveyed the suggestions that concerned district administration should be involved in the procurement process to ensure transparency and local oversight, to adopt biometric based verification of farmers, and payment to registered farmers bank account through Aadhaar Enabled Payment system», he added.

The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested and charged another former Toronto-Dominion Bank employee with conspiracy to launder money, the latest in a string of charges tied to the lender’s massive compliance failures at its American retail business.