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export control of dual-use items so that these do not fall into the hands of non-state actors and terrorists, Director General of Foreign Trade Santosh Sarangi said on Friday. Dual-use items are those which are used for civilian and non-civilian purposes. Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce here, Sarangi said India is now a part of several multi-lateral groupings like Australia Group. «Enhanced export controls will ensure that these dual-use items do not fall into the hands of non-state actors and terrorists,» he said. Sarangi also said the DGFT prepares a special SCOMET (speciality chemicals, organisms, materials, equipment and technologies) list of dual-use items after inter-ministerial consultations. «We have a strict regime of export controls of dual-use items.

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said now is the time for aerospace players to look at leveraging the opportunities in the country. Amid the global aviation segment facing headwinds of geopolitical issues and supply chain woes, the civil aviation minister also said India is the «promised land» that can help offset the risks. The minister was speaking at the International Aerospace Conference on the theme 'Moving Towards Inclusive Global Value Chain' in Gwalior, which is also his home constituency. The country is one of the fastest aviation markets in the world, Scindia said adding that the number of air passengers is expected to reach 42.5 crore by 2035 from the current level of 14.5 crore. «India has tremendous capabilities, possibilities for all of you (aerospace players)… Time has come for all of you to think afresh,» he emphasised.

BJP on Friday took a jibe at the Opposition parties' INDIA bloc meeting, saying its only takeaway is that they have «formally and politically» accepted their give-and-take principle.

The three- day enthralling event witnessed the participation of the 16 most renowned schools of the country, with each school team representing a G20 country. The team members assumed the roles of Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, Sherpas, and Foreign Ministers. The Chief Guests at the event were Mr.

Asia Cup 2023: The India vs Pakistan match is less than 24 hours away and a high level of excitement is running across the cricket fans in both nations. The intense rivalry is not new, it goes back more than 70 years when India and Pakistan played their first match in October 1952 after the horrific partition. The Indian team led by Lala Amarnath crushed Pakistan in the Test match by an innings and 70 runs.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Friday offered prayers at Chengalamma Parameshwari Temple in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh a day before the launch of the Aditya L1 Mission – India's maiden solar expedition-- and prayed for its success. Somanath visited the temple at 7.30 am and offered prayers to the deity, a temple official was quoted as saying. He later spoke with the reporters and said the Aditya L1 Mission will be launched at 11.50 am on Saturday.

Crude oil imports from Russia to India have nearly... moreCrude oil imports from Russia to India have nearly tripled in Q1 of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year, totaling $12.36 billion.

commerce ministry on Friday said it has decided to organise monthly workshops to raise awareness about ways to promote exports through e-commerce mediums. The Foreign Trade Policy 2023 has mandated to handhold and conduct outreach programmes to promote ecommerce exports. In addition to increasing awareness about ecommerce-related rules and processes, actions for capacity building and skill development for the promotion of exports through online medium is also mandated.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), it has come to light that a simple masala dosa served at 5 pm played a pivotal role in the success of India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission. When faced with the daunting challenge of achieving the impossible, ISRO had no financial incentives to offer its dedicated workforce. Journalist Barkha Dutt, in an opinion piece for The Washington Post, shed light on what kept the team motivated. «We cracked it by offering a free masala dosa and filter coffee at 5 pm every evening,» reveals Venkateshwara Sharma, a mission scientist.

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IndiGo has announced the launch of a direct flight between Delhi and Itanagar from October 2. The airline will operate four flights a week between New Delhi and the Arunachal capital on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the airline said in a statement on Friday. Flight 6E 5927 will depart from New Delhi at 9.10am and reach Donyi Polo airport in Itanagar at noon.

BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's big move to push through his 'one-nation-one-election' concept promises to be the big ticket idea which can disrupt conventional calculations and allow it to frame the upcoming Lok Sabha polls along helpful lines as the party believes the issue has the potential to catch popular imagination. The government's decision on Friday to form a committee under former president Ram Nath Kovind to explore the feasibility of simultaneous elections promises to turn the matter, which has long animated the prime minister, into a weighty political plank in the run-up to five state assembly polls followed by the all-important Lok Sabha elections. Coming as it does a day after the government announced a «special session» of Parliament between September 18-22, the development has fuelled buzz about the possibility of early Lok Sabha polls, even though no official agenda for the legislature's meeting has been put out so far. Despite uncertainty about how the issue will pan out and if the government will take it up during the session, most BJP leaders sounded confident about its implications for the party. With the party's performance in state polls often inferior to its show in Lok Sabha elections, its leaders are of the view that simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls will result in overarching national issues and 'Modi factor' to play a bigger role, stripping regional agenda and leadership of some of their sway. Generally, it is the regional parties, and not the main opposition Congress, which have proved more resilient and successful in fighting the BJP.

Ram Nath Kovind, the committee has been tasked with exploring how the country could go back to having simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, as was the case till 1967. The terms of at least ten state Assemblies will end before or around the scheduled time for the general elections in 2024. While Assembly elections in five states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh — are due by the end of this year, polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Jharkhand are likely to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections. The tentative schedule of the completion of the terms for various states and Union Territories are listed below. 1. Mizoram: December 2023 2. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana: January 2024 3.

Union road transport and highways minister Nitin G... moreUnion road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said total length of the national highways in the country increased by about 59% in the last nine years.

Nobel Foundation that administers the prestigious awards, has reversed its invitation policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran, as well as the leader of a far-right Swedish party, who had previously been banned. Vidar Helgesen, the executive director of the private foundation said in a statement that there was a global trend in which «dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced.» To counter that, he said, «We are now broadening our invitations to celebrate and understand the Nobel Prize and the importance of free science, free culture and free, peaceful societies.» The foundation said that invitation for the 2023 events was extended to all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway and parties «that have parliamentary representation via democratic elections,» adding that «this common approach promotes opportunities to convey the important messages of the Nobel Prize to everyone, and in future this practice will be common to the entire organisation.» Last year, the diplomatic envoys of Russia and Belarus were barred from attending the glittery prize ceremonies and banquets, which always take place on December 10, because of the war in Ukraine, and the ambassador of Iran was also excluded because of «the serious and escalating situation» in the country. All the Nobel Prizes are handed out in Stockholm other than the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo. The foundation also extended the invitation to the Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson who declined it, saying on Facebook that «unfortunately I'm busy that day.» Swedish political party leaders are traditionally invited to the banquet but Akesson, who heads a nationalist party with far-right roots, has been snubbed in the

M K Stalin on Friday urged partners of the opposition bloc INDIA to immediately hammer out a Common Minimum Programme and asserted it would be the face of the alliance. Stalin said the countdown for removing the BJP from the corridors of power has begun and he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming what he called the «publication (publicity) officer» for the opposition INDIA alliance. «There are no achievements in the nine years of the BJP regime. Day by day this government is becoming unpopular whereas the INDIA alliance is becoming popular.» Addressing the opposition meet in Mumbai, Stalin said immediately, a coordination committee should be set up and a CMP must be prepared. «That (CMP) will be the face of the INDIA alliance. The BJP regime has ruined the country in several ways. It (CMP) must present a road map to the people spelling out what we intend doing to undo it .» The INDIA alliance should identify itself with policies and ideals required to usher in democracy by trouncing and dislodging an autocratic regime and such ideals must head the opposition bloc.

UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asserted the INDIA bloc will fight and defeat «mitra parivarvad», an oblique reference to crony capitalism, in the country as the opposition grouping wrapped up its two-day conclave in Mumbai. Speaking at a press conference organised after the end of the third meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), Thackeray, who hosted the gathering, said the bloc consisting of more than two dozen political outfits is a coalition of patriotic parties ranged against «mitra parivarvad». «When elections come there is slogan of 'sabka saath sabka vikas (togetherness of all, development for all)...but after elections are over it is sabko laath and mitron ka vikas (development of friends by ignoring others). We will not allow this,» said the former Maharashtra CM. Opposition parties have often accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in crony capitalism, a charge rejected by the ruling outfit which has sought to portray its rivals as corrupt and practising nepotism. Thackeray maintained the two-day meeting took some important decisions and resolved to set up coordination committees.

Shinde on Friday defended the 'one nation, one election' proposal, stating that it would save public money. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting of the BJP-led NDA here, he said the Opposition's INDIA alliance was made up of those who are full of hatred for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and can not decide on a leader. «The Election Commission of India had to spend Rs 10,000 crore on the 2019 general elections.

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College (AJC Bose College) have introduced a strict dress code for first-year students, sparking a debate over the definition of «indecent dresses» and «normal civil dresses.» According to the college's directive, first-year students are required to sign an affidavit in which they pledge not to wear torn or artificially torn jeans or any form of indecent attire on college premises, a TOI report stated. The affidavit, a copy of which is now mandatory for admission, reads, «Having been admitted to Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, I will never enter inside college premises wearing torn/artificially torn jeans or any kind of indecent dresses. I do hereby affirm that I shall wear normal civil dresses during my study period inside the entire college premises.» This decision comes in the wake of a similar notice issued by the college last year, which cautioned both students and staff against wearing «torn or artificially torn jeans». Principal of AJC Bose College, Purna Chandra Maity, defended the move, stating that it was aimed at instilling strict discipline within the educational institution.

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