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Maldives anti-India stance: It shouldn't have been done, says FM Moosa Zameer The foreign ministers of India and Maldives met in New Delhi on Thursday. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told his Maldives counterpart, Moosa Zameer, that India has been a key provider of development assistance, including infrastructure projects, medical care, and health facilities. "It is in our common interest that we reach an understanding on how best we can take our relationship forward," a statement by India's External Affairs Ministry quoted Jaishankar as saying.

Google’s lawyers have opposed the CCI order on alleged market dominance and anti-competitive practices concerning its Play Store. At Wednesday’s hearing, Google's lawyers said the CCI order was “overbearing", adding the penalty is based on assumptions, and does not prove how Google’s practice has been anti-competitive. A day earlier, Google had argued that its Play Billing system accounts for a tiny share of the country's overall payments industry, and that only 3% of all Play Store apps face commissions.

BEIJING — European companies in China are finding it harder to make money in the country as growth slows and overcapacity pressures increase, according to a survey released Friday by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.

European Union as «consequential for the world as well,» External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the EU is not only «our largest economic partner,» but the ties run «very deep, spanning many domains.» Extending felications to EU's Ambassador to India, Herve Delphin, Jaishankar said, «I think today the relationship between India and the European Union is not only consequential for each one of us but also for the world as well. The EU is our largest economic partner, but it is more than that.» «It is an entity with which we have, really, a very deep relationship spanning many domains...not just in the relationship between New Delhi and Brussels but in the regional and sub-regional formats in which we engage each other and in a range of institutions that we both are members of and where we collaborate with each other. And of course, an important element of that is economic relationship,» Jaishankar said in his address at the Europe Day Celebrations here in New Delhi.

Mint in the week gone by. The revenue contributed by an average employee at top software services companies has been consistently falling ever since the covid-19 pandemic ended, with increased hiring and plateauing revenue. And the popularity of Indian gherkins is growing globally owing to its many health benefits.

government authorities used lethal force on people living on the land where a futuristic eco-city, 'The Line', is going to be built. The futuristic eco-city which is mostly populated by the Huwaitat tribe, has in recent times seen mass arrests and administrative crackdowns for not complying with eviction orders by the authorities, according to a Fox News report.

Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months

Senegal’s transport minister says a Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at an airport near the country's capital, Dakar, and that 10 people were injured

Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin have completed a contentious land deal allowing them to cross a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge

A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and United Farm Workers over how a group of workers organized under a recently-enacted labor law

The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country

Modi 3.0 governance plan, beginning with the first 100 days agenda, is expected to include 50 to 70 important goals and recommendations to establish the tone and intent of the new government. These will be arranged in order of significance and priority. While the list now stands at 75-80 goals and proposals, the intention is to reduce it to 50, sources in the know said. With the Lok Sabha 2024 result less than a month away, the government is in the final stages of drafting a new governing agenda for the next term. This will contain the first 100 days of planning, as well as midterm and long-term goals.

Universal Music Group (UMG) plans to expand its India business through both organic and inorganic routes as the country is expected to enter the top 10 music markets globally in the coming years from being the 14th-largest music market currently, its chief executive for Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Adam Granite, told ET. «We will continue to look for M&A opportunities here in India and across all of our markets where it makes sense,» he said, adding that the company is talking to many companies in multiple markets. In India, UMG is looking to acquire companies across the music ecosystem, including labels and catalogues. «Music has to be a central piece of the company,» Granite said.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said eastern India has potential to emerge as the country's growth engine with a decisive push to industrialisation, adding that a mineral-rich state like Jharkhand must get rid of rampant corruption to draw businesses. Pitching for a change in governance, the minister said Jharkhand has been reeling under rampant corruption, migration and lawlessness. The state is ruled by a coalition government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the BJP is the main opposition party. Sitharaman was speaking at an event on «Eastern India: Engine of Growth For Vikshit Bharat» in Ranchi. The minister reiterated that India would become the world's third-largest economy «in the coming year or so» from the fifth-largest, as announced by PM Narendra Modi.

DoT) is likely to approach National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) to seek approval and clarity on satellite communications, particularly on data transfer and usage, as well as equipment and components used in satellite gateways based in India, said officials privy to the details. The department is yet to finalise terms and conditions that would be included in awarding satellite communication with the aim of safeguarding security and integrity of the country, the officials told ET. «The views of NSCS around security parameters are important as satellite communications can't be barred by physical borders,» said one of the persons cited above. The NSCS is the working body of the National Security Council (NSC), which is chaired by the Prime Minister.

foreign minister Moosa Zameer on Thursday indicated the Muizzu government's willingness to work with India amid external affairs minister S Jaishankar's emphasis that bilateral ties were based on mutual interests and reciprocal sensitivity. The two sides, during Jaishankar-Zameer meeting, discussed the state of various India-funded projects in Maldives. Each side presented respective viewpoints on the projects that are developmental in nature and scope, sources informed ET. Zameer's visit to India amid anti-India rhetoric in Maldives is a signal that neighbours are trying to arrive at a working relationship, sources explained. After resounding victory in parliamentary elections, the Muizzu administration may want to set aside rhetoric and work with India, which has been the first responder to crises in Maldives since its independence, sources said.

Mint looks at the issue and analyses what it could mean for the $4-billion export sector. On 5 April, Hong Kong’s food regulator suspended the sale of MDH spice mixes saying they contain high levels of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic. Singapore followed suit with Everest, another top Indian spice brand.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbaruddin, saying that if police were removed from duty for “15 seconds"., they brothers would not know from where they came and where they went. "The younger one (Akbarauddin) says remove the police for 15 minutes and we will show what we can do. Let me tell the younger one, you will take 15 minutes; it will be only 15 seconds for us.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary says, “We have Proto Australoids, Mongoloid class, Negrita class of people. Hai to hai (It is how it is).

Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia last year, but insisted that no relevant information or specific evidence about Delhi's involvement has been shared by the Canadian authorities till date. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told reporters that the two countries were discussing the issue but accused Canada of providing shelter to those who are advocating violence against India. He said that Delhi had complained to the Canadian authorities that the people associated with organized crime in India had been allowed entry and residency in Canada.

Venturi Partners has bought a 5.12% stake worth $27 million in Peak XV Partners-backed edtech startup K12 Techno Services in a secondary share sale. The Singapore-based firm acquired the stake in a partial exit from Navneet Learning, a subsidiary of education-linked content provider Navneet Education Limited.