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Jaishankar on Tuesday emphasised on the «common interest» in «stabilisation and progress» in India-China relations during a meeting with Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong, amid the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar also separately met envoys of New Zealand, Kuwait and Sri Lanka. «Received Ambassador of China Xu Feihong this evening. Discussed our bilateral relationship and our common interest in its stabilization and progress. Wished him a successful tenure,» the external affairs minister said on 'X'. The external affairs minister has consistently been maintaining that India's ties with China cannot be normal unless there is peace in the border areas.

Modi 3.0 Budget 2024 Expectations: What are Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's plans for taxpayers?The need to protect domestic industry from dumping of Chinese products featured prominently in the discussions."We represented our industry pain points, which are imports from China and the threats we face from China," said Ajay Sardana, chairman - National Expert Committee on Chemical and Petrochemical, Indian Chamber of Commerce."China has created a lot of overcapacity. After the pandemic, with the demand coming down, they are dumping products in India at a cheaper price.

Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday called on Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and demanded that he take action against the ruling DMK over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. The former chief minister, who led a delegation of his party legislators and advocate-wing members, met Ravi at Raj Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum on the alleged failure of the DMK government in containing the brewing and sale of illicit arrack, he said. Governor Ravi assured him that appropriate action would be taken based on his memorandum, Palaniswami later told reporters. Wondering aloud if there has been intelligence failure on spurious liquor consumption in Kallakurichi which claimed 60 lives, Palaniswami reiterated that DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin should take responsibility for the loss of lives in the hooch tragedy and step down. «The investigation should be handed over to the CBI in order to ensure impartiality and fairness in the probe,» he said.

Southwest Monsoon reached Rajasthan on Tuesday, according to the Met Centre here. The weather office said that the monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of the North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and parts of southeast Rajasthan. The Northern Limit of Monsoon passes through Mundra, Mahesana, Udaipur, Shivpuri, Siddhi, Chaibasa, Haldia, Pakur, Sahibganj and Raxaul. The centre said conditions are favourable for the Southwest Monsoon to advance into more parts of Rajasthan over the next three to four days.

Kannada actor Darshan, currently held in judicial custody due to his alleged involvement in the murder of his fan S Renukaswamy, had an emotional meeting with his family and friends at Bengaluru's Central Prison. Darshan, visibly moved, met his wife Vijayalakshmi, son Vineesh, and his actor-friend Vinod Prabhakar, son of Tiger Prabhakar, in prison on Monday. This heartfelt reunion brought tears to Darshan's eyes as he hugged his loved ones during their brief visit.

satellite imagery suggest light to moderate rainfall at many places, with occasional intense spells accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in the next couple of hours, bringing much respite from the scorching heat. «Recent satellite imagery suggests: (i) Light to moderate rainfall at many places, with occasional intense spells accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the next 3 hours,» the IMD posted on X. «Light to moderate rainfall at a few places, accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in Vidarbha and adjoining north Telangana, east Telangana, Rayalaseema, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, southeast Rajasthan, East Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and and Tripura, during the same period,» it added.

An influential politician in the Philippines who supported expansion of natural gas power is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation has found

Manipur met with his Assam counterpart, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in Guwahati on Sunday and discussed the security concerns of Jiribam and Cachar. Jiribam in Manipur which shares a border with Assam is restive following violent incidents. Hundreds of people from Jiribam are taking shelter in Assam following the violence in early this month. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, accompanied by senior minister L. Susindro Singh, travelled to Guwahati on Saturday.

paramilitary force Frontier Constabulary in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) which was rocked by protests last month, during which several people were killed. As many as six platoons of the paramilitary force will be deployed in the region for three months, Geo News reported. The decision to deploy the Frontier Constabulary comes a day after Pakistan announced to launch a major new operation against terrorism with a renewed commitment. The protests, against inflation and high electricity prices, were led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and had traders at the forefront in most parts of the region.

Suraj Revanna, a leader in the Janata Dal (Secular) and a member of the legislative council (MLC) in Karnataka, was arrested on Sunday following allegations of sexual assault. A party worker filed a complaint claiming that Revanna sexually abused him at Revanna's farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16.

Let’s start with World Peace. For long, its proponents have looked down upon the plebeian influences of football. There is an honest intent to change that. This Euro continues with the previous one’s emotion of loving thy enemy. Germany's Antonio Rudiger played a good host by scoring one for the opponents.

Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants. The GMCH is the only hospital in the northeast to have an in-house transplant team to conduct deceased kidney transplant. Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants and seen success in its IVF centre.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday chaired a pre-budget meeting with state and union territories finance ministers at Bharat Mandapam. The meeting is organised by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs with the finance ministers of all states and UTs, along with other stakeholders, for suggestions for the upcoming Union Budget. The Finance Ministry had consulted with various stakeholders of the economy a few days ago. Sitharaman has met economists, finance and capital market experts and industry bodies. The first pre-budget meeting was chaired by the FM on June 19. The meeting was attended by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the finance secretary, secretaries of the departments of economic affairs, revenue, financial services and corporate affairs and the chief economic adviser.

As online-dating apps court new and younger audiences, some of their marketing efforts are turning off daters instead. Bumble last month apologized for ads making light of women so frustrated with online dating that they would consider celibacy. The League, a dating app targeting “the overly ambitious," was called “ick-inducing" for its recent ad campaign, which included taglines like “Date someone with a 5-year-plan that makes you want to ovulate." And Hinge’s yearslong “Designed to Be Deleted" campaign has started to fall flat for longtime users still looking for love on their phones.

have urged the government to reduce taxes on farm equipment and increase allocations for agricultural research and development and a flagship programme meant to support farmers.In a meeting with Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday as part of consultations ahead of the annual budget for 2024-25, they also urged higher allocations to strengthen the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a government export trade promotion body.The upcoming full-year budget is expected to be presented in July.India’s agriculture sector grew at a mere 1.4% in financial year 2023-24, much below its pre-pandemic decadal average of 4.4%, due to erratic monsoons. The sector is expected to improve in the current fiscal year because of anticipated normal monsoons and a favourable base effect.Agricultural stakeholders at the meeting on Friday also urged the government to strengthen trade and exports post-harvest management, develop districts as export hubs, establish boards for each agri-commodity under the private sector, and fund global market access programmes.“We have suggested an acceleration of agriculture growth rate through a substantial increase in agricultural R&D up to ₹20,000 crore from ₹9,500 crore," said M.J.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Friday said it has completed minimum rollout obligations for commencing 5G services in its 17 circles, for which the company had acquired spectrum in August, 2022. The companies buying spectrum in an auction need to roll out network and offer services to a certain level to meet the minimum standards. Vi’s bigger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel has far exceeded the minimum requirements as both the telcos have almost completed their pan-India 5G rollout. But loss-making Vi is yet to announce its 5G roll out plans, due its strained cash position.

India reiterated its stance on the Dalai Lama's position, emphasising his «revered» status and the respect accorded to him by the Indian people. «I would like to reiterate India's position on His Holiness Dalai Lama. He is a revered religious leader and is deeply respected by the people of India. His Holiness is accorded due courtesies and freedom to conduct his religious and spiritual activities,» stated Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Jaiswal's comments came, during a weekly briefing, in response to queries regarding India's stance on the succession of the Dalai Lama, highlighting the spiritual leader's significant role in India's cultural fabric.

Federer: Twelve Final Days, an 88-minute feature-length documentary (Amazon Prime Video), follows Federer through those final days from drafting his retirement announcement, counting down to its posting on social media, along with reactions from his family, including parents, friends, colleagues and media, up to his final farewell. The film by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia and co-director Joe Sabia features archival footage (including Federer as a ball boy), interviews and appearances by his arch rivals and friends, including Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. London-based Kapadia, known for his in-depth documentaries on personalities with dramatic life stories (Senna, Amy), spoke to Lounge about crafting this intimate swansong.

India joint venture has privately warned trade officials in New Delhi that a plan to curb imports of a key raw material for steelmaking overlooks the implications of the Red Sea crisis, a letter showed. The curbs planned by the world's second-biggest producer of crude steel could hit output, as they cap imports of a steelmaking fuel, low ash metallurgical coke, also known as met coke, at 2.85 million metric tons for a year. The April proposal, which came after growing shipments caused «serious injury» to domestic producers, also recommended setting quotas on met coke for exporting nations.

Manipur was set on fire. Intense gunfire has erupted in Gularthol in Manipur between Manipur Police Commando and suspected militants. While the check point falls under Jiribam district, the nearby Paithol village is in Tamenglong district. The incident took place at 10:20 pm on Wednesday. Police reinforcements rushed to the site but were ambushed by the miscreants. A gun battle ensued that lasted around half an hour. A fire tender that responded to douse the flames was also hit