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Moscow: Despite the years-long war between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow and Kiev worked separately for a common cause – to manufacture an Indian Navy warship, which was handed over to New Delhi on Monday when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Moscow for a top-level visit. The frigate – INS Tushil – is one of two naval ships for which India placed an order with Russia in 2016. It is a Krivak III-class warship, which is an advanced stealth missile frigate. India currently operates six such warships – all manufactured in Russia. Besides the two that is being made in…

New Delhi: Shaktikanta Das will demit office today after completing six years as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He was appointed as the Governor on December 12, 2018, after the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel. Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra will replace him as the 26th Governor. “Will demit office as Governor RBI later today. Thank you everyone for your support and good wishes,” Das posted on social media platform X on Tuesday. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for their support during his tenure. “Immensely grateful to the Hon’ble PM @narendramodi…

New Delhi: The ‘Made-In-India’ coaches of India’s first high-speed train to run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will undergo testing at India’s first climatic laboratory to be set up at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. The testing will happen in 2026, ahead of the train’s debut in the Gujarat section of the high-speed corridor. Rs 173 crore will be spent on the exercise, documents with CNN-NEWS18 show. The high-speed train coaches would run at the speed of 250-280 km/hr, and require such intense testing in a climatic laboratory. The BEML has been awarded with the contract for design, manufacture, supply, testing…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Badal NaikGaunkar and Raju S Naikgaunkar won the contest for the post of Attorney and President of Canacona communidade. Badal Naik Gaonkar-(193) won by 07 votes defeating strong contender Samrat Bhagat (186) for the post of Attorney, Raju who polled 209 votes defeated Sanju Naik Gaonkar (157) by a margin of 20 votes Vinay Hari Naik Desai -(209) defeated Shamrao Naik Gaonkar (157) by a largest margin of 52 votes amongst the three top posts of Canacona Communidade. The voting was conducted today under the Communidade Administrators Office Election Officer Uday Naik Gaunkar, Presiding Officer Shripad Pagi,…

New Delhi: Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take charge from Wednesday for three years, the government said in a statement. Mr Malhotra is a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Rajasthan cadre. He is a Computer Science graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and has a Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University, US. In a career spanning over 33 years, Mr Malhotra has worked in several sectors including power, finance and taxation, information technology, mines etc. Before he was appointed Revenue Secretary, he…

Imphal: The Manipur government on Monday withdrew the temporary suspension of mobile internet services in nine districts, according to an order issued by the state Home Department. The decision was taken after reviewing the prevailing law and order situation in Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Kakching, Jiribam, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Pherzawl districts and its co-relation with internet services, it said. The order issued by Commissioner (Home) N Ashok Kumar said, “The state government after reviewing the prevailing law and order situation in the state and its possible co-relation with the general operation of internet services, decided to lift all…

Dhaka: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said today that he conveyed New Delhi’s concerns to Dhaka over the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. In a meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain, Mr Misri conveyed that the attacks on religious institutions and places of worship are “regrettable”. Mr Misri also conveyed to Bangladesh’s interim government that India wishes to have a “positive, constructive, and mutually beneficial” relationship. Speaking to the media after his high-level meeting, Mr Misri said, “I have underlined today India’s desire to work closely with the interim government of Bangladesh Authority.” Speaking about the issue of minorities,…