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Male: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives Moosa Zameer on Friday inaugurated High Impact Community Development Projects and exchanged MoUs in Male. Jaishankar said that he held productive discussions with Zameer. In a post on X, the EAM said, “Held productive discussions today with Foreign Minister @MoosaZameer in Male. The agenda covered our engagement in development partnership, capacity building, bilateral and regional security, trade and digital cooperation. Jointly inaugurated 6 High Impact Projects in areas of street lighting, mental health, children’s speech therapy and special education. Witnessed signing of MoU between the…

New Delhi: US-based company Hindenburg Research on Saturday shared a cryptic message in a post on X hinting at a possible new India-centric report saying “Something big soon India”. It comes over a year after the US short seller published a report alleging the Adani group of insider trading and other violations in the stock market. “Something big soon India,” Hindenburg said in the post on social media site X. Following its report on the Adani group in January, the group’s shares witnessed a significant decline. However, the Indian company had rubbished these claims. After the report, Hindenburg Research in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The culture of indigenous people is an important field for research and study, stated Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Tawadkar, at the World Tribal Day celebrations held at Institute Menezes Braganza. He was speaking as the Chief Guest at the valedictory function. Tawadakar said that if we focus on our tribal knowledge which is so vast, we will be making it our strength, he said reiterating the need to study and protect the culture of indigenous people. He cited the example of traditional agrarian knowledge of the tribal community and said tribal knowledge is subject of…

New Delhi: Calling it a “good decision”, Rahul Gandhi posted a thank you note for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to visit Kerala’s landslide-hit Wayanad on Saturday. PM Modi will visit Wayanad to review the relief-and-rehabilitation efforts and interact with survivors. “Thank you, Modi ji, for visiting Wayanad to personally take stock of the terrible tragedy. This is a good decision. I am confident that once the Prime Minister sees the extent of the devastation firsthand, he will declare it a national disaster,” said Mr Gandhi, who until recently represented Wayanad in parliament. Earlier, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi…

Male: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zammer on Friday to discuss all areas of bilateral cooperation to deepen the partnership between India and the archipelagic nation. Mr Jaishankar arrived in Male on a three-day official visit to reset the bilateral relationship with the Maldives, the first high-level trip from India after the country’s pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu assumed office last year. Upon his arrival, Mr Jaishankar said the Maldives occupies an important place in India’s vision of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and that he was looking forward to “fruitful engagements” with the leadership of the Maldives. Soon…

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the proposal of the Department of Rural Development for construction of two crore more houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G). The Cabinet approved the ‘Implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29,” which prescribes for the construction of two crore more houses at existing unit assistance of ₹ 1.20 lakh in plain areas and ₹ 1.30 lakh in North Eastern Region States and Hill States of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh,…