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By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS –FAO on Wednesday warned that consumers and small-scale fishers alike are facing a growing challenge: seafood fraud across the globe. The agency in a latest report noted that from mislabeled fish to hidden…

Paromita Das New Delhi, 14th August: On August 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephonic discussion with Bharatiya Prime Minister Narendra Modi, touching on the Russia–Ukraine war and potential areas of cooperation. The…

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran predicts US tariff challenges will ease in one to two quarters. He urged the private sector to focus on long-term issues like AI, critical minerals, and supply chains. The CEA attributed the FY25 growth…

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the new Intellectual Property Office building in Dwarka. Goyal said that innovation is an integral part of India's identity and a key to global progress. The expanded building…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit back at Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's threats over the Indus Waters Treaty. Owaisi warned Sharif with a "BrahMos" reference and told him to "not talk nonsense." India has put the Indus Waters…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India on August 18 to meet with NSA Ajit Doval. The visit comes ahead of PM Narendra Modi's first trip to China since 2020 for the SCO summit. Both India and China are facing new,…

Poonam Sharma  In today’s hyper-connected world, tools like VPNs and virtual private servers (VPS) are marketed as shields for online privacy. But in the wrong hands, these same tools become dangerous weapons — and no one understands this…

Singapore’s Deputy PM Gan Kim Yong led a delegation to meet with President Droupadi Murmu. The visit is for the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR). The President noted that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is…

Poonam Sharma In a demonstration of grit, science, and national pride, India has drilled its first geothermal power well in one of the geologically and climatically toughest locations on the planet—the unconsolidated Himalayas. The project,…

The RBI removed the prior approval requirement for Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs). This aims to speed up the adoption of rupee-based trade settlements. The change is part of a strategy to de-dollarize trade and reduce reliance…