Category: NATIONAL

SINGAPORE: PM Modi on Wednesday arrived in Singapore for a two-day visit, during which he will participate in a number of engagements. PM Modi was given a warm welcome by members of the Indian community upon his arrival at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. PM Modi delivered the keynote address at the Singapore Fintech Summit. During his address, the PM wooed global investors, assuring them that India was the best destination for tech, whiel also highlighting the technological progress achieved by India. The Prime Miniter also held a bilateral meeting with US Vice…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, November 14, said a discussion on the pricing of Rafale fighter jets can only take place if the facts of the deal are allowed to come into the public domain. The Supreme Court Wednesday commenced its crucial hearing on pleas seeking court-monitored probe into procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said that for now it will only focus on the procedure leading to signing of the…

By: Kauser Khan, Associate Editor-ICN Group Google today, is celebrating Children’s Day with a doodle that has been created by a school student.The theme this year was “What inspires me”.  “The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country.” Children’s Day in India is celebrated on November 14, 2018, as a day to celebrate the innocence of children and the importance of children in society. The day also commemorates the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru our…

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group  Dear all, let us on this special day, pause for a moment and think, think what would be the best gift we can give our children. KOLKATA: Today,the 14 th of November,the birth anniversary of Nehruji, has been dedicated to our dear children, whether our own or those,who, we nurture at school. For us, parents and  teachers, however every day  is Children’s day,isn’t it? Our lives revolve around our children. It is for children that we are able to play the role of a parent or…

NEW DELHI: PM Modi will be in Singapore from November 14 to 15 to attend a series of summits, including the East Asian summit and ASEAN meetings. PM Modi will present awards to winners of the first ‘India-Singapore Hackathon 2018’ which aims to harness and showcase innovation potential of the youth from the two countries. Singapore has designated the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and its innovation and enterprise arm NTUitive to conduct the Hackathon. India has designated the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). From India, an 83-member delegation…

NEW DELHI: Dassault CEO Eric Trappier rubbished the Congress president’s claims that the former lied about the details of the Reliance Joint Venture (JV) for offset contracts in the Rafale Jet deal. Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier said that they had prior experience dealing with the Congress party and the comments made by the Congress president made him sad. We have a long experience with the Congress party. Our first deal was with India in 1953 with Nehru and other Prime Ministers. We have been working with India. We are not working for any party. We are supplying…

The first phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh was held on Monday, the second round is scheduled to take place on November 20, while the results will be declared on December 11. RAIPUR: Congress National President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told voters in poll-bound Chhattisgarh that, if voted to power, his party will provide jobs to the youth, free treatment in government hospitals and waive off farmers’ loans. Addressing a rally here ahead of the second phase of polling in the state on November 20, Rahul Gandhi also charged the Modi government…

Total 70 per cent voter turnout recorded in the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections on Monday. RAIPUR: Five Naxals were killed and five jawans sustained injuries in a gun battle that took place in Bijapur at around 12.30pm. An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in Dantewada district by Naxals during the wee hours of the day and another explosive was recovered in the Sukma district. The CRPF personnel were attacked around 12.20 p.m. when they were on an “area domination” operation in a dense forest near Majiguda village.…

NEW DELHI: The Central government on Monday made public a redacted version of the decision-making process and induction of Indian offset partner that it submitted to SC in a sealed cover. In the documents, the government claimed that the process laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 was followed in the procurement of the Rafale aircraft. The Supreme Court had directed the central government to provide all the details related to the decision making on 36 Rafale fighter aircraft to the petitioners. The document claims that approval of Defence Acquisition Council…