‘Five priority sectors’: MEA outlines PM Modi’s Japan visit – Key outcomes | India News

Vikrant Misri (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday said that India and Japan have launched an Economic Security Initiative to strengthen supply chain resilience and collaboration in key sectors. The five priority sectors identified under the initiative are semiconductors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology (particularly telecommunications), and clean energy.Misri…

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‘Will rid India of illegal foreigners’: Amit Shah renews vow in Assam; praises ex-CM Borbora | India News

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fulfil its promise of making the country free of infiltrators.Speaking at a programme in Guwahati on the birth centenary of Assam’s first non-Congress chief minister, Golap Borbora, Shah said the high-power demography mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

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Bihar SIR: EC sends notice to 3 lakh voters over ‘doubtful citizenship’; border districts in focus | India News

NEW DELHI: Nearly three lakh electors in Bihar have been served notices over “doubtful citizenship” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said on Friday.The flagged names are part of the 7.24 crore voters listed in the draft rolls published on August 1. Many of those under scrutiny are suspected…

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Kamala Harris loses shield: Donald Trump cancels former VP’s Secret Service protection; what law says?

US President Donald Trump has cancelled the Secret Service protection that had been given to former vice president Kamala Harris by Joe Biden before leaving office, CNN reported.As per US law, Harris was entitled to six months of Secret Service protection after leaving office in January. Biden had extended this protection for another year through…

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Sambhal report: Yogi says files reveal how conspiracy unfolded; minister flags ‘demographic shift’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the Sambhal report, which the judicial commission submitted, revealed how a conspiracy for riot unfolded in 2024. The three-member panel met the CM on Thursday and submitted its report concerning the violence that erupted near the Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24 during…

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Redmond Police Department issues statement on the arrest of 7, including two employees, for protests at Microsoft office

The Redmond police department has at least two current and three former Microsoft employees – as well as two other tech workers for illegally entering Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, breaking into the office of President Brad Smith. According to reports, the police placed the protesters in full-body harnesses and carried them out of the building. The…

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Bihar SIR: Congress flags ‘contradictions’ in EC’s RTI, court replies; party makes 3 demands | India News

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday escalated its battle with the Election Commission, claiming that a Right to Information (RTI) response has exposed “serious contradictions” in the poll body’s stance over the ongoing row over recently conducted special intensive revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar.Taking to X, the Congress asserted that its RTI query revealed “no…

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‘Why silent, scared?’ Owaisi attacks PM Modi over US tariffs; warns of big impact on exporters | India News

Asaduddin Owaisi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears “scared of the US,” while slamming the government over the imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports by the United States.Speaking to reporters, Owaisi questioned: “US’ Peter Navarro is making statements. Had the…

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