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The United States alleged that China was using environmental and legal justifications to advance broader maritime claims across the South China Sea. The United States has rejected China’s attempts to enforce what it called a destabilising “national nature reserve” at Scarborough Reef. It said that Beijing is using environmental and legal measures to strengthen its…

The missile uses an advanced guidance system and moving nozzles to keep the missile on the correct path and hit its target with high accuracy NEW DELHI: Nuclear-capable Agni-4 medium-range ballistic missile — whose user trial was successfully conducted by Strategic Force Command from Chandipur off Odisha coast last Thursday — is important for India…

EPFO has dismissed these and said this transition was implemented with minimal disruption of services, and the temporary increase in pendency was due to moving to a new enterprise-wide platform NEW DELHI: Weeks after the rollout of the new centralised IT enabled system (CITES) early July by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which promised to…

The call took place around the time the US Senate passed a bill that seeks to impose 100% tariffs on five countries, including India and China, for purchasing oil from Russia NEW DELHI: US Vice President JD Vance called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday as the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further…

Government officials have indicated that MDR of 0.25% to 0.4% may be allowed for UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, with a ceiling on the charge. NEW DELHI: The government said on Saturday that the proposed merchant discount rate (MDR) for UPI transactions will be nominal and apply only to a limited set of merchants for…

Badal’s announcement conveyed the government’s efforts to realign the numbers in its favour this time round, after a similar exercise was defeated in the last session by a joint opposition, which has since been considerably weakened NEW DELHI: A day after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on…

The forum also backed statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. SRINAGAR: The Forum for Human Rights in J&K has called for full restoration of statehood and repeal of 2019 Reorganisation Act, cautioning that linking statehood to the security situation and terrorist attacks could erode democratic rights in the…

Havildar Shere Thapa of the 2nd Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, was credited with saving the Subansiri Valley during the 1962 Chinese aggression NEW DELHI: Sher-e-Thapa Memorial, set up in memory of 1962 China war hero Havildar Shere Thapa, is one of the 27 places in Arunachal that the Union government on Friday formally named…

The selected operator will be responsible for end-to-end management of the launch complex, including launch campaign operations, maintenance of facilities and systems, safety and security, mission readiness, asset management, logistics and co-ordination with Isro, IN-SPACe and launch customers BENGALURU: Space promoter-cum-regulator IN-SPACe has begun the process of handing over the operations and management of the…

After being informed by IAF’s intelligence wing, Delhi Police arrested the officer, and he is currently lodged in Tihar jail in judicial custody NEW DELHI: A serving Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force has been arrested and chargesheeted for allegedly leaking sensitive defence-related information after being “honey-trapped” through social media by Pakistani intelligence operatives.The…