(PIB) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, met officers who played a key role in recent anti-Naxal operations in New Delhi today, congratulating them on the historic success of these operations. He said that the Modi government is committed to freeing India from the menace of Naxalism. In a post on X, Union Home Minister said, “Met the officers who played a crucial role in the recent anti-Naxal operations and congratulated them on the historic success of these operations. I am eager to meet the brave jawans who made these operations successful with their courage and…
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(FE) UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy met External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in Delhi on Friday, where he expressed condolences over the recent Pahalgam terror attack and reiterated the UK’s support in combating terrorism. Lammy also spoke about the recent progress in the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), underscoring growing education and trade cooperation. Offering condolences on the terrror attack, Lammy said, “It is obviously also sadly the case that there has been a horrific terrorist attack since we last met and my prime minister wishes me to convey once again the deep condolences of the UK and a hand of…
(PIB) The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 46,000 crore at Katra, Jammu & Kashmir today. Saluting the land of the brave Veer Zorawar Singh, he remarked that today’s event is a grand celebration of India’s unity and determination. Shri Modi said that with the blessings of Mata Vaishno Devi, the Valley of Kashmir is now connected to India’s vast railway network. “We have always invoked Maa Bharati with deep reverence, saying ‘from Kashmir to Kanyakumari,’ today, this has become a reality even in our…
(HT) Central banks worldwide are on track to buy 1,000 metric tonnes of gold in 2025, which would be their fourth year of massive purchases as they diversify reserves from dollar-denominated assets into bullion, consultancy Metals Focus said. Gold prices are up 29% so far this year after hitting a record high of $3,500 per troy ounce in April on geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty as US President Donald Trump continues to roll out his tariff policies. The price rally has so far kept purchases by central banks, a crucial category of demand, unaffected with the first-quarter buying in line…
(HT) Mining major Vedanta Ltd plans to utilise ₹5,000 crore raised through its unsecured non-convertible debenture (NCD) to retire high-cost debt, that will save an estimated ₹350 crore in interest outgo, sources said. It will also use a part of the proceeds to fund its growth capex, sources added. Mining conglomerate Vedanta had last week said the committee of directors has approved raising up to ₹5,000 crore via issuance of debentures. The mining major plans to deploy funds from the ₹5,000 crore raised through its unsecured NCD issue to pay down a high-cost private credit facility of ₹3,400 crore, potentially…
(HT) Prime Minister Narendra Modi planted a banyan sapling at Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park in Delhi’s Central Ridge on Thursday, symbolically launching the ambitious Aravalli Green Wall project on World Environment Day. The initiative, part of the #EkPedMaaKeNaam campaign, aims to reforest the 670-kilometre Aravalli range that spans Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Modi planted the sapling in memory of his mother, continuing a tradition he began last year when he planted a peepal tree on Environment Day. “The Aravalli range is one of the oldest on our planet, covering Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi,” Modi wrote on X. “Our…
(AU) विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकारी कार्यालय की ओर से प्रदेशभर में पौधरोपण कर मतदाता जागरूकता अभियान चलाया गया। विभाग हरेला पर्व तक इस अभियान के तहत दो लाख पौधे रोपेगा। मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकारी डॉ. बीवीआरसी पुरुषोत्तम के निर्देश पर प्रदेश भर में बृहस्पतिवार को पौधरोपण एवं मतदाता जागरूकता अभियान शुरू हुआ। सभी जिलों में डीएम, मुख्य विकास अधिकारी, जिला स्तरीय अधिकारियों, पोलिंग बूथों पर बीएलओ की अगुवाई में पौधरोपण किया गया। इस अवसर पर मतदान की शपथ लेने के साथ ही सभी ने अपने पौधे की सुरक्षा एवं देखभाल की शपथ भी ली। पहले दिन करीब 16,000…
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मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने शुक्रवार को सुर्यकण्ड धाम नगर में 4.52 करोड़ से बने शहर के दूसरे कल्याण मंडपम का लोकार्पण किया। इस अवसर पर समारोह में मौजूद जनसमूह को संबोधित करते हुए उन्होंने जल संरक्षण, पर्यावरणीय संतुलन, स्मार्ट सिटी की अवधारणा और नागरिक सुरक्षा पर जोर दिया। उन्होंने जलवायु परिवर्तन से उत्पन्न संकटों से निपटने के लिए नदियों के पुनर्जीवन और पौधारोपण अभियान को जरूरी बताया और जनता से व्यापक भागीदारी की अपील की। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि नदियां कभी हमारे जीवन की धमनियों के समान थीं, लेकिन आज वे लुप्त होती जा रही हैं। अगर समय…
Domestic stainless steel consumption has registered a growth of 84 per cent over the last five years to reach 4.80 million tonnes in FY 2024-25, industry body Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA) has said. The demand has been driven by sectors like infrastructure, railways, airports, metros among others, ISSDA President Rajamani Krishnamurti said in a presentation at the ongoing Global Stainless Steel Expo (GSSE) 2025. As per the data, in FY 2020-21 the consumption of stainless steel in India was at 2.61 million tonnes. It rose to 3.46 million tonnes (a rise of 33 per cent (y-o-y) in FY…