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Punjab
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said due to efforts of the state government the state would soon emerge as a digital hub of the country. During a meeting with, Daniel Julien, Chairman and CEO of Teleperformance (TP), a global leader for outsourced digital business services, here the Chief Minister said the state has immense potential in this...
Predator drones
NEW DELHI: India and the US on Tuesday signed deals worth Rs 32,000 crore for buying 31 Predator drones for the three services and setting up a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility for them in the country. The deal between India and the US was signed in the presence of senior officials, according to defence officials. Last week, the Cabinet Committee...
Airtel
NEW DELHI: Airtel has denied reports that the telecom major has changed its stand on spectrum allocations for potential satellite communication companies including international ones like Elon Musk's Starlink. A controversy was triggered when Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman Bharti Enterprises in his address at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024,that was innagurated today, stated that SATCOM companies should purchase...
Jyotiraditya Scindia
NEW DELHI: In a bold declaration at the inaugural address of the Indian Mobile Congress 2024 (IMC) on Tuesday, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has said that India will lead the world in the adoption of 6G. In his address at the event, Scindia emphasized that India is now prepared to lead the world in the development of 6G...
India Canada
NEW DELHI: Top sources have rejected claims made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other officials about presenting "credible evidence" to India regarding the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Sources said that Canada's approach, since the beginning, has been to make "vague accusations" and put the burden of denial on India. Sources further said that Trudeau, during...
Jagmeet Singh
TORONTO: Amidst tensions between India and Canada over the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, a former alliance partner of Prime Minister Trudeau, on Monday claimed that Canadian Sikhs were satlked by fear and urged the Canadian government to take action against India, specifically calling for diplomat sanctions. In a statement, he said, "We...
India-Canada tensions
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with his United Kingdom counterpart Keir Starmer, amidst escalating tensions between Canada and India over Hardeep Singh Nijjar case. "Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, discussed recent developments related to a targeted campaign against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the government of India,"...
Akash Ambani
NEW DELHI: Speaking at the India Mobile Congress 2024, Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani asked the government to expedite the 2020 draft of the data center policy so that "Indian data should remain in Indian data centers". He said Indian companies are ready to set up Indian data centers and data center policy is key to that. He also pointed out...
Freebies
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and Election Commission of India on a plea seeking direction that promise of freebies, made by political parties during the run-up to elections, be declared as bribes. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud issued notice to the Centre and poll panel and also tagged the...
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: All eyes are fixed on the visit of India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar as Pakistan hosts the two-day SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in Islamabad starting Tuesday. Despite the fact that India has not requested for any bilateral engagement during Jaishankar's stay in Islamabad, several ministers of the ruling government and the opposition leaders...