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Digital Desk | Nishio, Sep 22 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sakshi Chaudhary defeated Paris Olympics bronze winner Aira Villegas in the preliminary round at the Asian Games 2026 to march into the pre-quarters here on Tuesday. Chaudhary outclassed the Filipino pugilist by a unanimous decision of 5-0 as she displayed a stellar performance on her Asian Games debut at the Nishio Gymnasium. She won all three rounds unanimously with scores of 10-9 and was the superior boxer of the two, with

Digital Desk | Ichinomiya City, Sep 22 (IANS) The Indian women's badminton team's badminton campaign at the Asian Games 2026 came to an end in the quarterfinal as Tanvi Sharma lost to Nozomi Okuhara here on Tuesday. Tanvi went down 21-12, 21-10 to Olympic medallist and former world No. 1 Nozomi Okuhara as India lost 3-1 to Japan, wrapping up their campaign in the quarter-finals. India lost all three singles matches, with PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda also suffering defeats earlier. Treesa Jolly and

Digital Desk | Ichinomiya City, Sep 22 (IANS) World Championships bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have kept India's hopes alive in the badminton women's team quarterfinals against Japan by beating Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto in the third rubber. As India trailing 0-2 after PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda lost their respective singles matches, Treesa-Gayatri made the perfect start in a must-win tie as they registered the straight games 21-17, 21-16 win the world no. 3 Japane

Digital Desk | Nagoya, Sep 22 (IANS) India have missed out on a medal in the 10m Air rifle mixed team event as Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane finished fourth in the final here on Tuesday. The India duo shot a combined score of 376.3 in the four-team final to finish fourth. The chinese pair of Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao clinched the gold with a world record score of 507.1. While South Korea's Hyojin Ban and Hajun Park (502.9) took the silver, Japan's Misaki Nobata and Naoki Hanakawa (43

Digital Desk | Ichinomiya City, Sep 22 (IANS) Indian youngster Unnati Hooda lost the second tie of the women's team quarterfinal against Akane Yamaguchi here at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium as Japan are leading India 2-0. Unnati was leading 11-10 at the break in the first game, but the Indian lost momentum, allowing the Japanese shuttler to make a comeback and take the opening game 21-16. The Indian was leading 11-4 in the second game, but as the finish line approached, she was traili

Digital Desk | Puducherry, Sep 19 (IANS) The coastal city of Puducherry is gearing up for a star-studded series when India A take on Australia A in two unofficial four-day red-ball matches, followed by three one-dayers to be played at the picturesque CAP-Siechem Stadium. Since becoming a full member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2019, the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) has hosted under-19 international matches. But this will be its first time staging an entire

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Intelligence officials have sounded a serious warning over a low-cost psychological warfare campaign allegedly launched by Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), targeting Indian citizens, public officials and security personnel through doxxing, harassment and online intimidation. The ISI allegedly designed the strategy to exploit social media to create fear, spread panic, and undermine confidence among those targeted. Pakistans intelligence agency i

Digital Desk | Kakamigahara, Sep 19 (IANS) The Indian men's and women's hockey teams will kick off their respective campaigns at the Asian Games 2026 on Sunday, seeking strong results after contrasting World Cup performances. The Indian men's team, pitted in Pool A, will start their gold-medal defence against Indonesia at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara after a lowly eighth-place finish in the World Cup 2026. The women's team will be in action against Uzbekistan at the same ve

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) India currently accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the world's semiconductor design workforce and the government has placed substantial emphasis on design talent, with an ongoing programme to train approximately 85,000 design engineers, IT Secretary S. Krishnan said on Saturday. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the SEMICON India 2026 here, he said that the government will prioritise all dimensions of skill development, with a strong focus on semiconduc

Digital Desk | Nagoya, Sep 19 (IANS) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya met Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Director General and World Aquatics President Capt. Husain Al-Musallam, on the sidelines of the 20th Asian Games, discussed strengthening sporting cooperation between India and the Asian sporting community. Mandaviya said the meeting focused on enhancing cooperation between Indias National Sports Federations and their respective Asian federations, as well as exploring way

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The government-backed India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and the NX Group -- the logistics arm of Japan's Nippon Express Group -- have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on logistics and supply chain solutions for India's semiconductor ecosystem, according to a statement on Saturday. Under the agreement -- which was signed during SEMICON India 2026 -- the two sides will share information and hold discussions on semiconductor-related l

Digital Desk | Nagoya, Sep 19 (IANS) India kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat is proud to be named India's co-flag-bearer for the Asian Games 2026 opening ceremony alongside double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker after a late call. Sehrawat was named India's co-flag bearer after the previously confirmed Tajinderpal Singh Toor was ruled out due to technical issues. Speaking ahead of the opening ceremony, Pawan highlighted that he is excited for the Games and is even more excited to carry the Indian flag,

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that one example of the potential of India's youth is seen in the country's startup ecosystem, adding that the nation's startup story is no longer confined to big cities. The Prime Minister made these remarks as he distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited youth in various government organisations at the 20th Rozgar Mela. The new appointees attended the Rozgar Mela at 45 locations across th

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) India and South Africa held their first Army-to-Army Staff Talks in New Delhi, with discussions centred on deepening bilateral defence cooperation through greater training exchanges and joint capacity-building initiatives. Following the meeting, the Indian Army took to X on Saturday and posted: The maiden IndiaSouth Africa Army-to-Army Staff Talks (AAST) were held in New Delhi from 1618 September 2026. Both sides held discussions on avenues of enhancing bi

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the talent and skills of India have won global trust, and the world has a lot of expectations from innovators, entrepreneurs and the youth power of the country. The Prime Minister made these remarks as he distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited youth in various government organisations at the 20th Rozgar Mela. The new appointees attended the Rozgar Mela at 45 locations across the cou

Digital Desk | Nagoya, Sep 19 (IANS) Manu Bhakers journey from a 16-year-old making her Asian Games debut to becoming one of Indias flag-bearers has given her a moment to reflect on how far she has come in sport. The double Olympic medallist, who will lead the Indian contingent alongside kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat at the Asian Games opening ceremony here on Saturday, said the honour brought back memories of her early days in shooting. Honestly, when I got to know yesterday, I had all these flas

IBJA & Teflas bring together the jewellery value chain for a landmark celebration of excellence, innovation, craftsmanship and leadership on 2 October at The Westin Mumbai Powai Lake. Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Digital Desk | Ahmedabad, Sep 19 (IANS) The Adani Group has renewed its association with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as Principal Sponsor, extending its support for Team India as the countrys athletes compete at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The partnership will cover the ongoing Asian Games, being held from September 19 to October 4, and continue beyond the continental event. The association was also in place during the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026, where India finished fo

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's contribution to per capita carbon emissions is less than half of the global average and mentioned that the country is strongly presenting this fact on international forums. The Prime Minister inaugurated an international conference on 'The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics', kicking off discussions on critical environmental and climate challenges and judicial approaches. He also launched t

Digital Desk | Nagoya, Sep 19 (IANS) Indias badminton teams have been handed contrasting but demanding routes at the Asian Games 2026, with the men facing Bangladesh and the women taking on Kazakhstan in their respective Round of 16 ties before potential quarterfinal clashes against Japan. The team events, which follow a knockout format, begin on Sunday and the Indian women will be the first in action against Kazakhstan, with the five-match tie offering a route into a last-eight meeting with hos

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The FCNR (B) deposit scheme mobilised $127 billion within a short span of less than 3 months, which could generate a notional profit of around Rs 5 trillion (Rs 5 lakh crore) for banks over five years, and to RBI another Rs 0.5 trillion (Rs 50,000 crore), according to a report by SBI Research. This success has become a particular point of pain for an august school of naysayers. Even though the regulator took a wise decision to curtail the scheme preponing

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 200 chip design companies have emerged under the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 (ISM 2.0), becoming a game changer for building home-grown semiconductor intellectual property (IP), according to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Electronics and IT. More than 105 chip design startups gained access to state-of-the-art Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, with 20 startups securing venture capital funding. Around 70,000 chip-design engineers h

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) India's star batter Abhishek Sharma ripped up the record books with a jaw-dropping knock in the third and final T20I of the series against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Thursday. Abhishek put on a magical show with the bat, enthralled the Delhi fans with his fierce might, and put the Afghan bowlers to the sword. The southpaw smashed a 30-ball hundred and broke the long-standing record for the fastest T20I century by an Indian, a record pr

Digital Desk | Mumbai, September 10 (IANS) Actress and former beauty queen Swaroop Sampat was in for a surprise to find a poster of her husband and icon Paresh Rawals poster featuring his iconic dialogue in Vancouver, Canada. Swaroop taking trip down memory lane, shared a picture from Vancouver, where a wall with Paresh Rawal's poster prominently featured the words TEJA MAIN HU MARK IDHAR HAI, Swaroop took to her social media account and wrote, That iconic Tej main hoon, Mark idhar hai hit so ha

Digital Desk | Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US Department of Labour has suspended permanent labour certification filings by technology services giant Cognizant as federal authorities investigate alleged fraud and possible harm to American workers. It impacts the companys filings under the Permanent Labour Certification programme, commonly known as PERM, which is a key step for employers seeking employment-based green cards for foreign workers. Cognizants PERM filings are suspended, Labour Depart

Dhaka, Aug 31 (IANS) A fifteen-member delegation from the National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi, arrived in Bangladesh as part of their Strategic Neighbourhood Study Tour, the Indian High Commission said on Monday. A fifteen-member delegation from the National Defence College, New Delhi, arrived in Bangladesh on 30 Aug 2026 as part of their Strategic []

New Delhi [India], August 31: As electric mobility, renewable energy, data centres, defence systems and industrial automation expand across India, a less visible part of the manufacturing ecosystem is becoming increasingly important: the wiring and electrical connections that make these systems work. This is the space in which LuminKraft is building its business. Based in []

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The governments Semicon 2.0 scheme with Rs 1,27,500 crore outlay marks a decisive shift from building capacity to creating design, R&D and supplychain capability across Indias semiconductor ecosystem, industry experts said on Monday. The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) urged companies, investors and states to move quickly to convert []

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The NPCI International (NPIL) has paved the way for Indian tourists, business travellers and students to use UPI for making instant cross-border merchant payments by scanning Uzbekistans national interoperable QR code, UZQR, according to a Finance Ministry statement issued on Monday. The NIPL, the international arm of the National Payments []

Toronto, Aug 31 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has urged people of Indian origin living across the world to be honest and contributing citizens of their adopted countries while sharing Indias message of unity and service. Addressing more than 2,000 Hindus and community members in the Greater Toronto Area, Bhagwat said the Indian []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has called for a model of development that allows people to prosper without destroying nature, saying human beings have a responsibility to sustain the environment and the wider world. Addressing the Universal Oneness Celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York, Bhagwat said development and environmental []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has pledged the organisations full support to religious leaders working to promote interfaith cooperation, saying sustained grassroots action can change the global climate of conflict and mistrust. RSS with all its might is always with you because we are on the same page, []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said politics has become a game of self-interest and added that lasting change must begin within society before it can influence governments and public policy. Addressing religious leaders at the One World, One Humanity programme in New York, Bhagwat added that political []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has urged religious leaders to create local models of unity and selfless service, saying global change must begin in communities and be sustained through dialogue at every level. Addressing the One World, One Humanity programme in New York, Bhagwat said participants should carry []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation serves people without religious discrimination, citing its response to an air disaster involving two planes from Arab countries whose passengers were predominantly Muslim. Addressing the One World, One Humanity gathering of religious leaders in New York, Bhagwat noted that []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that knowledge alone cannot overcome religious and social divisions, calling for sustained practices that make service, love and respect part of everyday human behaviour. Speaking at the One World, One Humanity programme in New York, Bhagwat added that traditions around the []

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has outlined a long-term global outreach strategy built around interfaith dialogue, non-discriminatory service and local cooperation, while saying that social movements must shape public opinion before attempting to influence political decisions. His address to the One World, One Humanity gathering in New York []

New York, Aug 27 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has defended its chief Mohan Bhagwats forthcoming address in New York as an inclusive interfaith engagement, rejecting criticism from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and groups campaigning to cancel the Madison Square Garden event. Sunil Ambekar, the organisations national publicity chief, said that Bhagwat would communicate with []

Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) A group of 19 US lawmakers has slammed Metas election safeguards as inadequate, warning that its rollback of fact-checking and growing reliance on artificial intelligence could leave American voters exposed to deepfakes and political disinformation ahead of the 2026 elections. Democratic Congressman Kevin Mullin led the lawmakers in demanding answers from []

New York, Aug 17 (IANS) India Day Parade, the worlds largest event celebrating the nations freedom, showcased the contributions of the diaspora and the rich tapestry of the nation in this global city. A tribute to the diversity and the unifying force of being the worlds largest democracy, Sundays parades theme was Harmony in heritage. []

Muscat, Aug 17 (IANS) More than 200 students from Indian schools in Muscat visited Indian Naval Ship (INS) Imphal, the indigenously built Indian warship at Sultan Qaboos Port in the Omani state capital, the Indian Embassy in Oman said. Young Minds, Maritime Bonds in the spirit of celebrations of the 80th Independence Day of India []

Cairo, Aug 17 (IANS) Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary (Consular of Passport and Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), highlighted the priorities of Indias BRICS 2026 Chairship at the India-Egypt BRICS Partnership Conference. Sripriya Ranganathan addressed the Inaugural Session of the India-Egypt BRICS Partnership Conference, organised by the Indian Embassy in []

Astana, Aug 11 (IANS) Indias Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Y.K. Sailas Thangal, on Tuesday met Marat Sultangaziyev, governor of Almaty Region, in the city of Konaev and discussed strengthening cooperation in trade and investment opportunities. Indias Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Y.K. Sailas Thangal, held a fruitful meeting with the Akim of Almaty Region in the city of []

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) India and Namibia have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade beyond a raw-material-based composition towards value addition, set up investment focal points and new working groups on pharmaceuticals and services at a two-day meeting between official delegations of the two countries, which concluded here on Tuesday. The two countries have also []

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 11: BDS Legal Services, a leading Intellectual Property (IP), business compliance and regulatory advisory firm, today strengthened its presence in Eastern India with the formal inauguration of its new office in Kolkata. The company marked the occasion by hosting a press conference at its newly established office in Sector V, []

Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Tuesday that the state government will organise the prestigious Khelo India Youth Games 2026 on a grand scale. The Chief Minister held a review of the arrangements being made for the games with Sports Minister Vakiti Srihari and senior officials at the Bodhi []

STRUCTROMAX and WELDSTAR designed to serve evolving needs of construction, transportation, and heavy engineering sectors Hazira/Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 11: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) today announced the launch of STRUCTROMAX and WELDSTAR, two new heavy steel plate brands designed for Indias growing infrastructure, manufacturing, construction, energy, transportation and heavy engineering sectors. Developed at []

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 6: NoBroker, Indias leading proptech company, is raising the bar for one of its most significant categories: home painting services. Already an established premium provider in the segment, NoBroker is now elevating the very standard of what premium painting means in India, deepening its investment in design expertise, craftsmanship, and service []

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) on Monday announced that it is targeting 2 million cumulative connected car sales by 2030, while it has over 0.8 million connected cars on Indian roads. By 2027, the automobile company is targeting a goal of 1 million connected car sales. Strong customer adoption of []