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Mines Minister Joshi launches 2nd tranche of auction of critical minerals.

ION correspondentMarch 2, 2024March 2, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 9.49 PM. In line with the country’s ambition to generate 50 per cent of its electric power from non-fossil sources by 2030, India has launched...

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India, South Africa block China’s IFD proposal at WTO.

ION correspondentMarch 1, 2024March 1, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 9.18 PM. India, along with South Africa, successfully blocked a key proposal led by China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the third day...

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Evening Glow in the Junggar Basin.

ION correspondentMarch 1, 2024March 1, 2024

June 1, 2023. An astronaut on board the International Space Station took this photograph of northwestern China on a partly cloudy evening (local time). This view offers a small...

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Attack on Mosque in Burkina Kills Dozens.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

An Austrian army instructor works with Burkina Faso soldiers during training on April 13, 2018 at the KamboinsÈ general Bila Zagre militairy camp near Ouagadougo in Burkina Faso during...

‘Mob rule’ replacing democracy in UK, warns Sunak after chaotic parliament debate over Gaza war.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during a media visit to Harlow Police Station in Essex, England, February 16, 2024. Britain is descending into “mob rule” and police...

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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Urges Trust and Implementation in WTO Decisions.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 8.55 A.M. India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal underscored the urgent need for rebuilding trust within the World Trade Organization and ensuring the effective implementation of...

PM Modi and his Mauritius counterpart virtually launched key development projects in Mauritius.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 2.03 PM. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth today jointly inaugurated the developmental projects at the Agaleaga Island in...

India criticises Pakistan at UNHRC; says it has no locus standi to pronounce on internal matter to India.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 1.38 PM. India has retaliated that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and...

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Six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in Rajya Sabha poll disqualified from Himachal assembly.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024

Updated, Feb. 29. 2024. 1.47 PM. In Himachal Pradesh, political turmoil continues unabated as six Congress MLAs, who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha elections were disqualified by Assembly Speaker...

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Suspends 15 BJP Members, Including Opposition Leader, for Unruly Behavior.

ION correspondentFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Updated, Feb. 28. 2024. 9.42 PM. Today, an unprecedented uproar was witnessed in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, resulting in the suspension of 15 BJP members, including opposition leader...

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