Deccan Chronicle
Revanth releases Rythu Bharosa for 70L farmers
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday released `3,590 crore to 70 lakh farmers in the state as the first tranche of the state government farmer assistance programme Rythu Bharosa. The money, he said, will be credited to the accounts of the farmers...
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PM dials Iran Prez, seeks secure seas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a telephonic conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday, condemned attacks on critical infrastructure in West Asia and stressed the need to keep shipping lanes open and secure. He also appreciated...
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Education, health get sharper focus, tax kitty improves
Setting a new record, the Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has introduced nine new schemes in the Budget 2026-27, which was presented by finance minister deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the Legislative...
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Israel, Iran hit gas fields, 6 US allies to guard Strait
Dubai, March 19: Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars, the world's largest gas field, and Tehran retaliated by intensifying its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities in Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar in the Gulf region. Hours later,...
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Another Iran top min dead
Dubai, March 18: Israel on Wednesday said that it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib in an overnight strike. Iran retaliated by attacking its neighbours and Israel, where two people were killed.
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SIT set up to speed up drug probe
Future City police chief G. Sudheer Babu on Tuesday set up a special investigation team (SIT) to speed up the investigation into the Moinabad farmhouse drugs case, involving former BRS MLA P. ‘Pilot’ Rohith Reddy. The police also sought a weeklong...
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Centre: No Indo-us talks on sending warships to Hormuz
The ministry of external affairs on Monday said there have been no bilateral discussions between India and the United States on reports that US President Donald Trump had asked countries to send warships to guard the Strait of Hormuz. Responding to...
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`22,000 cr for Metro, it’s advantage Revanth
The arithmetic of the Hyderabad Metro Rail takeover from the concessionaire L&T has put Chief Minister Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in an advantageous position. The state-appointed consultant has calculated the minimum valuation of the project...
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Trump seeks warships to open Hormuz Strait
Washington, March 14: US President Donald Trump stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships will “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely. His comments on Truth Social —...
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Barrier against severe floods
Hyderabad: The state government said on Friday that if the water flow in the Musi was not regulated, several areas would be flooded when the river was in full flow. The Musi rejuvenation project had proposed designs for the river sections for both...
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Modi directs states to act on hoarders
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at those trying to create panic on the LPG situation in India, and said they are not only exposing themselves before the people but also hurting the country. He said that some people are trying to black-market...
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Modi: Kerala ready to end LDF-UDF see-saw
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the people of Kerala are ready to move past the traditional LEFT-UDF politics in the state. Sounding the political bugle in the election-bound state, Modi unveiled development projects worth over `10,800...
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Indigo CEO quits after travel chaos
New Delhi, March 10: Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers resigned on Tuesday, citing personal reasons, and the country’s largest airline has relieved him with immediate effect, a development that comes three months after massive operational disruptions triggered...
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EAM: India for peace, dialogue in West Asia
India is in favour of peace (in West Asia) and urges a return to dialogue and diplomacy and “advocates de-escalation, restraint and ensuring the safety of civilians”, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament on Monday. He added that the...
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WB won’t forgive TMC for Prez’s insult: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised the Trinamul Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal over alleged protocol lapses during President Droupadi Murmu’s recent visit to the state, saying the people of West Bengal would not forgive the...
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UAE is in ‘time of war’; US escalates Iran hits
Dubai: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said debris from a successfully intercepted projectile caused a minor incident on the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina, but officials contained the situation and reported no injuries, according to the...
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Ex-rapper’s party all set for sweeping win in Nepal polls
Kathmandu, March 6: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Friday heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of...
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Wars no solution to conflicts: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said conflicts cannot be resolved through military means alone and stressed the need for dialogue and diplomacy while referring to the wars in West Asia and Ukraine. Speaking after talks with Alexander Stubb at...
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US sinks Iranian warship; 87 dead
New Delhi/colombo, March 4: In a significant escalation of the West Asia crisis, a US submarine on Wednesday torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in international waters off Sri Lanka's coast when it was returning after participating in the Milan...
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Iran pounds US allies in Gulf
Dubai, March 3: Israel stepped up airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and factories on Tuesday, and Iran retaliated across the Gulf region, including with attacks on Dubai and Abu Dhabi, disrupting energy supplies and travel. While the...
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Trump ready for longer war, vows massive attack on Iran
Washington, March 2: US President Donald Trump said the bombing campaign against Iran could last for 4 to 5 weeks but that he’s prepared to go far longer than that. “We’re already substantially ahead of our time projections,” Trump said at the White...
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US, Israel launch air strikes on Iran; target top leaders
Washington, Jerusalem, Dubai, Doha, Feb. 28: The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and calling for the overthrow of its government. Iran responded with missiles fired at Israel and wealthy neighbouring Gulf countries....
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India backs Gaza peace plan, PM tells Israel Parl
Addressing the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem late on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India felt the pain and shared the grief of the “barbaric attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023,” while also reiterating the need to...
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Modi begins 2-day trip to Israel today PM to address Knesset; def., trade ties on agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day state visit to Israel starting Wednesday. Soon after landing in Tel Aviv, he will hold an informal discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who will also host a private dinner for him....
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State to get Metro at 22% discount
The Cabinet, at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday, approved the takeover of 69-km Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-i from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) by March 31, end of the current financial year. This will pave the way for rapid...
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Ferrari owner runs amok in JH
A Ferrari SPA created havoc on Road No. 45 when the speeding vehicle lost control near actor Balakrishna’s residence on Sunday morning. The speeding car, proceeding to Cable bridge from Film Nagar lost control near Vamsiram Complex, hit an electric...
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India, Brazil trade goal set at $30 bn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Saturday held delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House, after which the two sides signed agreements in digital technology, critical minerals, mining, MSMES and health,...
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Blaze traps 150 students, all rescued
Hyderabad, Feb. 20: Police and fire staff on Friday rescued 150 students, who were stranded in classrooms of various coaching centres, after a fire broke out at the fivestorey Nilgiri block of the Aditya Enclave in Ameerpet. No one was injured in the...
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Cong. brass is all praises for Revanth for poll win
The Congress high command on Thursday praised the performance of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy-led government in Telangana over the past two years while simultaneously cautioning ministers and senior party leaders against internal rifts and conflicts...
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Modi holds 7 bilaterals, to open AI Summit’s plenary India, France, Brazil, Finland to push global AI partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday began a series of bilateral meetings with visiting world leaders ahead of the Leaders’ Plenary of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The Prime Minister held back-to-back meetings at Hyderabad House with...
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Use AI for public interest, says Modi at AI Impact meet
Rafale fighter aircraft, the bulk of which are to be manufacture in India. The Prime Minister and the French President jointly inaugurated the final assembly production line of the Tata-airbus H-125 light multi-role helicopters at Vemagal in Karnataka...
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3 get death for rape, murder
The First Additional District and Sessions Court, Koppal, sitting at Gangavathi, on Monday sentenced three men to death for the gang rape of two women, including a foreign national, and the murder of an Odisha native at Sanapur in Koppal district last...
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Modi pitches India as a hub for digital infra, AI
New Delhi, Feb. 15: With the Budget providing incentives to turbocharge investments in data centres, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched India as a global hub for digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence, saying the country is...
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Revanth eyes win in 37 hung civic bodies
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday asked ministers and senior Congress leaders to intensify efforts to secure control of the 37 urban local bodies that delivered hung verdicts in the municipal elections, as well as the Nizamabad and Karimnagar...
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CM meets Priyanka, gets praise for wins
The Congress has secured nearly 75 per cent of municipalities and municipal corporations in the civic poll results on Friday, signalling urban voter endorsement of the Congress governance under Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. A total of seven...
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No challenge for me, says Revanth
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday expressed confidence that he will continue to be the Chief Minister of Telangana till May 2034 as he faces no political challenge in the state. In an informal chat with media persons at his official...
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FM hits out at Cong., says no ‘surrender’ on US deal
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday rebutted allegations made by the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on the Indo-us interim trade agreement and accused the Congress-led UPA government of compromising national interests during its...
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Oppn no-trust in LS Speaker
The Opposition on Tuesday submitted a notice for moving a no-confidence motion (NCM) to remove Om Birla from the office of Lok Sabha Speaker. Birla directed Lok Sabha secretary general Utpal Kumar Singh to examine the notice and decided that he would...
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Lancet study flags limits of Hba1c test
A new evidence-based study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia has raised concerns over the accuracy of the glycated haemoglobin (Hba1c) test in diagnosing and monitoring Type 2 diabetes among large sections of India’s...
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Cong. committed to protect hereditary jobs Revanth: No move to scrap Bhupalpally dist
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday rejected allegations that the government would scrap the Bhupalpally district and clarified that there were no plans to create new districts or abolish existing ones. “There is a malicious campaign being run...
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Revanth: None can erase KCR’S ‘loot history’ in TG
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said he would undertake the responsibility of keeping alive the legacy of BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao in the annals of Telangana history, but alleged that the history was about fake passports, counterfeit currency...
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Focus on life, not just marks: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his interaction with the students ahead of the boards on Friday, said that exams are like festivals and should be celebrated. Sharing mantras with school students on how to de-stress before exams, Modi said education...
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Speaker found threat, told Modi to avoid LS
Shillong, Feb. 5: At least 18 labourers were killed and several others are feared trapped following an explosion at an allegedly illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, officials said. The incident occurred at Thangsku...
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Oppn stir puts off Modi’s LS speech House adjourned after MPS stormed into well
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha did not take place on Wednesday despite indications from official sources, with the House adjourned for the day amid sustained Opposition...
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Indo-us deal decision big, will benefit all, says Modi NDA wins due to friendly policies, Modi tells coalition leaders
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the India-us trade deal as a “big decision” that would benefit everyone in the country. Addressing MPS at the parliamentary party meeting of the ruling alliance, Modi asserted that the NDA government...
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Probe notices are not insults, says Revanth
A 28-year-old barber allegedly killed his sixyear-old daughter by pushing her into a canal in Nizamabad to remain eligible to contest the upcoming sarpanch elections in Maharashtra, police said. The accused, Panduranga Kondamangale, a resident of Kerur...
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Budget aims for stability, growth
Choosing “reforms over populism”, the government on Sunday opted for a Union Budget 2026-27 with a long-term focus on infrastructure creation, manufacturing, skilling and job creation to insulate the country from global turbulence. Presenting her ninth...
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PM invites global investors to tap India’s energy sector
New Delhi, Jan. 27: Inviting global investors to participate in the country’s growing energy sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India’s energy sector offered investment opportunities worth $500 billion. Virtually addressing a...
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India, EU agree on mother of all deals
After over 18 years of protracted negotiations, India and the European Union agreed on a free trade agreement (FTA), dubbed “the mother of all agreements”, which will be mutually beneficial and give both New Delhi and Brussels a reason to cheer in a...
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Telangana gets 7 Padma Shris, Bhushan for cancer expert Nori 38 from poll bound states
Seven scientists, doctors and social contributors from Hyderabad were conferred the Padma Shri, the nation’s fourth highest civilian honour, by the Centre on Sunday. The conferees include aerospace engineer Chandramouli Gaddamanugu, who directed the...
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7 trapped in fire at four-storey, firefighters fight to douse blaze
At least seven persons including two children were feared trapped in a fire that broke out in the basement of a four-storey building housing a furniture store, Sai Vishwas Furniture Castle, on Nampally road on Saturday. Fire fighters managed to bring...
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Modi sees double engine Kerala govt
Mumbai, Jan. 23: Adani Group stocks fell sharply causing around `1.1 lakh crore market cap erosion for listed group companies on Friday as sentiments took a severe hit on reports saying US market regulator SEC sought local court's permission to serve...
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Modi, Brazil’s Lula vow to boost ties
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) laboratories in Telangana have identified 12 drug samples as ‘not of standard quality (NSQ)’ during a recent testing, while the Drugs Control Laboratory of Telangana (DCLT) have found five to be in...
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‘Will have a good deal with India’: Trump hails Modi Revanth offers to host WEF follow-up
Gold and silver prices continued to rise on Tuesday with the yellow metal gaining `7,500 to touch `1.6 lakh per 10 gm and silver by `12,000 to jump at `3.35 lakh per kg. In the international market, gold crossed $4,800 as geo-political tensions...
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UAE to partner with TG for Bharat Future City growth
In a major fillip to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s dream project Bharat Future City, the cash-rich United Arab Emirates on Tuesday expressed its interest to collaborate with the Telangana government for developing the future city as a top global...
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India, UAE ink key deals on defence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening held talks at his residence in New Delhi with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The three-and-a-half hours visit culminated in seven major announcements and the signing of...
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Cabinet okays Metro Phase-2, fast-tracks takeover from L&T BJP more dangerous, says Revanth
A young male tiger, that kept forest department officials on their toes as it moved from district to district over the past couple of months, has reappeared in Yadadri-bhongir district. On Saturday night, it killed two calves, and made away with the...
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PM: Youth focused on fixing problems
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s youth and entrepreneurs are focused on solving real problems, describing the Startup India mission as a revolution that has transformed the country’s innovation landscape. Speaking at an event...
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Sankranti shows India’s cultural richness: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended greetings to people across the country on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, saying the harvest festival reflects the richness of India’s cultural landscape and reinforces the spirit of togetherness that...
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Revanth plans major rejig of dists, mandals
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday announced that the state government would constitute a judicial commission, headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court, to undertake a comprehensive reorganisation of districts, revenue...
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Anti-somnath forces still active in India, says Modi Says invaders reduced to history, but temple stands
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that forces that opposed the reconstruction of Somnath Temple after independence remain active in the country. Speaking at “Somnath Swabhiman Parv” in Somnath, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi said that now...
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Mamata ‘seizes’ docus after ED raid on IPAC
The political battle between the BJP and the Trinamul Congress (TMC) in West Bengal escalated sharply on Thursday after the Enforcement Directorate raided two premises linked to the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), the political consultancy...
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UP’S draft SIR list out; 12.55 cr voters retained, 2.89 cr deleted
Close to 3 crore voters have been excluded from the draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh, published on Tuesday after the completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in the state. A political slugfest started shortly after, with the...
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Trump warns of more tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases
In what could spell further trouble for India, US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose more tariffs on India if it "does not help on the Russian oil issue”, even as he warmly praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This comes amid continued...
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Deeply concerned: India to Venezuela
Making its first official statement, India on Sunday expressed “deep concern” over the developments in Venezuela and called upon all concerned to address issues peacefully through dialogue. “Recent developments in Venezuela are a matter of deep...
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US strikes Venezuela; Prez Maduro, his wife captured
Washington, Jan. 3: The United States attacked Venezuela and captured its long-serving President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said, promising to put the country under American control for now,...
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Revanth: Musi project to foster communal amity
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced in the Assembly on Friday that a temple, a mosque, a church and a gurudwara would be constructed along the Musi river basin as part of the Musi rejuvenation and development project to promote communal harmony....
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Revanth clears NY bonanza of `713 cr for staff
In good news for state government employees, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on the of eve of New Year on Wednesday directed finance minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka to immediately release funds for the payment of pending dues of government employees....
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India has boarded Reform Exp: Modi meets India Inc
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India has boarded the "Reform Express" and credited his government’s policies for the country’s accelerated pace of progress. He also called for mission-mode reforms across diverse sectors to sustain...
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