External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets with Netherlands Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI G20 negotiators met for a second late night on Wednesday to discuss breaking the impasse over a jointly approved document to be released at the … Read more
Attendees listen to a plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on November 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. | Photo Credit: AP With countries unable to arrive at a consensus, the 27 th edition of the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) in Sharm el-Sheikh, which was scheduled to end on Friday, has been extended by … Read more
The State governments are not ready to lose 25% of their revenue, which can be as high as ₹1,000 crore per annum, say sources in Transport Department The State governments are not ready to lose 25% of their revenue, which can be as high as ₹1,000 crore per annum, say sources in Transport Department A … Read more
A leading scientist who sits on the SAGE committee that advises the government has told the BBC that the current row between Westminster and local leaders is “very dangerous”. Professor Jeremy Farrar, who also directs the Wellcome Trust, told the BBC’s Newscast podcast: “I think we’ve got to come together as a country, this fragmentation, … Read more
The deadlock over compensating states for the shortfall in GST collections continued on Monday with the 42nd meeting of the GST Council ending without reaching any consensus. Addressing the media after the meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the meeting was an extension of the previous meeting and all the states spoke on the issue … Read more