RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media in New Delhi on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leaders held talks on Tuesday to sort out the differences that have emerged between the two allies over the seat-sharing arrangements in Bihar. The much-awaited meeting took … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, on February 15, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani with a focus on shoring up bilateral ties, days after … Read more
Farmers walk towards Delhi as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest near the Shambhu Barrier in Punjab on February 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Even as protesting farmers from Punjab continue to camp near different locations on the boundary with Haryana, farmer representatives and Union Ministers will hold another set of talks … Read more
Three Naga groups have come together and decided to pursue negotiations for a solution to the decades-old Naga Political Issue with the Centre jointly. The decision was taken on Saturday during a meeting attended by leaders of the three groups — National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) led by Akato Chophy, NSCN led by Khango … Read more
In a statement, BMA junior doctors committee co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, said: “We have been clear from the outset of these talks that we needed to move at pace and if we did not have a credible offer, we would be forced to call strikes. Source link
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri at the 18th India-Iran Foreign Office Consultations in Tehran on November 26, 2023. Photo: X@MEAIndia via ANI The Israel-Hamas conflict and India’s investment in the Chabahar port developments were at the top of the agenda as Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra led … Read more
Border guarding forces of India and Nepal will hold a three-day bilateral meeting in New Delhi from November 6 and discuss measures to curb trans-frontier crimes and timely sharing of intelligence inputs, an official said. The seventh edition of the annual coordination talks between the two countries is led by India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) director general … Read more
The BMA will ask some doctors if they want to strike over pay if no progress is made by 6 November. Source link
“This means doctors who started their hospital training this year have received a 10.3% pay increase, with the average junior doctor getting 9.8% and consultants 6%, alongside generous reforms to their pensions – the BMA’s number one ask,” the spokesperson added. Source link
Four years after India walked out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, neighbours Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are now considering their chances of membership in the 15-nation trading bloc. Sri Lanka has already applied to join the RCEP, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who begins a visit to Beijing for the Belt and Road … Read more