Month: September 2026

New Delhi: India is moving into a new phase of its semiconductor ambitions as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi, highlighting the country’s expanding semiconductor ecosystem and its growing opportunities in manufacturing, research, investment and technology. The fifth edition of SEMICON India is being held

Guwahati/Cape Town: Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday by lighting a ceremonial lamp at a Hindu temple in Cape Town, South Africa, while he was attending an international parliamentary conference. Dass lit the diya at the Vishnu Temple of Hindu Seva Samaj

Washington/New Delhi: The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that could give President Donald Trump the authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries purchasing Russian oil and natural gas, potentially putting India and China at the centre of a new trade dispute

New Delhi: India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is set to undergo a significant change from October 15, 2026, with charges being introduced on certain high-value merchant transactions. The new framework will introduce a 0.4 per cent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on eligible UPI payments above ₹2,000. The move marks a

New Delhi: The Himalayan region is facing growing pressure from climate change, glacier loss, extreme weather events and rapid infrastructure development, putting renewed focus on the need for stronger environmental monitoring and disaster preparedness across the mountain states. The Himalayas are not only a major geographical feature of India but

A maritime collision involving Indian and Pakistani naval vessels in the North Arabian Sea has sparked a fresh diplomatic confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, raising concerns over naval safety, military communication protocols, and regional stability. India has formally summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires in New Delhi, while Islamabad has responded

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has offered a different perspective on the growing fear that artificial intelligence will eliminate millions of jobs. Rather than predicting that AI itself will replace workers across entire professions, Huang argues that the bigger workplace shift could come from people who learn to use AI more

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is set for its biggest pricing change since the system became a dominant digital-payment platform, with a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) being introduced on specified person-to-merchant transactions above ₹2,000 from October 15, 2026. The new framework ends more than six years of zero-MDR merchant

Energy cooperation is emerging as one of the most important pillars of India-Russia relations, with New Delhi and Moscow discussing ways to expand collaboration across the sector. The Ministry of External Affairs has highlighted the long-running partnership in nuclear energy and identified the Kudankulam nuclear power project as a major