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Another version of Dassault statement on Rafale shows it wasn’t forced to pick Reliance

New version of Dassault statement indicates it may have been misinterpreted as being forced to pick Reliance Defence for Rafale offsets.

PM Modi says India’s contribution towards 4th Industrial Revolution will be astonishing

He also said that India's diversity, demographic potential and digital infrastructure will make it a global hub for research.

India may seek extension of 4 November deadline for oil import from Iran

India is hoping to get a waiver from US sanctions as it cut down oil import from Iran in the last few months.

PhD scholar-turned-Hizbul militant Mannan Wani killed in Kashmir encounter

Ashiq Hussain, an associate of Mannan Wani, was also killed in the encounter that took place in north Kashmir's Handwara area.

Ganga crusader GD Agrawal, on fast since 22 June, dies in Haridwar

The 86-year-old IIT-Kanpur professor had survived on just 3 glasses of water since 22 June. Three days ago, Agrawal gave up even that.

Tax raid on Raghav Bahl: Editors Guild says motivated searches will undermine media freedom

Editors Guild of India says the tax administration should not exercise its powers in a way that could be seen as intimidation of the...

New corruption survey says 56% Indians admitted to paying a bribe in last one year

Property registration and land issue authorities found to be most corrupt departments, cash dominated as primary mode of paying bribe.

India will soon find out whether sanctions will apply after Russia deal: Donald Trump

The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a US federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North Korea and Russia.

The Quint’s Raghav Bahl warns tax sleuths not to access journalistic material during raid

Income Tax dept searches premises of Raghav Bahl’s The Quint in a case of alleged tax evasion.

For new IITs, govt sets some ground rules — no swimming pool, food court with public money

New rules say IITs and centrally-funded institutes like NITs must have “smart” classrooms, hostels should have LAN and Wi-Fi facilities.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.