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Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited Japanese businesses to expand their engagement with India, citing the country’s rapid economic growth, political stability, and rising global influence. Addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum, he urged collaboration in manufacturing, technology, innovation, green energy, and skill development, stressing that the India-Japan partnership can play a vital role…

Bhubaneswar: Veteran diplomat Dinesh K Patnaik has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Canada, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. A 1990-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, Patnaik is currently serving as Ambassador to Spain and will soon take charge of his new assignment. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan…

Thimphu: India and Bhutan have taken another step towards deepening their long-standing partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture and allied sectors in Thimphu. The MoU was signed between Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, and Thinley Namgyel, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock…

Jammu: A wave of natural disasters has struck Jammu and Kashmir, with a deadly landslide on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in Reasi district killing 30 pilgrims and injuring 14 others, even as floods and cloudbursts wreak havoc across the region. The landslide occurred on Tuesday evening near Adhkwari, forcing authorities to suspend…