With the launch, Tripura becomes the second state in the northeast after Assam and the fifth in the country to have a tea auction centre.
Poland witnessed fresh tensions between its government and the nationalist right on Friday after riot police were deployed around the country's constitutional tribunal following the suspension of its chief justice, Bogdan Swieczkowski.
World Bank has said that poverty in India, defined at $4.2 a day, will decline from 14.2% in 2026 to 12.1% by 2028.
Congress's Rahul Gandhi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sparred on social media over govt's decision to sell its stake in IDBI Bank with the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha backing protesting employees.
Supreme Court Friday said completion of special intensive revision (SIR) does not mean electoral rolls have been frozen, a statement that would put to rest the apprehension that names removed from draft rolls cannot be restored to the voters' list and such persons are rendered permanently disabled from exercising their franchise.
J&K and Ladakh high court sought a compliance report Friday from the Rajouri district administration on its March 25 order to reunite a Pakistan-born teenager deported after the Pahalgam terror attack with his Indian father on grounds of “sacrosanct human values and rights”.
European leaders have opted not to appear in photos with Russian delegations in earlier G20 meetings this year too, as fighting continues after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The protests were the biggest in a recent wave of demonstrations inspired by those in France and Spain, led by students who have set up tent camps and occupied schools to make their demands heard.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the opposition of rumour-mongering and creating panic at a time when the country was unitedly trying to deal with the crisis triggered by the Iran war and the wider Middle East conflict. He alleged that its aim was to foment anarchy across the country and defame him.