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India's upcoming G20 presidency is likely to centre on the themes of the world as "one family" and the need for "sustainable growth" and will be taken forward through 200-plus meetings in 55 cities, covering every state and Union…

The government is using innovative solutions to make the public delivery system more effective and efficient, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.…

India has cautioned that if the Ukraine conflict does not immediately give way to a "meaningful path of dialogue and diplomacy", there will be "severe repercussions" in the global economy which will derail efforts to secure food security…

UNITED NATIONS: The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021, according to a UN report, which also said that there are more obese adults and anaemic women in the world’s…

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday sent a fresh shipment of 3,000 metric tonnes of wheatto Afghanistan via the Pakistani land route as part of its humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. With the new consignment, India has completed…

India has said it is ready to provide assistance and support to the people of Afghanistan in their hour of need after a devastating earthquake killed nearly 1,000 people, destroyed houses and displaced several in the country. The 5.9…

GENEVA: WTO members on Friday agreed to a first deal in nearly seven years, including a limited patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and an agreement to discipline fisheries subsidy, after over five days of intense negotiations, which saw…

GENEVA: Talks for a first trade agreement in almost a decade were precariously poised just when it appeared that World Trade Organisation (WTO) members were close to sealing a deal on Thursday to check subsidies on unregulated fishing…

GENEVA: With the ministerial meeting extended by a day, WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday got down to sitting with a select group of countries to identify issue-wise concerns and find a solution, amid indications that…