Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan participates in Executive Industry Roundtable with US Secretary of Energy

The Minister had also separately Chaired an industry-level interaction organized by US-India Strategic Energy partnership (USISPF) on Tuesday. Secretary, Ministry of PNG Tarun Kapoor, Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Sandhu, representatives of various Energy related  Ministries of Government of India and US and representatives from Indian and US companies also took part in this … Read more

FIFA World Cup 2022 schedule announced

The FIFA World Cup 2022 will have four games every day in a 12-day group stage and matches later in the tournament that go into extra time will extend past midnight in Qatar. FIFA released the schedule for the first World Cup to be played in November and December on Wednesday, with kickoff times at 00:30 … Read more

PM to address High-Level Segment of ECOSOC on 17 July, 2020

Prime Minister will be speaking at the valedictory session along with the Prime Minister of Norway and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The annual High-level Segment convenes a diverse group of high-level representatives from the Government, the private sector, civil society and academia. The theme of this year’s High-level Segment is “Multilateralism after COVID19: What … Read more

IMF chief warns global economy ‘not out of the woods,’ dangers lurk

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the fiscal costs of actions aimed at containing the pandemic and mitigating its economic fallout were driving up already high debt levels, but it was premature to start withdrawing needed safety nets. “We are not out of the woods yet,” she said in a blog posting ahead of Saturday’s … Read more