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WTO talks ended here with ministers making no headway on key issues — agriculture and fisheries, while India and other countries are likely to agree to extension of customs duty waiver for e-commerce by another two years. Trade ministers from across the world refused to budge from their stated positions on reducing farm subsidies or lowering subsidies, resulting in the impasse continuing despite talks being extended by over a day.

​Car wholesales remained strong in February as the industry races to a record 42-lakh-plus mark for first time in a financial year in 2023-24. All top players, including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, despatched healthy numbers to retail outlets as industry inventory remains at moderate level of around a month of sales.

​A sessions court in Delhi on Friday ordered Bloomberg Television Production Services India to take down a Feb 21 report it published against Zee. The report said that Sebi found $241-million accounting issue at the broadcaster. After the report was published, Zee's stock price slumped 15%, eroding investor wealth. Zee refuted that no such finding was made by the markets regulator.

Santhi Kumari holds video conference with collectors and SPs on the conduct of exams 

Households in Bengaluru, dependent on water supply from the Cauvery river or water tankers, are preparing for the current water crisis to worsen as the city stares at a long, hot summer. K.C. Deepika and K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj report on the worries of the people at a time of drought

While two channels had incorrectly cited the Shraddha Walker murder case as an example of ‘love jihad’, the third channel had misreported the details of an incident in Nalanda where a mosque was burnt down

​ The Council for Insurance Ombudsmen has said that it has no data on insurance companies' compliance with the awards made in respect of consumer complaints. In response to an RTI query, the CIO stated a lack of information on fulfilled and pending awards. ​The CIO oversees 17 Insurance Ombudsman offices nationwide.

The Uttar Pradesh CM’s visit to the Governor’s house assumes significance as he attended the crucial BJP meeting in New Delhi for the general election only a few hours earlier

Azam Cheema, the intelligence chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), passed away at the age of 70 due to a heart attack in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Cheema, known for his involvement in the planning and execution of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, was considered a key commander in LeT operations. Indian agencies have been accused by Pakistan of being behind these killings, a charge that India denies.

DHAKA: A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 46 people, the health minister said on Friday. At least 75 other people were injured, fire officials said. Some people trapped inside jumped from higher floors, they said.

The Indian Ministry of Defence has finalized five significant capital acquisition contracts amounting to Rs 39,125 crore before the fiscal year-end. The largest contract, worth Rs 19,519 crore, involves the procurement of over 220 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles with an extended range of 450 km for frontline warships. Additionally, contracts were signed for BrahMos vertical launch systems, close-in weapon systems, and many others.

Huge gap between the available donors and patients requiring organ transplants, says Mansukh Mandaviya 

Summer during March-May is most likely to be hotter in India with India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicting “above normal” maximum and minimum temperatures over most parts of the country during the three-month period. As far as February is concerned, the month had the second warmest night (minimum temperature) since 1901.