U.S backs India's farm laws, says it will improve efficiency of markets
Washington: The United States came out in support of India's new farm laws, saying it welcomes steps that would 'improve the efficiency' of Indi...
Fuel prices touch new highs, petrol price at Rs 88.66/litre in T'puram
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices have been hiked across the metros after a seven-day lull, on Thursday.
In the national capital, the price of petr...
COVID-19: India records 12,899 fresh cases
New Delhi: With 12,899 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's Covid-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,90,183, while th...
Motivated campaigns against India will never succeed, says Minister
New Delhi: Motivated campaigns targeting India will never succeed, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday, in comments that came o...
Portal on Gobardhan scheme launched
New Delhi: The Jal Shakti Ministry on Wednesday launched a unified portal on the 'Gobardhan' scheme, an initiative aimed at managing cattle and biode...
Gold declines Rs 232, silver tanks Rs 1,955
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday declined by Rs 232 to Rs 47,387 per 10 gram amid decline in global precious metal prices, accord...
SC refuses to entertain pleas on tractor rally violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a clutch of petitions demanding investigation into the violence in the national capita...
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC against FIRs in R-Day violence
New Delhi: MP Shashi Tharoor and senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai have moved the Supreme Court against multiple FIRs registered against them over t...
Greta Thunberg extends support to farmers' protest
New Delhi: Climate and environmental activist Greta Thunberg has come out in support of the ongoing farmers' protest at Delhi's borders against...
BJP appoints in-charges for poll-bound TN, Puducherry, Assam
New Delhi: The BJP appointed Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, G Kishan Reddy and Pralhad Joshi its assembly election in-charges for Assam, Tamil...
COVID-19: India records 11,039 new cases
New Delhi: India''s COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,77,284 with 11,039 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,...
12 children given sanitiser instead of polio drops in M'shtra
Mumbai: In a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra...
NIA to probe into blast near Israel Embassy in Delhi
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has handed over a probe into blast near Israeli embassy in Delhi last week to the National Investigation Agen...
Interest on EPF contribution above Rs 2.5 lakh to be taxable
New Delhi: The government said the employers who delay the deposit of workers' share of social security contributions like employees' provident fund ...
'Aatmanirbharta' named Oxford Hindi word of 2020
New Delhi: 'Aatmanirbharta' implying self-reliance has been named by Oxford Languages as its Hindi word of the year 2020 as it 'validated the day-to-...
COVID-19: India reports 8,635 new cases
New Delhi: India registered 8,635 new coronavirus infections in a day, the lowest in eight months, while the daily deaths fell below 100 after almost...
Bhavya Lal is NASA's new Acting Chief of Staff
Washington: Indian-American Bhavya Lal was appointed by NASA as the Acting Chief of Staff of the U.S space agency.Bhavya served as a member of the Bi...
'BJP couldn't fix brakes, so made horn louder': Tharoor on Union budget
New Delhi: As soon as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman finished her budget speech, senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP took a hilario...
NRIs will soon be able to float 'One Person Companies'
New Delhi: Seeking to further improve the ease of doing business, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said NRIs will be allowed to set up one person ...
Govt cuts import duty on gold, silver
New Delhi: Presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the customs duty on gold and silver will be ration...
RSS worker hacked to death in Vayalar
Alappuzha: An activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was hacked to death in Vayalar in Alappuzha district on Wednesday.The incident took p...
Biden nominates Indo-American lawyer to head Office of Personnel Management
Washington: US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a...
