As the economy slows down owing to rising inflation and weak wage growth, investors are looking for measures that would encourage spending, which is why Indian equities edged up during Saturday’s…
Two consecutive earthquakes measuring 4.9 and 4.8 on the Richter scale shook Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir early on Tuesday morning, as reported by the National Center for Seismology…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to respond to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s speech on Tuesday, a day after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s statements on Hinduism enraged the…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday achieved another success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) landing experiment (LEX). The third and final test in the series of LEX (03) was…
India entered its second phase of polling on April 26. The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 recorded a 60% voter turnout while the electoral process reportedly went on smoothly with some…
The United Kingdom is providing a chance for Indian citizens to grab 3,000 visas under its India Young Professionals Scheme. This scheme gives opportunities for Indian graduates to live, work, or…
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Agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday.
“He played a pivotal role in helping India achieve self-reliance in…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the ‘White Paper on the Indian Economy’ in Lok Sabha. The document details the failures of the UPA-led government during its rule and highlights…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled a ‘White Paper’ on the Indian Economy’ in the Lok Sabha.
Sitharaman in her Interim Budget speech had announced that the government will come out…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the ‘White Paper on the Indian Economy’ in the Lok Sabha.
The government on Wednesday extended the Parliament session by a day to release a…
The moment bookworms have been waiting for is finally over as the World Book Fair in New Delhi is all set to commence on 10 February. This year’s theme for the fair is ‘Multi-Lingual India, A Living…
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday recommended ‘immediate suspension’ of Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar to ensure internal security and to maintain demographic structure…
India is on the brink of concluding a trade agreement that could see a small group of European nations investing up to $100 billion over 15 years to facilitate smoother trade access to the country,…
PhonePe is gearing up to unveil its app store on February 21. With this, PhonePe aims to disrupt the dominance of tech giants Apple and Google using its Indus Appstore.
The much-anticipated launch…
Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American student at Purdue University, who was found dead in the woods on 5 February in Indiana, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities…
A 28-year-old man from Uttarakhand has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman friend from West Bengal’s Darjeeling for a week, thrashing, and torturing her by “pouring hot dal (lentils)” on her,…
The Government of India has decided to lease out the space in the underground rock caverns, considered as the safest means of storing hydrocarbon, to domestic and international firms to store oil,…
A massive fire at a cracker factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda has killed as many as six people while more than 50 have been left injured.
The fire triggered multiple explosions in the nearby region,…
India will see an investment of USD 67 billion in the energy sector in the next 5 to 6 years as he invited global investors to participate in India’s growth story, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on…
India is likely to sign on Tuesday a multi-billion dollar deal to extend import of 7.5 million tonnes of LNG per year from Qatar for another 20 years beyond 2028 at rates that are lower than current…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is now on the threshold of becoming a global economic powerhouse with the auto and automotive component industry playing a significant role.
Addressing the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the biggest strength under PM Modi is stability in policy.
In an exclusive interview with Managing Director of Network18 Rahul Joshi, the FM said “Policy…
After almost two days of political drama and uncertainty, JMM legislature party leader Champai Soren took oath as the chief minister of Jharkhand on Friday.
The 67-year-old tribal leader was sworn in…
India wants an “early resolution” of the “deteriorating situation in Myanmar” and said it is has been advocating for a complete succession of violence and the country’s transition towards inclusive…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget for 2024-25 has proposed a significant boost to the Indian Railways, with plans to establish three major economic railway corridors Energy, Mineral…
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has received a boost in funding, with the Union Budget allocating approximately Rs 2.78 lakh crore for 2024-25, a 2.8 per cent increase from the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that the government will withdraw old disputed direct tax demands of up to Rs 25,000 till FY10 and Rs 10,000 for 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Presenting the…
The government has extended 43 crore loans aggregating to Rs 22.5 lakh crore under the PM Mudra Yojana, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.
Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget,…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the government believes in “empowering the poor” and in the last ten years, at least 25 crore people have been assisted to get freedom from…
India’s credit flow in the first nine months (April-December) of the ongoing fiscal year 2023 was at Rs 22.8 trillion, up 1.6 times from Rs 14.1 trillion during the same period previous fiscal…
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) Thursday increased the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 14. The hike comes into effect from Thursday, 1 February, 2024.
Following the hike, a 19 kg LPG cylinder…
Ahead of Union Budget 2024, the Indian government reduced the import duty for components used in the manufacture of mobile phones from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.
According to a report by Reuters, the…
Madame Tussauds New York unveiled the wax statue of Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday in Delhi. The wax statue will be placed at the Wax Museum in Times Square, Manhattan.
The wax statue of Baba Ramdev has…
Indian warship INS Sumitra carried out another successful anti-piracy operation off the East Coast of Somalia, rescuing 19 Pakistani sailors from and their fishing vessel Al Naeemi from 11 Somali…
The Centre has shortlisted 30 cities spanning from Ayodhya in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south and Guwahati in the east to Trimbakeshwar in the west for the survey and rehabilitation of…
Indian Navy’s guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam deployed in the Gulf of Aden responded to a distress call from MV Merlin Luanda on Friday night and brought fire under control.
The MV has 22…
Four people from France received Padma Shri awardees this year, the highest from any foreign country. The move also underscores the strength of India-France relations, official sources said.
The…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was all praise for the year gone by as he witnessed the MEA tableau highlighting India’s successful G20 Presidency during the Republic Day parade at Kartavya…
India has awarded its third highest civilian honour, the Padma Chushan to Taiwan’s Liu Young-way, the Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn, in a move that will send a very strong message to the…
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has released a scientific survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque, saying that there was a Hindu temple at the site of Gyanvapi before the construction of the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, the chief guest for India’s 75th Republic Day celebrations, at hotel Taj Rambagh Palace in…
The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) on Wednesday for the acquisition of 14 ‘Fast Patrol Vessels’ (FPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
“The value of…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted ‘Exercise Desert Knight’ along with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force.
While the French participation included the…
Aviation watchdog DGCA has slapped a fine of Rs 1.10 crore on Air India for safety violations with respect to flights operated on certain long routes.
According to a MoneyControl report, citing a…
For the first time, India’s stock market has surpassed Hong Kong’s to rank as fourth-biggest equity market in the world. The total value of shares listed on Indian exchanges reached $4.33 trillion as…
A Namibian cheetah has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, weeks after three cubs were born to another feline.
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shared the…