India’s Bharat Biotech said on Tuesday its oral cholera vaccine cleared a late-stage trial and that it plans a global launch, aiming to make up to 200 million doses a year amid an expanding outbreak…
With eyes at securing a majority in the Upper House, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named nine candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
While the names released on Tuesday include some…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the start of the nomination process.
Voting will be held on 24…
Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday proposed to rationalise the disclosure requirements in the offer document and reduce the rights issue processing time to make it a preferred route of…
A week after two girl students of a kindergarten were allegedly sexually abused by a cleaning staff in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, Eknath Shinde-led government on Tuesday said that it is building a…
India’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the setting up of a national task force of doctors to make recommendations on safety at their workplace, days after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old…
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa arrived in New Delhi on Monday to participate in the third India-Japan ‘2+2’ dialogue. The current situation in the Indo-Pacific region is expected to be…
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit India from August 19 to 20 during which both sides are expected to sign several pacts including one on recruitment of Indian workers, people familiar…
It is August 1 and a slew of changes related to money including LPG cylinder price, FASTag KYC comes into effect from today that may affect your expenses.
Here’s a look at the financial rules that…
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 30) passed the Union Budget 2024-25.
Before the passage of the Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, replying on Budget 2024, gave a detailed response to…
Tuesday’s catastrophic landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad region left high-range communities littered with broken branches of uprooted trees, overflowing water bodies, and destroyed houses.
The hillsides…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a high-level committee probe on the coaching centre mishap that killed three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar.
The plea, which will be…
Tragedy struck Kerala on Tuesday morning (July 30) after three landslides struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad, killing over 80 people with hundred others feared to be trapped….
The landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad on Tuesday killed 23 people and injured several others while search and rescue operations are underway with NDRF teams and Army choppers on the spot.
The death toll…
At least 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district at around 3:45 am on Tuesday (July 30). The most recent update by West Singhbhum DC puts the death…
One soldier, who sustained injuries in a gunfight with terrorists in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, succumbed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, one terrorist has been eliminated by security forces…
One terrorist has been gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kumpwara district. An Indian Army jawan was also injured in the exchange of fire.
“On 24 July, suspicious…
The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, saying he quit the NDA in 2018 due to the Centre’s failure to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh and six years later…
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court’s decision on the NEET-UG issue, saying truth has prevailed, and announced that the final results of the medical…
The INDIA bloc MPs will hold a protest in the Parliament on July 24, against the Union Budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The opposition parties have alleged Union…
iPhone maker Apple is believed to be the biggest beneficiary of a 5 per cent reduction in import duty on mobile phones and the move could lead to savings of as much as USD 35 to 50 million for the…
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Kashmir’s Kupwara region on Tuesday. The security forces were able to establish contact with the infiltrators while the operation was…
Anti-terror operation underway in J-K’s Kupwara Srinagar, Jul 23 (PTI) Security forces launched an anti-terrorism operation on Tuesday in the Lolab area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police…
The government on Tuesday proposed several changes in the tax deducted at source structure, including reducing the rate for e-commerce operators to 0.1 per cent from existing 1 per cent, and allowing…
The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the Union Budget 2024-25, accusing the Finance Minister of making hollow promises.
Taking to social media platform…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Union Budget 2024-25, presented on Tuesday, will give new impetus to economic development in the country. The Prime Minister said that the budget would…
The Centre has allocated over Rs 951 crore to the country’s premier probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation in Budget 2024-25 announced on Tuesday, a slight dip of over 1.79 per cent from the…
In a major relief for working professionals, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman proposed that the Standard deduction for professionals enrolled in the new tax regime will go up from Rs 50, 000 to Rs…
Presenting the budget 2024-25 on Tuesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced three employment-linked incentive schemes for employees and employers. These schemes will be based on…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, announced a credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs to facilitate term loans without collateral or third-party guarantees.
The FM introduced a new…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government will formulate plan Purvodaya for all round development of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to achieve…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised that in times of policy uncertainties at the global level, India’s inflation remained low and stable. Sithraman mentioned that the inflation in the…
In less than an hour, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting Union Budget 2024, the first full budget of Modi 3.0. Apart from the budget speech, investors keep keen eye on its reaction…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her seventh consecutive Union Budget on July 23 (today). Ahead of the Budget presentation, the Economic Survey 2023-24 was tabled in both…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Tuesday present the Union Budget 2024. All eyes will be on whether FM Sitharaman provides the much-expected tax relief for the middle class, leaving more…
Two soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in a forest village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district early Thursday, officials said. The encounter took place at Jaddan Bata village in…
The Karnataka government has put on hold a bill mandating reservations for locals in the private sector after a massive backlash from the industry. The government will have a relook at the bill before…
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor CV Ananda Bose in an…
A 32-year-old engineer has been arrested from Gujarat by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday for his social media post on a bomb threat at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding.
After getting to know…
Four of the five security personnel, who suffered critical injuries in a gunfight with terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir late Monday evening, succumbed to their injuries early…
Tuesday (July 16) is going to be a defining day across the globe. All eyes in the US are on the ongoing 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Former US President is attending…
The 24-year-old accused in the Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case Mihir Shah, changed his appearance to throw the police off his trail, the prosecution told a court on Wednesday. Shah was later remanded to…
India on Wednesday dismissed as ”factually incorrect” reports about differences with Russia on the issue of Ukraine that led to the scrapping of a larger delegation-level meeting during Prime Minister…
A Mumbai court on Wednesday remanded Mihir Shah, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, in police custody till July 16.
Shah, 24, was arrested on Tuesday, two days after he allegedly rammed…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s informal talks in the former’s residence were the highlight of the Indian leader’s two-day visit to Moscow. From discussions over…
Bhole Baba, whose 121 followers died in a stampede during his ‘satsang’ in Hathras, has five criminal cases against him, including molestation. Also, he was posted as a head constable in Etawah about…
At least 121 people died in the Hathras stampede, hours after which an FIR was filed which has no mention of ‘Bhole Baba’ as an accused whose ‘satsang’ saw the mishap happen on Tuesday.
The family of…
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court over the Hathras stampede incident alleging the administration’s failure to control the crowd present at the ‘Satsang’.
The death toll from the accident has…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is expected to visit Hathras on July 3, following a tragic stampede during a religious gathering that resulted in over 116 fatalities. A senior government…
India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 spacecraft completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on Tuesday, ISRO said.
The space agency said its station-keeping manoeuvre on Tuesday…
Around 116 people were killed in a stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on Tuesday, Aligarh Range IG Shalabh Mathur said. The stampede broke out at satsang in Pulrai village of Hathras district.
Police…
Around 116 people including women and children, have confirmed dead in Hathras after a stampede broke out during a religious congregation at a ‘satsang’ event in Uttar Pradesh’s Pulrai village on…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to respond to a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a corruption case related to the excise policy ‘scam’. Justice Neena…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a message for NDA MPs a day after the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi lambasted the central government in the parliament, creating a ruckus in the House.
On…
The students, who have been been staging a sit-in at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the irregularities in NTA held examinations — NEET UG, PG, and UGC NET, have called for a march towards the…
Auction for Rs 96,238 crore worth spectrum began on Tuesday that is expected to see firms like Airtel and Reliance Jio bidding to acquire airwaves that will help augment their 5G services.
It is the…
The Indian high commission in Kenya on Tuesday advised Indian nationals to exercise “utmost caution” in view of prevailing “tense” situation arising out of violent protests in the African nation.
The…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Tihar Jail on Tuesday night in connection with the alleged excise policy scam ahead of the Supreme…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail order passed by the trial court, saying that the trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the…
New Delhi: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said India’s growing water shortage can disrupt farm and industry sectors and is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign as rising food inflation and…