Daily Archives: July 12, 2022

India projected to surpass China as world’s most populous country during 2023: UN report

United Nations, 11 Jul: India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country next year, according to a report by the...

India’s CBI now has access to Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation database

NEW DELHI, 11 Jul: The CBI has joined Interpol's International Child Sexual Exploitation database accessible to select countries, giving the investigative agency sharper snooping...

Dwarka Expressway to be operational in 2023: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi, 11 Jul: The Dwarka Expressway, also known as the Northern Peripheral Road, will be operational in 2023 and will ease traffic congestion...

India must be ready to face upheaval due to AI; one nation shouldn’t dominate...

NEW DELHI, 11 Jul (PTI): India needs to work on the artificial intelligence mechanism "extremely carefully" and it must be ready to face legal,...

‘Resolve pending issues for bullet train project’: NHSRCL to Maharashtra government

NEW DELHI, 11  Jul (PTI): Anticipating a change in Maharashtra's stand on the Centre's ambitious bullet train project with a new government in the...

New Forest Act rules will help corporates gain control of India’s forests: Karat

NEW DELHI, 11 Jul: CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat has written to Union Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) Minister Bhupender Yadav, opposing...

Survey shows overwhelming support in favour of SUP ban

NEW DELHI, 11 Jul: Eighty-three percent of the 1.76 lakh people surveyed across Indian cities support the ban on single-use plastic (SUP), according to...

Nagaland min encourages people to stay single

KOHIMA, 11 Jul: Nagaland minister Temjen Imna Along on Monday asked people to stay single and join the "singles movement" to be "sensible" on...

3 more bodies found, toll in Manipur landslide rises to 53

IMPHAL, 11 Jul: Three more bodies were found on Monday at the railway construction site in Manipur's Noney district that was ravaged by a...

Two cadres of Myanmar-based outfit held in Mizoram

Aizawl, Jul 11 (PTI) Troops of Assam Rifles have apprehended two cadres of a Myanmar-based outlawed outfit, Maraland Defence Force (MDF), in south Mizoram's...

Sikkim govt proposes to raise the minimum wages of unskilled workers to Rs 500

Gangtok, Jul 11 (PTI) The Sikkim government on Monday proposed to revise the minimum wages of unskilled workers in the hilly state to Rs...

Need to skill as per local demand: Assam Minister

Guwahati, Jul 11 (PTI) Assam Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department (SEED) Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah on Monday emphasised on the need to create skilled...

NFR records 28% growth in freight in Q1 FY23

Guwahati, Jul 11 (PTI) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) loaded 2.979 MT freight during the first quarter of the current financial year, registering an...

UN expects world’s population to reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

UNITED NATIONS, 11 Jul (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it expects the world’s population to reach 8 billion on Nov. 15th this...

Derek King stays with Blackhawks as assistant coach

CHICAGO , 11 Jul (AP) Derek King is staying with the Chicago Blackhawks as an assistant coach on Luke Richardson’s staff. King finished last season...

Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone to be charged with fraud over assets

LONDON , 11 Jul (AP)— Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation into...

India projected to surpass China as world’s most populous country during 2023: UN report

United Nations, Jul 11 (PTI) India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country next year, according to a report by...

Biden to reveal first image from NASA’s new space telescope

WASHINGTON , 11 Jul (AP): President Joe Biden on Monday will reveal the first image from NASA’s new space telescope — the deepest view...

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

KHARKIV, Ukraine, 11 Jul (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to...

Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting

WASHINGTON , 11 Jul (AP) President Joe Biden is hosting a “celebration” of a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence that, after...