India’s unemployment rate falls sharply to 6.57 pc, lowest since March 2021: CMIE
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India’s unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57 per cent in January, the lowest since March 2021, as...
Shipment of Indian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan to begin next...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India’s humanitarian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghan people is likely to be transported to Afghanistan through...
Yashwant Sinha labels Union Budget as ‘incomplete’
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday described that the budget presented in Parliament the previous day as...
Higher public investment to stimulate demand, generate jobs: DEA Secretary
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): The Budget proposals seek to stimulate the economy by stepping up public investments, which will create demand for industrial...
India on track to achieve $400 bn exports, negotiating FTAs with countries: Goyal
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India is on track to achieve the USD 400-billion export target in the current fiscal and is negotiating trade...
Rosemary compound may block COVID-19 infection, early study suggests
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): A compound found in the medicinal and culinary herb rosemary may potentially block the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and prevent inflammation...
Nothing for middle class, poor in Union Budget: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the government had delivered a "zero-sum budget" that has nothing for...
Over 400 death row prisoners in Indian jails till 2020, shows data
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded the death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country...
Design-led scheme for 5G ecosystem to bolster India’s position as manufacturing hub: Telecom players
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): The government’s push on fiberisation and technology will spur connectivity, while the design-led scheme announced in the Budget for...
SKM terms budget ‘anti-farmer’, asks farmers to prepare for ‘massive struggle’ for MSP
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Alleging the Union Budget for 2022-23 has shown the government does not care about farmers’ welfare, the Samyukta Kisan...
Budget 2022: India’s fiscal deficit pegged slightly higher at 6.9% in FY22
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): The country’s fiscal deficit is projected to be higher at 6.9 per cent this fiscal as against 6.8 per...
Budget people-friendly, creates new opportunities for jobs and growth: PM Modi
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was “people-friendly, progressive”...
Diesel to cost Rs 2 more from Oct 1, North East to see petrol...
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Diesel in most parts of the country may cost Rs 2 per litre more from October 1 while petrol...
Budget lacks any serious measures to boost revenue: Moody’s
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): The Union Budget lacks any tangible measures to increase revenue generation even though the capital expenditure plans have gone...
Imposition of exemplary cost: Message has to go loud and clear, says SC refusing...
NEW DELHI, 31 Jan: The Supreme Court Monday refused to show any indulgence on an application filed by a man, on whom it had...
Home Minister Shah using casteist terminology in electioneering: RLD chief
Aligarh, 31 Jan: Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary on Monday accused Union Home minister Amit Shah of consistently using "caste-based terminology" during his...
Covid virus may remain active, transmissible for longer than recommended quarantine period: Study
Washington, 31 Jan: Some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 may be able to transmit the virus for longer than the recommended quarantine period, without necessarily...
India, Russia agree to deepen cooperation at UN
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) India and Russia on Monday agreed to deepen cooperation at the UN Security Council after the two sides held...
Drinking wine injurious to health but Maha govt’s decision in interest of farmers: state...
Jalna, Jan 31 (PTI) Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday defended the state government's decision to allow the sale of wine in supermarkets...
30kg IEDs found in Jharkhand forest, Maoists suspected
Hazaribag, Jan 30 (PTI) Two powerful IEDs, weighing 15 kg each, were found in a forest in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Sunday, police said.
The...