Spices Board examining S’pore, Hong Kong ban on MDH & Everest products

NEW DELHI, 22 Apr: The Spices Board of India on Monday said that it is looking into the ban imposed by Hong Kong and...

Bharat Biotech submits clinical trial data of Covaxin in children to CDSCO

New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI): Bharat Biotech, which completed the Phase 2/3 trials of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for use in children under 18 years...

Nationhood comes from common sense of history, common vision of future among people:...

New Delhi, 9 Apr: A nationhood is constituted by people who share a "common sense of their history" and a "common vision of their...

Rajasthan govt committed to overall development of tribal regions, says CM Gehlot

Jaipur, 18 Feb: The Rajasthan government is committed to the overall development of tribal regions and the state Budget includes "many important gifts" for...

Kovind panel suggests 18 amendments to Constitution, other statutes for simultaneous polls

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: A high-level committee on simultaneous elections has proposed that 18 distinct amendments to the Constitution and other statutes would be...

Rural development budget slightly up; MGNREGS allocation unchanged at Rs 86,000 crore

NEW DELHI, 1 Feb: The rural development ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the union budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 percent...

MHA directs CAPFs to adopt ‘beehives on border fence’ model

NEW DELHI, 12 May: The union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has directed all central paramilitary and allied forces to replicate the 'beehives on...

World trusting India’s defence tech, asserts PM; says 5G service to take education to...

Gandhinagar/Junagadh/Rajkot, 19 Oct: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said exports of Indian defence products have increased eight times in the last few years...

Situation near Indo-Myanmar border concerning: Army chief

NEW DELHI, 12 Jan: Around 416 Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to India following the situation arising out of the fighting between Myanmar's armed ethnic...

Amit Shah justifies need to replace IPC, says any law becomes obsolete’ after 50...

Dehradun, Oct 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday justified the need to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act saying...

IHH Healthcare claims 20 bn yen damages from Daiichi Sankyo for interference in...

New Delhi, 14 Nov: A unit of Malaysia-based IHH Healthcare has sued Daiichi Sankyo for 20 billion yen for alleged interference in stake buy...

Govt launches project to upskill Nagaland artisans

New Delhi, 28 Dec: The government on Tuesday launched a pilot project to upskill over 4,000 cane and bamboo artisans from Nagaland under the...

UK to respond ‘robustly’ against attack on Indian high commission: Foreign secy

LONDON, 23 Mar: The UK will review the security at the Indian high commission here following "unacceptable" acts of violence by pro-Khalistan protesters, Foreign...

India gets consular access after flight carrying mostly Indians detained in France

Paris, 23 Dec: The Indian embassy in France has received consular access to its citizens after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians,...

Maldives rejects campaign targeting India; says India trusted friend

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) The Maldives on Wednesday strongly rejected attempts to spread "false information" through social media using what it called the...

Alarming rise in air pollution in 6 Bengal cities during December 2021: Study

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Air pollution in Kolkata and five other cities of West Bengal witnessed an alarming rise during December 2021 as...

Jyotiraditya Scindia urges states, UTs to cut tax on jet fuel

New Delhi, 19 Nov: Appealing again, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday urged states and Union Territories to reduce the tax on jet...

Resolution of eastern Ladakh row will facilitate bilateral relations: India-China joint statement

NEW DELHI, 12 Mar: After another round of high-level military talks, India and China on Saturday affirmed that a resolution of the eastern Ladakh...

There is a risk Covid ‘may spread rapidly’ in North Korea, says WHO

New Delhi, 16 May: Expressing concern over the COVID-19 situation in North Korea, the World Health Organization on Monday reiterated its commitment to supporting...

5 Bangladeshi women rescued, 3 traffickers arrested in Siliguri

Siliguri, Jul 24 (PTI) Five Bangladeshi women were rescued and three people were arrested in Siliguri in northern West Bengal as police busted a...