Cyberattacks surge amid accelerating Covid-driven digitalisation: WEF study

New Delhi/Davos: The accelerating pace of digitalisation, fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a record-breaking year for cybercrime with ransomware attacks rising...

Three major launches in next 3 months: ISRO chairman S Somanath

Benglauru, Jan 11 (PTI) The Indian Space Research Organisation has planned three major rocket launches in the next three months, its chairman S Somanath...

CJI to decide listing of Kejriwal’s interim bail plea

NEW DELHI, 28 May: The chief justice of India (CJI) will take a decision on the urgent listing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hand over patrol vessel, landing craft to Maldives

New Delhi, 30 Apr: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hand over a fast patrol vessel and a landing craft to the Maldives as India's...

India set to become 3rd largest economy in 5 years, says Piyush Goyal

Pune, 25 feb: India would become the third largest economy in the world in the next five years and by 2047 could be at...

50,000 people die of snakebite every year, highest in world: BJP MP in Lok...

NEW DELHI, 29 Jul: About 50,000 people lose their lives every year due to snakebite in the country, the highest in the world, BJP...

Two space start-ups authorised, marks beginning of private space sector launches in India

New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI): The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has started authorising Indian private firms, marking the beginning of private...

Haryana govt allows opening of cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes with 50 pc seating...

Chandigarh, 28 Jan: The Haryana government on Friday eased some Covid-related restrictions in the state, allowing the opening of all cinema halls, theatres and...

Haryana announces 10 pc reservation for Agniveers in police, forest dept recruitment

Chandigarh, 17 Jul: Months ahead of the assembly polls, Haryana's BJP government announced on Wednesday 10 per cent reservation for Agniveers in the recruitment...

Haven’t experienced anywhere the kind of peaceful coexistence seen in India Muslim World League...

New Delhi, 12 Jul: Muslim World League secretary general Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa on Wednesday said the diversity of thought in India has...

Adani has $2 bn foreign-currency bonds coming up for repayment in 2024

New Delhi, 5 Mar: The Adani group, whose mostly debt-fueled breakneck expansion saw gross debt doubling in four years, has almost USD 2 billion...

Adverse climate, delay in land acquisition, forest clearances pose challenges to BRO in NE

Guwahati, Jan 29 (PTI) Tough terrain, climate conditions and delay in land acquisition and forest clearances pose major challenges to the Border Roads Organisation...

Modi changed scale of thinking, turned pandemic into an opportunity for India: Amit Shah

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that the new India cannot be stopped by obstacles and negativity,...

Our country speeding to be drugs-free Bharat: Amit Shah

New Delhi, 3 Mar: The Modi government's ruthless approach towards the narco-trade has borne results. There has been a steep climb in the number...

US envoy, Novavax CEO, laud India’s role in battling Covid pandemic

Pune, 17 Aug: United States' Mission Chargé D'Affaires Patricia Lacina on Wednesday asserted that the long-standing relationship between her country and India in the...

India set to have 180k km highways, 120k km rail lines by 2025: Report

Mumbai, 24 Aug: The country is on course to build more national highways and rail lines during the decade ending 2025 than it has...

Adani group exploring investment in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector: Official

New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI): The Adani group, which recently sealed a deal with Sri Lanka to develop and run the strategic Colombo Port’s...

IIT Guwahati develops biodegradable, edible coating that extends shelf life of fruits and...

New Delhi, 29 Aug : Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an edible and biodegradable coating to extend the shelf-life...

‘Chronology samjhiye’: Congress’s jibe at Centre over PM’s Covid meeting

NEW DELHI, 22 Dec: "Understand the chronology," the Congress said on Thursday as it pointed out that the health minister has written to party...

Over 1,500 obsolete, archaic Acts to be repealed: Rijiju

SHILLONG, 23 Oct: The Centre will repeal more than 1,500 obsolete and archaic laws during the winter session of Parliament, union Law Minister Kiren...