- Tuesday, May 06, 2025
ALL panch and sarpanch, who are vulnerable to threats from terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, will get police security and insurance coverage of Rs 200,000 each. This assurance was given by Home Minister Amit Shah to a delegation of sarpanch (village head) and panch (panchayat member) from Jammu and Kashmir…
PARITOSH MITRA, who drives a motorised rickshaw in Delhi, knows what he wants next and has saved Rs 100,000 ($1,390) to get it: an electric rickshaw. But he won't buy one until it comes with all the basic features that he needs as a commercial driver. That includes a top…
LESS than one per cent of Indians charged with slavery offences during the past decade were convicted, research showed on Tuesday (3), as anti-slavery campaigners called for tougher action on human traffickers to stop them preying on people. Out of 429 people charged with involvement in 198 trafficking cases in…
THE orbit of Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram' was successfully lowered for the first time on Tuesday (3) and one final manoeuvre remained for India to pull off a historic soft-landing on the moon in the early hours of Saturday (7). The 4-second de-orbiting operation was undertaken a day after the…
THE Indian government on Tuesday (3) raised the price of sugarcane-extracted ethanol used for blending in petrol by up to Rs 1.84 per litre as it looked to cut oil import bill by $1 billion annually through its greater use in auto fuels. State-owned oil marketing companies will buy ethanol…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and the party's working president J P Nadda met former Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan on Tuesday (3) as part of its 'sampark abhiyan' to reach out to leading members of society over the Centre's move to revoke provisions of Article 370. The…
INDIA’S BSE benchmark Sensex crashed nearly 770 points and the NSE Nifty tumbled over 225 points on Tuesday (3) due to panic sell-offs across the board as investors fretted over deepening economic crisis and ever-lasting global trade tussle. A slew of recent macroeconomic data on GDP, core sectors and auto…
INDIAN women's cricket star Mithali Raj on Tuesday (2) announced her retirement from Twenty20 internationals to focus on the one-day World Cup in 2021. The 36-year-old Raj, the highest run-scorer in the women's international game, made a surprise exit after she had made herself available for selection for the home…
PAKISTAN would not use nuclear weapons first, prime minister Imran Khan said on Monday (2), amid tensions with India after New Delhi revoked the special status of Kashmir region. "We both are nuclear-armed countries. If these tensions increase, the world could be in danger," Khan said, addressing members of the…
CANCER has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers said on Tuesday (3). Publishing the findings of two large studies in The Lancet medical journal, the scientists said…
