SRINAGAR: Three tourists died and a minor was injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge on Zojia pass on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Tuesday. The accident took place at Panimatha near captain morh on the Zojila pass when a Sumo vehicle skidded off […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government has notified the appointments of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan as judges of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had on July 11 recommended the appointments of the two judges. The apex court will now […]
NEW DELHI: The government has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said. The meeting, which will be held at 11 am on Sunday, has been called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, the ministry said in a statement. […]
BOLPUR (WB): Describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a man who has “significantly gained maturity” over the years, Nobel laureate economist Professor Amartya Sen felt the leader’s true test would be how he led the Opposition in Parliament during the current regime of Narendra Modi-led NDA government. The nonagenarian also opined that Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo […]
NEW DELHI: The Modi government needs to focus on welfare of ordinary citizens in the upcoming Budget and earmark more funds for the manufacturing sector to boost small businesses and create more jobs, former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Basu further said it is critically important […]
NEW DELHI: About 51 per cent of the applications received under the PM CARES for Children scheme for COVID orphans has been rejected, according to officials. Launched at the peak of COVID-19 cases in India on May 29, 2021, the PM CARES for Children Scheme aims to support children who lost their parents, a legal […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre informed that electronic goods exports increased by 16.91 per cent in the month of June (year-on-year), bolstered by the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The exports increased from $2.42 billion in June 2023 to $2.82 billion last month, according to data shared by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In April, the […]
NEW DELHI: NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has signed an agreement with QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, headquartered in Qatar, to launch QR code-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments across the Gulf nation. This will enable UPI payment […]
NEW DELHI: Highlighting the importance for brands to prioritise data security, about 82 per cent of Indian consumers stated that the protection of their personal data is one of the most crucial factors in earning their trust, a new report revealed on Thursday. While 83 per cent of consumers value knowing their devices secure their […]
TEL AVIV: Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Smotrich told reporters, “no one will move the people of Israel from their land”, the Times of Israel quoted him as saying […]