NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has launched the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme in a pilot phase for the country’s youth. The scheme aims to provide students with internship opportunities to address youth unemployment. Through this scheme, PM envisions to provide internships to 1 crore young people over the next five years. As of […]
NEW DELHI: Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has marked the total gross enrolments over 7 crore with an enrolment of over 56 lakh in the current Financial Year (FY 24-25). This big milestone of the scheme is coming in its 10th year of rollout of the scheme. This feat of bringing in the most vulnerable sections […]
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday asked operators of Boeing 737 aircraft with a specific rudder part to not use the planes for low-visibility landings. The aviation safety regulator took cognisance of the recent US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation investigation report, which highlights safety concerns involving Boeing 737 […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Ayush ministry has taken a firm stand against advertisements touting ‘miraculous’ cures through Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Homeopathy drugs. These claims, the ministry asserts, pose a risk to public health by offering unverified promises. In a public notice, the ministry clarified that it neither endorses any Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani, and Homeopathic […]
NEW DELHI: Google-owned YouTube said in a latest update that it has reinstated all channels and most videos that were removed due to a technical glitch or a bug. After a bug incorrectly flagged some channels for spam and removed them, YouTube began working on the fix. “Happy to report that all channels and most […]
Orphaned at young age, 23-year-old entrepreneur Ishrat Ameen aims to revive Kashmir traditions through affordable, quality food HAJIN: A 23-year-old girl from Chewa village in Bandipora district has turned her love for cooking into a business. After losing both her parents at a young age, Ishrat Ameen faced many challenges, but she remained determined to […]
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to award ten ‘PhD Excellence Citations’ every year, in an effort to recognise “high quality PhD work among young research scholars.” The citations will be given from next year onwards, and they are set to recognize “outstanding doctoral research,” according to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. […]
NEW DELHI: Amid rumours regarding his health, industrialist Ratan Tata Monday issued a public statement dispelling concerns, following his early morning admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Breach Candy Hospital. Mr Tata was hospitalised reportedly after a sudden drop in his blood pressure. In a letter shared by the 86-year-old business tycoon, Tata […]
NEW DELHI: To protect consumers from recent increase in tomato prices and prevent windfall gains for intermediaries, the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) on Monday initiated a market intervention by directly procuring tomatoes from mandis and selling them at a subsidised rate of Rs 65 per kg in Delhi-NCR. The NCCF is also continuously supplying […]
NEW DELHI: The stock market ended lower and extended the losing streak for the sixth consecutive session on Monday amid selling across the sectors, barring information technology names. At close, the Sensex was down 638.45 points or 0.78% at 81,050, and the Nifty was down 218.80 points or 0.87% at 24,795.80. Sensex opened at 81,926.99 […]