KULGAM: Continuing the crackdown on sale of underweight cylinders, the Legal Metrology Department on Thursday slapped a fine of Rs. 75,000 on Anantnag based LPG bottling plant for supplying underweight LPG Cylinders for public distribution at Kulgam. Earlier the field executives of Legal Metrology Department Kulgam under the supervision of Assistant Controller came across a […]
NEW DELHI: Minimum support price (MSP) has become ‘maximum suffering’ for farmers under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and the Budget 2024-25 has failed to address issues of people involved in farm activities, Congress Rajya Sabha member Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Thursday. Taking part in the discussion on the Union Budget, he said the […]
MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra home minister and NCP(SCP) leader Anil Deshmukh on Thursday made explosive allegations against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, accusing him of orchestrating a plot to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government through false accusations. “Three years ago Devendra Fadnavis sent a man to me and asked me to write four affidavits. […]
NEW DELHI: The Opposition INDIA bloc parties will hold a protest on July 30 at the iconic Jantar Mantar over the alleged deteriorating health of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside Tihar jail, the Aam Aadmi Party announced on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, AAP MPs held a protest demonstration outside the Parliament House against alleged […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden told Americans in an Oval Office address that he ended his re-election campaign to “unify my party” with the larger goal of protecting American democracy and that goal is larger than “personal ambition”. He found it a good time to “pass the torch to a new generation”. Biden, who had […]
NEW DELHI: Wealth of the richest 1% globally surged by a staggering $42 trillion in the last decade, according to a recent report by Oxfam. The $42 trillion amassed by the ‘richest’ is nearly 36 times greater than the wealth accumulated by the poorest half of the world’s population. Despite this, billionaires globally have been […]
UNITED NATIONS: About one in 11 people or 733 million people globally faced hunger in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published by the UN agencies. The report, published on Wednesday, showed that this will lead to about 582 million people being chronically undernourished in […]
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his country’s war in Gaza, telling the US Congress that “our enemies are your enemies” and urging the US to provide more military aid to help Israel defeat its enemies. However, his speech was met with protests and criticism from Democratic lawmakers and thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators […]
BEIJING: Two Chinese and two Russian long-range bombers were tracked flying over international waters near Alaska and US and Canadian fighter jets were sent up in response, their joint aerospace command said. The Chinese and Russian military activity Wednesday was not seen as a threat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, said. […]
NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced the launch of the Bachelor of Arts in Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (BAMSME) programme through its School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET). The candidates who wish to opt for this programme can apply through the official website of IGNOU — ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. Applications […]