No satisfactory reply from AAP govt, take it as ‘letter of duty’: LG’s fresh missive to Kejriwal

No satisfactory reply from AAP govt, take it as ‘letter of duty’: LG’s fresh missive to Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers of running away from their constitutional duties and said he has not received any “satisfactory reply” from the AAP government over issues related to excise policy, power subsidy and other matters raised by him. Amid an ongoing letter war […]

Abstaining from resolution Human rights of people of Xinjiang should be respected: India

Abstaining from resolution Human rights of people of Xinjiang should be respected: India

New Delhi: India on Friday said rights of people in China’s Xinjiang region should be “respected and guaranteed” but noted that its decision to abstain from a resolution on the concerns at the UN human rights commission was in line with the practice of not voting on country-specific resolutions. It is for the first time […]

Artificial Intelligence to act as a catalyst in India’s development journey and help realise goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047: Goyal

Artificial Intelligence to act as a catalyst in India’s development journey and help realise goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047: Goyal

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence to act as a catalyst in India’s development journey and help realise goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047: Shri Goyal New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today said that if India truly aspires to be a developed […]

Court asks Gyanvapi mosque management to file reply on plea for carbon-dating of structure found inside shrine

Court asks Gyanvapi mosque management to file reply on plea for carbon-dating of structure found inside shrine

Varanasi (UP): A court here asked the Gyanvapi mosque management on Friday to file its reply to a petitioners’ plea for carbon-dating of a structure, claimed to be a “Shivling”, inside the complex on the next date of hearing on October 11. The petitioners contended that the “Shivling” found in the “wazookhana” reservoir of the […]

Drug regulator initiates probe after WHO links children deaths to cough syrup made in India

Drug regulator initiates probe after WHO links children deaths to cough syrup made in India

Drug regulator initiates probe after WHO links children deaths to cough syrup made in India The company has exported these products only to The Gambia so far. A probe has been initiated by India’s drug regulator after the WHO issued an alert saying cough syrups manufactured by an Indian firm could potentially be linked to […]

Nations like India and New Zealand must form post-colonial order that provides stability to large parts of world: Jaishankar

Nations like India and New Zealand must form post-colonial order that provides stability to large parts of world: Jaishankar

Auckland: Nations like India and New Zealand have a particular responsibility of forging a post-colonial order that will provide global prosperity and stability, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, as he discussed pressing issues like the security situation in the Indo-Pacific and the consequences of the Ukraine conflict with his New Zealand counterpart. […]

Allahabad University protesting fee hike burn effigies of PM Modi, Education Minister Pradhan

Allahabad University protesting fee hike burn effigies of PM Modi, Education Minister Pradhan

Prayagraj: Allahabad University students demonstrating against the fee hike burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on the occasion of Dussehra on Wednesday. The group of students are protesting the fee hike at the varsity, allegedly by almost 400 times for undergraduate courses. Students’ Union vice-president Akhilesh Yadav told […]

Himachal govt withdraws order seeking journalists to provide character certificate’ to cover PM’s Bilaspur rally

Himachal govt withdraws order seeking journalists to provide character certificate’ to cover PM’s Bilaspur rally

Shimla: After facing flak, Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday withdrew a controversial order issued by Bilaspur superintendent of police for journalists to provide “character certificate” for coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the hill state on Wednesday. The prime minister will address a public meeting after inaugurating AIIMS in Bilaspur and participate […]

CBI searches 105 locations under operation targeting cyber criminals

CBI searches 105 locations under operation targeting cyber criminals

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday launched Operation Chakra against cyber criminals involved in financial crimes, carrying out searches at 105 locations across multiple states, officials said. The searches were being conducted in association with police forces of the states and Union Territories. They said 87 locations are being searched by the CBI and 18 […]

Over 60 new genetic regions behind stroke identified, may lead to new therapies

New Delhi: An international team, including researchers from India, have identified 61 new genetic regions associated with stroke that are potential drug targets to prevent or treat the second leading cause of death worldwide. Previous genome studies on stroke were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry. The latest results, recently published in the journal […]