United Nations: The number of poor people in India fell by about 415 million between 2005-06 and 2019-21, a “historic change” and a demonstration that the Sustainable Development Goal target of reducing at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty by 2030 is possible to achieve, […]
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Monday asked the State government to inform it the total loss incurred in the hartal called for by the Popular Front of India (PFI) and subsequent violence. A Bench of Justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Mohammed Nias C P directed listing the loss incurred in each case registered related […]
WASHINGTON: World Bank President David Malpass has offered to work with India to take its successful digitisation efforts to other countries so that they can also benefit from it, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. “In fact, today, in my meeting with the World Bank President David Malpass, he said that you should now showcase […]
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian Rupee has performed much better than many other emerging market currencies. Her stance comes as the rupee fell to an all-time low of 82.68 against the US dollar during early trade this week. The Finance Minister, while answering a query on how the value […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated 75 digital banking units (DBUs) across 75 districts to the nation. While addressing the nation he said that digital banking units will further promote financial inclusion, and enhance the banking experience for citizens. In the ongoing campaign to simplify the lives of common people, digital banking […]
CAIRO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry here on Saturday and the two leaders discussed regional developments and exchanged views on the Ukraine conflict and the Indo-Pacific. Jaishankar is in Egypt on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Shoukry. “A warm and productive meeting with FM […]
New Delhi: Delhi BJP leaders and workers including its Mahila Morcha activists staged a protest outside Aam Aadmi Party headquarters here on Friday, asking for removal of the AAP’s Gujarat chief Gopal Italia. The AAP leaders have crossed all limits of decency as was exemplified by Italia through his “abusive” language targeting the Prime Minister […]
New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will display a wide range of 430 products encompassing the strategic and tactical weapon systems, defence equipment and technologies developed in DefExpo 2022 being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from October 18 – 22, 2022. The major theme for this year’s DRDO participation is based on 3D (DRDO, […]
New Delhi: Many developing and developed nations are approaching the Indian government for setting up IIT campuses there, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday. Asserting that the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are earning global recognition, he said these are no longer just Indian Institutes of Technology but have become instruments of transformation. […]
New Delhi/Lucknow: The Union Health Ministry has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Uttar Pradesh to collaborate with the state authorities in instituting public health measures for dengue management in Firozabad, Agra and Etawah districts. The six-member team comprises experts drawn from the National Centre for Disease Control, National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control […]