Entrepreneurial mindset amongst youth to greatly contribute to regional economic dev: VC SRINAGAR: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has officially selected the New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (NewGen IEDC) at the University of Kashmir (KU) as an implementing agency for the GENESIS initiative. This prestigious programme aims […]
GANDHINAGAR: India is unique in terms of diversity, scale, capacity, potential as well as performance and the world feels the country is the best bet for the 21st century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. When the history of the 21st century will be written, the chapter of India’s solar revolution will be written […]
NEW DELHI: Speculations are rife over who will take the reins as Delhi’s next Chief Minister following Arvind Kejriwal’s unexpected announcement of resignation on Sunday. While the BJP claims Kejriwal may replicate the Lalu-Rabri model by appointing his wife Sunita Kejriwal as the new CM, Delhi ministers Atishi and Gopal Rai are seen as leading […]
NEW DELHI: Trinamul Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Monday questioned why petrol prices in India are not decreasing despite a decline in global crude oil prices. In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha MP said the crude oil prices have come down by around 24 per cent in last ten years, but petrol price […]
NEW DELHI: Mafia-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, who breathed his last in jail in March, had died due to heart attack and not slow poisoning, as alleged by his family members, according to the report of the magisterial probe in the case. The report has been sent to the government by the Banda district administration, sources […]
WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump faced a second assassination attempt while golfing in Florida. Shots were fired near him, but he is safe. The FBI is investigating the incident, and a suspect has been arrested. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were also briefed on the situation. Former US president and Republican […]
WASHINGTON: Following an alleged assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden expressed relief that his predecessor was unharmed and asserted that there is no place for political violence or any violence in the country. This comes hours after gunfire was reported near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach. The former […]
UNITED NATIONS: The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said on Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress. Afghanistan is one of two countries […]