- India
Technology, innovation critical factors for improving healthcare infrastructure: NITI Aayog CEO
New Delhi: Technology and innovation are the critical factors that will play a crucial role in improving the healthcare infrastructure of India, NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer said on Monday. Addressing 9th…
- Photos
In Pics: Aero India 2023
Bengaluru: Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande flies in a Light Combat Helicopter during the ongoing Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo) Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath…
- Delhi
DU invites applications from startup innovators, offers incubation
New Delhi: Delhi University’s Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) is inviting applications from people with startup ideas with “commercial viability” to help them see through their execution. The applications will remain open till…
- Photos
DDA’s demolition drive in Mehrauli
New Delhi: Heavy machinery being used to demolish alleged illegal structures during an anti-encroachment drive by Delhi Development Authority (DDA), at Mehrauli in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)…
- India
Sitharaman asks states to expedite formalities to seek GST compensation
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down heavily in Parliament on states complaining about delay in getting GST compensation, saying that rather than blaming the Centre for delay in…
- India
Fire breaks out at under-construction building of Kottayam Medical College
Kottayam: A massive fire broke out at the under construction building of a state-run Medical College Hospital here on Monday but was brought under control within hours, officials said. Fire tenders from…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant posted as Assistant Commissioner in Punjab
Lahore: A doctor who is said to be Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant is now the assistant commissioner and administrator in Punjab province’s Hassanabdal city, the first in the town’s history,…
- India
Matrilineal but still patriarchal: Meghalaya women yearn for control in politics
Shillong: Children get their mother’s last name, husbands move into their wives homes and youngest daughters inherit family property. But with only four women legislators in a house of 60, the empowerment…
- Business
Retail inflation rises to three-month high of 6.52 pc in Jan
New Delhi: Retail inflation breached the RBI’s comfort zone and rose to a three-month high of 6.52 percent in January, mainly on account of a spike in food prices, as per government data…
- India
LTTE chief Prabhakaran alive, doing well, claims TN nationalist leader
Thanjavur: Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka is doing well, a top Tamil nationalist leader claimed here on Monday and said a conducive atmosphere prevails for him to appear…
- India
1.12L daily wage earners died by suicide in 2019-21: Govt in LS
New Delhi: A total of 1.12 lakh daily wage earners committed suicide in three years — 2019 to 2021, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha on Monday, quoting reports…
- India
Adani row: Centre agrees to SC proposal to set up panel for regulatory mechanism
New Delhi: The Centre has no objection to a proposal for setting up a panel of domain experts to look into strengthening the regulatory mechanisms for the stock market, the Supreme Court…
- India
PM launches Aero India 2023; Cong accuses him of taking credit for 27 yr old event
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday said “the man in fancy dress” has claimed credit for Aero India when the truth is that it…
- World
Legendry Pakistani actor, orator Zia Mohyeddin passes away at 91
Islamabad: Zia Mohyeddin, the first Pakistani ever to work in Hollywood, passed away on Monday after a brief illness. He was 91. The veteran actor, director and TV host was admitted to…
- Delhi
Delhi: Street vendors protest against MCD’s ‘anti-encroachment’ drive
New Delhi: Hundreds of street vendors from across Delhi staged a protest outside the MCD office against the “astronomical increase in unlawful evictions” of their businesses. The vendors alleged that anti-encroachment drives by…
