Chairing the monthly Pragati meeting on Tuesday, PM Modi is learned to have told the top bureaucrats that such things are “unacceptable”. NEW DELHI: “Do we now need to go for a fourth-party audit?” PM Modi is learned to have asked secretaries at the Centre and chief secretaries in states while expressing concerns over reports … Read more
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu also announced plans for the country’s first Trade Acceleration Zone. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu called upon Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to pivot away from being framed solely by climate vulnerability and isolation, while also urging global leaders and private sector partners to view island economies as dynamic “laboratories for innovation”.Delivering … Read more
Two separate accidents occurred at NHAI construction sites in Samba and Jammu districts (Representative image) JAMMU: Two workers, aged 25 and 45, died in two separate accidents at NHAI construction sites in Samba and Jammu districts in J&K on Tuesday.“Gotam Sahu, from Bihar, was engaged in laying the pier of a bridge on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra … Read more
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi govt has set a goal to make the country illegal immigration-free in a “very short period of time” and, for this purpose, reached out to the border states over the past eight months, sharing with them its document on a quadrangular approach to … Read more
Faster access to some newer medical devices. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Patients in India could get faster access to some newer medical devices already approved in the European Union, with the government expanding its list of trusted foreign regulatory jurisdictions while also easing licensing requirements for manufacturers outsourcing sterilisation.The Health Ministry has amended the Medical … Read more
Rahul, Kharge write to PM Modi over caste census NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to PM Narendra Modi demanding the Census questionnaire on caste notified recently … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around … Read more
FSSAI flagged 6 food companies for misleading claims on products like coconut oil, energy drinks, and baby food. NEW DELHI: Claims that promise more, sound healthier or make a product appear superior have come under the scanner of the food regulator, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagging misleading claims by … Read more
H1N1 accounts for nearly 98% of Influenza A cases currently detected in India NEW DELHI: H1N1 infections are rising across the country, but there is no cause for panic as the virus circulating is the familiar H1N1 pdm09 strain that has become a seasonal influenza virus, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr … Read more
During the meeting on “crime against children”, Congress MP Ajay Maken submitted a letter seeking a discussion on the alleged use of pellet guns and lathicharge against students during the Jantar Mantar protest NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs on Tuesday clashed with ruling party members during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs … Read more