India

New Delhi: The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population control measures. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) which is measured as the average number of children per woman, has come […]

New Delhi: India reported 3,545 new Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, a rise over the 3,275 Covid infections reported the previous day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Friday morning. In the same period, the country has reported 27 Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,002. […]

Mumbai: The Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex fell 786.31 points on Friday dragged by heavy selling pressure in the realty and Information Technology stocks. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex was trading 786.31 points or 1.41 per cent down at 54,915.92 points at 10:00 am. The broader Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange was […]

New Delhi: India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti engaged in a Twitter spat with the Dutch Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland, Karel van Oosterom over New Delhi’s abstention from voting at the General Assembly against Russia’s war in Ukraine. In a tweet late Thursday, Oosterom said: “You should not have abstained […]

Hyderabad: A company with total assets of Rs 1,327.4 crore, Gross Carrying Value of Rs 1,124.6 crore, total revenues of Rs 401.71 crore, massive blocks of real estate, a sound business plan in place till 2026 and union government holding 51 per cent stakes in the company. Sounds like a hunky dory business situation, right? […]

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducts the Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET), has decided to extend the last date for application submission for CUET 2022 up to May 22. “We are extending the last date for application submission for Common University Entrance Test (CUET) up to 22-05-2022. We hope that this will […]

Geneva: The WHO on Thursday said that 14.9 million people were killed either by COVID-19 directly or due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society, with the global health agency estimating that India had 4.7 million fatalities. In New Delhi, India strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health […]

Siliguri (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends. The Home Minister, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants that […]

Chandigarh: Hours after terror suspects were detained in Haryana’s Karnal, Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said that the terrorists received explosives from Pakistan through drones and were given the task to transport them to Adilabad in Telangana. He said that the State police has arrested four terrorists along with a huge amount of explosives […]

New Delhi: The Ajay Sharma-trained Bonita looks good among eight contenders in the My Pension Plate 1000 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-III, rated 40 to 66, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 3.30 pm. […]

Hyderabad: While the digital age makes our lives easier it also brings many challenges particularly in terms of cyberattacks. The most important segment that is susceptible to online attack is passwords. With many different accounts for different utilities having different passwords and remembering them is not an easier task and reusing the same login credentials […]

Panaji: With increasing number of vehicles, especially cars and bikes, congesting the State’s already stressed road infrastructure, the Goa government is considering curtailing granting of permits for new cars registered in the state. Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho told reporters on Thursday that the suggestion to stop giving out car permits was made at a meeting […]

New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday finalised the delimitation order and submitted it to the Election Commission of India wherein it has recommended 43 Assembly seats for Jammu division and 47 seats to the Kashmir region. For the first time, nine Assembly Constituencies (ACs) have been reserved for the Scheduled […]

Hyderabad: A power nap in the afternoon right after lunch is something most of us can only dream about. However, employees of a startup are living this dream. Bengaluru-based sleep solutions brand Wakefit.co has announced a new initiative that allows its employees to sleep for half-an-hour in the afternoon that too at work! In an […]

Patna: Ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday put paid to speculations of him floating a new political platform stating that he is set to embark on a 3000 km ‘padyatra’ that will start from Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram in Bihar’s Champaran on October 2. He said he will launch a ‘Jan Surraj’ (Good Governance) campaign […]

Jodhpur: A total of 211 people have been arrested in connection with incidents of communal clashes in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur ahead of Eid celebrations that left several people injured while 19 cases have been registered, said police. Of the 211, 191 have been arrested under section 151 of the India Penal Code (IPC). Rajasthan Director General […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the release of Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Hindi movie ‘Jhund’ on the OTT platform on May 6 as it stayed the Telangana High Court status quo order. A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and AS Bopanna stayed the interim order of status quo passed by the Telangana High Court […]

New Delhi: Home loans are set to become costlier after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to hike the policy repo rate by 0.40 per cent, experts said. In a bid to control inflation, RBI has announced a change in the key lending rates. On Wednesday, the apex bank announced a hike by 40 […]

Shahjahanpur: In a shocking incident, a 70-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly abducted and raped in a village in the Mirzapur area in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district. The woman was found lying unconscious and bleeding in a field by her family members on Wednesday night. The accused has been arrested. Additional Superintendent of Police (rural) […]

New Delhi: After concluding his three-day, three-nation tour of European countries – Germany, Denmark and France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New Delhi on Thursday. As per government sources, he will immediately attend office and hold seven-eight meetings during the day and also chair an important review meeting for the preparedness for the monsoon […]

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 29 paise to 76.11 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday amid weakening of the American currency in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.17 against the American dollar, then gained further ground to quote at 76.11, registering a rise of 29 paise […]

New Delhi: India logged 3,275 new coronavirus infections in a day, pushing the number of active cases to 19,719 and the overall tally to 4,30,91,393, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The data released at 8 am also showed that 55 fatalities — 52 of them from Kerala alone — were reported […]

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices opened in green on Thursday with Sensex up by 428.51 points and Nifty by 135.00 points. At 9:29 AM, the BSE Sensex was up by 428.51 points or 0.77 per cent at 56,097.54. BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and also […]

New Delhi: Nestled among the two of the world’s mightiest mountain ranges– the Great Himalayas and the Karakoram– Ladakh is the Shangrilla on the earth. Lying at an altitude ranging from about 9,000 to 25,000 feet, the cold desert of Ladakh is undoubtedly a great summer getaway one can have. At the western edge of […]