Wednesday, Dec 08, 2021
Nov 08, 2021 Preetha Nair Many BJP-ruled states such as Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tripura, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Assam, Bihar and Haryana have slashed VAT on fuel after the Centre cut petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively.
Nov 08, 2021 Lola Nayar The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for coastal districts in Tamil Nadu on November 10 and 11 after severe flooding in the Chennai and other parts of the state on Sunday.
Five years after demonetisation, though cash usage has declined, it still prevails in property transactions, grocery purchase and payment for services, reveals a national online survey by LocalCircles.
Nov 05, 2021 Lola Nayar The 6th edition of the UNEP report highlights that estimated adaptation costs in developing countries are five to ten times greater than current public adaptation finance flows, and the adaptation finance gap is widening.
Several mergers and acquisitions in the first six months of the year contributed to the increase. China was the leading FDI recipient worldwide in the first half of 2021, followed by the US and the UK. Increases were common across all non-OECD G20 countries, except for India where FDI inflows were only half of their peak levels in equity flow in Q3.
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The third advance estimate of horticulture crop production is a record 331.05 million tones, an increase of 10.6 million tonnes over production in 2019-20.
Almost 7 lakh to10 lakh jobs were created just for this festival. Expectations are that besides festival demand, improved business sentiments may well see employment, including contract jobs, at pre-pandemic level this year itself
Reduction in power thefts has helped UP to provide more connections without additional generation and is helping improve the health of power utilities
Untimely heavy rains, high diesel prices and festive demand have pushed up the cost of vegetables in NCR
Food, safe options for family planning and the right to quality education are some of the development goals of every nation. Experts closely involved in these areas, including in policymaking, share glimpses of the journey so far.
Farmers are keen on getting an incentive despite having seen evidence of how agro-waste can help in enriching the soil and improving yield
Skilled workers who do not want to migrate again will be given priority in employment particularly in the new projects where Jharkhand hopes to see new investment inflow over the next three to five years.
The State has so far received a commitment of Rs.10,000 crore from some “in-house” companies including Tata Steel, Dalmia Bharat Group and the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
The auto LPG is the most low-hanging fruit to address vehicular pollution in cities like Delhi as its CO emission levels are less than petrol by around 20 percent.
Though there have been reports that the farmer groups have not been cooperating to break the stalemate, farmer leaders deny that any offers to resume talks have been extended to them.
Estimates vary about the number of Afghan families living in Delhi. Many are now worried they may never be able to return to their homeland.
The impact of higher fuel prices and input costs of manufacturing units has led to both wholesale and retail inflation rising beyond RBI’s preferred comfortable level of 6 per cent for the last few months.
The five member sub group appointed by SC is divided on whether Delhi govt had exaggerated its requirement
Shiv Shakti Baba Kalidas leaves after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi.
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BJP MP Ravi Kishan at Parliament during its Winter Session, in New Delhi.
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Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju at Parliament during its Winter Session, in New Delhi.
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Wreckage of the crashed IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his staff and some family members were in the chopper.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a rally to inaugurate various developmental projects, ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022, in Mathura.
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Young, brash and little-known artistes are using hip-hop as an outlet to speak up and speak out.
Aamir Shaikh aka Shaikhspeare traces talks about the genre that uses music as a means to dissent.
Family from UP village forced to run around to complete post-death official paperwork and even last rites.
On BR Ambedkar's death anniversary, a look at the 'invisible' history of Dalit Bahujan women in Indian politics.
Dec 02, 2021 Kalyani K 
While everyone is going gaga over actress Katrina Kaif in the revamped version of 'Tip Tip Barsa Pani', the replacement of Raveena Tandon does point towards the problem of sexism and ageism in the Indian film industry
Nov 17, 2021 Yashika Mathur 
Australia winning the T20 World Cup for the first time has been timely as they host the next edition at their own backyard in 2022.
Nov 15, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
As per the Observer Research Foundation, close to 250 million children in India were adversely affected due to school closures due to the early lockdowns imposed by the government in response to Covid-19.
Nov 11, 2021 Shekhar Mehta 
