India Accounts for Nearly 80% of Global Makhana Production, Parliament Told
NEW DELHI — India is the world’s largest producer of makhana, or fox nuts, accounting for nearly 80 percent of global output, the government...
Zero Stubble Burning in Delhi This Winter: Policy, Policing, and Farmer Participation Deliver Results
New Delhi--At a time when winter smog routinely blankets the national capital and stubble burning dominates air pollution debates, the Delhi government is pointing...
Casteism More Prevalent Among the Educated, Must End
Bengaluru--Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday expressed concern that casteism remains deeply entrenched in society and is, disturbingly, more prevalent among the educated. Calling...
India Must Build Independent Space Capability, Says Astronaut Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India-- India must establish its own independent strength in space as the world moves toward a new phase of interplanetary exploration, Indian astronaut...
Global Air Quality Rankings Not Official; India Sets Its Own Standards: Government
NEW DELHI, India — The government informed Parliament on Thursday that widely circulated global air quality rankings are not issued by any official authority...
Families of Private Doctors Lost on Covid Duty Cannot Be Excluded from Rs 50...
NEW DELHI, India — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that families of private doctors and health professionals who died while carrying out Covid-19...
23 pc women in India faced intimate partner violence in 2023: The Lancet
NEW DELHI, India — An estimated 23 per cent of women aged 15 and above in India experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in 2023,...
Vishal Dadlani mocks 10-hour ‘Vande Mataram’ debate in Parliament: India’s unemployment problem has been...
MUMBAI, India — Composer and singer Vishal Dadlani took to social media to mock Parliament after lawmakers held a 10-hour debate on the national...
Training Aircraft Crashes in Madhya Pradesh; Villagers Pull Pilot and Trainee to Safety
BHOPAL, Madhya Pradesh — A training aircraft crashed near Sukatra village in Seoni district on Monday evening after narrowly missing a high-voltage power line,...
25 Killed in Goa Nightclub Fire; CM Orders Probe, Manager Arrested
New Delhi— Twenty-five people were killed and six injured after a major fire ripped through a nightclub in Arpora late Saturday night, prompting Goa...