Govt approves number of amendments in FDI Policy
AMN / NEW DELHI Union Cabinet today gave its approval to a number of amendments in the Foreign Direct Investment Policy. These are intended to liberalize and simplify the FDI…
National Conference on Welfare of Laboratory Animals
Vinit Wahi / NEW DELHI A one-day National Conference on Welfare of Laboratory Animals was organised by CPCSEA, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, with the theme of “Implementation…
Delhi Govt allocates fund for free pilgrimage of senior citizens
VINIT WAHI / NEW DELHI The Delhi Cabinet, in its meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, approved several important decisions. The cabinet approved the Revenue Department proposal to…
US House condemns Iran over crackdown on protesters
WEB DESK The US House of Representatives has adopted a resolution supporting anti-government protesters in Iran and condemning the regime’s crackdown on the demonstrations of recent weeks. Lawmakers backed the…
World Bank projects India’s growth rate at 7.3% in 2018
World Bank has projected India’s growth rate at 7(point)3 per cent in 2018 and 7(point)5 for the next two years. In its 2018 Global Economics Prospect released in Washington last…
Army satisfied with supersonic Akash missile
New Delhi Expressing satisfaction over the performance of Made-in-India supersonic Akash missile, Army Air Defence (AAD) Director General Parminder Singh Jaggi has said that the Army was looking for further…
Heavy rains claim 13 lives in California
San Francisco At least 13 people are dead amid “waist-deep” mudslides in Southern California, where heavy rains triggered flooding, say officials. Some 163 people have been taken to hospital. Twenty…
Rohingya children trapped in ‘appalling’ conditions: UNICEF
United Nations While the eyes of the world are on Myanmar’s northern Rakhine and Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, more than 60,000 Rohingya children remain nearly forgotten, trapped in appalling camps in…
Hounded by right-wing extremists, Hindu girl kills self
In the suicide note we have found that a group of men had gone to the girl’s home in the evening, confirmed police. WEB DESK A local leader of the…
Mukhtar Ansari, wife suffer heart attack in jail premises
LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari, the don-turned politician, suffered a heart attack on Tuesday morning when his wife, Afsa Ansari, arrived to meet him in Banda jail where…