New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, informed Parliament on Friday that as many as 4,052 seafarers have been repatriated from the Gulf region and 62 India-bound vessels have successfully transited Strait of Hormuz (as on August 3), out of which 23 were Indian flagged and 39 under foreign flags.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Besides price regulation, the government has also enabled access to affordable essential medicines through Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), under which quality medicines are offered through Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) at rates that are typically 50-80 per cent lower than the prices of branded medicines, the Parliament was informed on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India's electric vehicle (EV) transition hit a new milestone in July as retail sales touched an all-time high of 3,27,901 units, up more than 66 per cent year-on-year, according to data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India’s passenger vehicle sales rebounded sharply in FY2026, with SUVs now accounting for two in three cars sold and commercial vehicle sales up 12.5 per cent, a report has said.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Parliament has approved the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill 2026, aimed at addressing payment delays faced by MSMEs and simplifying dispute resolution, with the Lok Sabha passing the Bill on Friday after the Rajya Sabha cleared it on Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said that coordinated action by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), including geo-blocking of command-and-control (C2) servers through the Sahyog Portal, has protected more than 10,000 Indians from a WhatsApp account takeover campaign.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The e-Courts Mission Mode Project has transformed India's paper-based judiciary into a digitally enabled and trackable justice delivery system. Since 2014, both case filings and disposals have nearly tripled, with courts consistently disposing of more cases than are filed each year, according to a factsheet released by the Government on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said Arunachal Pradesh's farmers, metal producers and manufacturers stand to gain from India's recent trade agreements, which he said would provide the frontier state greater access to global markets.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The recently announced Central scheme GOBARdhan will reduce import dependence saving over Rs 40,000 crore in foreign exchange and industry would add more than Rs 75,000 crore to national GDP, an official statement said on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Meta-backed WhatsApp has started testing an optional feature that allows users in India to add their date of birth as the messaging platform prepares for compliance with upcoming provisions of the country's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act relating to age verification, according to a report.
