New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that two children, aged 8 and 10 years, died due to electrocution while playing inside a Durga Puja pandal in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Election Commission (ECI) has launched a series of initiatives to streamline the polling procedure and also enhance the voters’ convenience. These initiatives will be rolled out in the Bihar Assembly elections and will be followed in other elections, pan-India, as well.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The total area sown under kharif crops in the current season has increased by 6.51 lakh hectares to 1,121.46 lakh hectares, as on October 3 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 1114.95 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare showed on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) announcement of the Bihar Assembly election dates, the BJP on Monday expressed full confidence in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s victory, asserting that it is fully prepared and will win with a clear majority.
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Monday that while digital infrastructure has brought the markets to our fingertips, it has also armed fraudsters with new tools to deceive investors as unsolicited messages on messaging applications, dubious influencers and fake trading apps and websites promise the one thing that our markets can never offer -- guaranteed returns.
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate state-of-the-art Navi Mumbai International Airport on October 8 -- a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between Mumbai International Airport Ltd (a subsidiary of Adani Airports Holdings Ltd.) holding 74 per cent stake, and CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd.), holding 26 per cent.
Ranchi, Oct 6 (IANS) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on Monday launched the Atmanirbhar Bharat, Har Ghar Swadeshi campaign by writing slogans on a wall at Birsa Chowk in the state capital, Ranchi.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) With the announcement of election dates in Bihar, the battlelines are also clearly drawn, and parties are vying to woo the electorate with lofty promises. However, the biggest issues weighing heavily on the minds of voters are unemployment and corruption and to some extent - the state’s poor education model.
Seoul/New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India is seeking deeper cooperation with South Korea in the shipbuilding sector as it strives to become one of the world's top five shipbuilding nations by 2047, India's secretary for shipping has said, highlighting the need to combine Seoul's advanced technology with New Delhi's abundant manpower.
New Delhi/Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) A report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA‑IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), has urged governments, research institutions, and civil society to place the Tibetan Plateau at the core of international climate policy and has come down heavily on China’s state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, which it states has transformed one of the world’s most fragile environments into a zone of extreme ecological stress.
