Bihar: Hazaribagh women share story of transformation under Ujjwala Yojana

IANS | September 28, 2025 8:45 PM

Hazaribagh, Sep 28 (IANS) For several decades after Independence, women across the country particularly rural belts, struggled with smoke and hardships in the kitchen. Cooking meals on wood and coal stoves not only took more time but also did irreparable damage to crores of women’s health.

BSNL‘s indigenous 4G stack powers India’s swadeshi drive

IANS | September 28, 2025 8:13 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) India has marked a historic milestone with the launch of its first fully indigenous 4G (5G-ready) network and the commissioning of nearly 98,000 Swadeshi 4G towers, all powered by homegrown technology, an official statement said on Sunday.

Cricket, Kalashnikovs and Pakistan’s radicalised psyche (IANS Analysis)

IANS | September 28, 2025 7:31 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Cricket has been described as a gentleman’s game where grace, patience, and fair play come together to create a spectacle for the masses. Like any sport, its traditions have long dissuaded political sloganeering or any form of disposition to violence. Yet, when Pakistani batter Sahibzada Farhan mimicked firing an AK-47 rifle with his bat during a recent Asia Cup T20 match against India, it was a moment of dragging this celebrated sport into a darker terrain.

WFI 2025 secures investment pledges of Rs 1.02 lakh crore, likely to create 64,000 jobs

IANS | September 28, 2025 6:13 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) World Food India 2025, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, concluded on Sunday with 26 leading domestic and global companies signing MoUs for investments to the tune of an impressive Rs 1,02,046.89 crore, marking one of the largest ever commitments to invest in India’s food processing sector, according to an official statement.