World Yogasana Championship brings double dose of health and wellness: PM Modi

IANS | June 4, 2026 7:28 PM

Ahmedabad, June 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described the inaugural World Yogasana Championship as a “double dose” of health and wellness, saying the event had been organised just days before the 'International Yoga Day' and would further strengthen the global movement around physical and mental well-being.

Kota suicides, Patna clashes expose cracks in coaching industry

IANS | June 4, 2026 6:55 PM

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The recent attack on “Khan Sir’s” coaching institute in Patna highlighted the darker side of India’s lucrative coaching industry, where rivalry, commercialisation, and profit motives sometimes tend to overshadow education.

India’s 1st-ever sea shipment of value-added millet heads for New Zealand

IANS | June 4, 2026 5:45 PM

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) In a significant boost to India's food exports, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the dispatching of first-ever sea shipment of ready-to-cook millet foods from Karnataka to New Zealand, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.

India, UK launch Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory

IANS | June 4, 2026 5:44 PM

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO) was formally launched here on Thursday, said G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Coal and Mines, and Yvette Cooper, the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.

NDA blames Mamata Banerjee's 'arrogance', Abhishek's 'dictatorship' for Trinamool split

IANS | June 4, 2026 4:16 PM

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday blamed former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's "arrogance" and party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee's "dictatorial behaviour" for the political outfit's split, a month after its defeat in the Assembly polls.