India records 11.5 fold leap in EV sales in last 5 years

IANS | April 18, 2025 1:31 PM

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) India has crossed an important milestone with more than two million EVs sold in the financial year that ended on March 31 this year (2024-25). This is the highest ever sales in a single fiscal year, with a 15.6 per cent jump from 1.75 million sales in FY2024, according to a JMK Research report.

NITI Aayog CEO bets big on India's demographic dividend

IANS | April 18, 2025 12:42 PM

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) NITI Aayog CEO B. V. R. Subrahmanyam sees India emerging as the world's education hub and a stable supplier of working-age people across the globe, as population has begun to shrink in advanced countries.

Murshidabad violence: NCW team in Bengal, to visit relief camps today

IANS | April 18, 2025 11:25 AM

Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) A team from the National Commission for Women (NCW), led by Chairperson Vijaya K. Rahatkar, on Friday, will be visiting a relief camp in Malda district of West Bengal to meet the people affected by the violence in adjacent Murshidabad district.