India's growing importance as digital hub highlighted at Wavelength Forum

IANS | July 16, 2025 6:58 PM

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) India's growing importance as a digital hub was highlighted by the Quad partners, government officials, and industry leaders who participated in the Wavelength Forum in New Delhi on Wednesday to strengthen subsea cable connectivity and resilience across the Indo-Pacific region.

MP: 'Didi Cafe' plays pivotal role in empowering rural women in Neemuch

IANS | July 16, 2025 6:49 PM

Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh), July 16 (IANS) The 'Didi Cafe', operated under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is bringing sea-change in the lives of rural women by empowering them, financially as well as socially and also bolstering the concept of growth via Self-Help Groups (SHGs), as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

IIT Madras develops country's lightest wheelchair

IANS | July 16, 2025 6:38 PM

Chennai, July 16 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras, on Wednesday, announced the launch of YD One -- India's lightest active wheelchair and also the country's first indigenously developed precision-built monu-tube rigid-frame wheelchair.

India strengthens maritime ties during BIMSTEC Ports Conclave

IANS | July 16, 2025 5:28 PM

Visakhapatnam, July 16 (IANS) India on Wednesday said that the Second BIMSTEC Ports Conclave, held in Vizag this week, is a testament to the shared commitment to foster deeper cooperation and harness the full potential of the vital economic corridor.

Golden Temple gets third bomb threat; security stepped up

IANS | July 16, 2025 5:21 PM

Amritsar, July 16 (IANS) The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple here, received bomb threat for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, stepping up security and a search operation by deploying Border Security Force’s bomb squad and the state police.