New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Two-wheelers are the predominant mode of transport for commuting to fixed workplaces in India, accounting for 42.6 per cent of workers, and the average monthly expenditure on commuting to a fixed workplace is Rs 785 per worker, a survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealed on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) While major energy producers in the Gulf, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have expressed strong interest in funding oil refinery projects in India, New Delhi is also looking at sourcing more investment from Qatar, according to an article.
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Former colleague of Captain Smit Machchhar, Tina Goswami, said on Monday that Machchhar showed presence of mind and quick thinking while fighting off his co-pilot.0
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Congress leaders on Monday backed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's recent remarks that he no longer feels the same sense of peace in India, with party leaders alleging that people are increasingly feeling unsafe under BJP governments.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Oman emerged as India’s largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in September by replacing the United States as the country continued to diversify energy imports amid ongoing geopolitical disruptions in West Asia, according to a report.
Lucknow, Oct 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the names of eight candidates for the upcoming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The biennial elections for ten Rajya Sabha seats in the country’s most populous state are scheduled on October 16.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The 2026 Nobel for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics -- a technique that has transformed the study of the brain, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to place their responses on record within four weeks in its suo motu proceedings concerning recent rape and sexual assault incidents in Delhi-NCR, orally observing that it was important to prevent crimes rather than taking follow-up action.
Ayodhya, Oct 5 (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday attended the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed building of Shri Narayan Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya and said that Sanskrit has taken India's knowledge and science to great heights and still has the potential to guide the world.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Switzerland on Monday signed several MoUs to deepen their cooperation across sectors, including sustainable infrastructure development, exchange of young professionals, innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship.
