New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The overwhelming response from women to the Delhi government’s Delhi Lakshmi Yojana (DLY) in the first seven days of its launch took the number of registrations on the scheme’s portal past the 5-lakh mark on...
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has adopted a supportive approach towards urban cooperative banks (UCBs) in recent years and urged both sides to...
Manila, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian aerobic gymnast Ariha Pangambam said her historic gold medal at the Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships was the result of her determination to make amends after narrowly missing out on a podium finish at the previous...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Bangladesh’s garment industry, which generates nearly 80 per cent of the country’s export earnings, has left its rivers heavily polluted, a new report has claimed, citing the World bank data.The report from Bangladesh-based The Daily...
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) The Karnataka government led by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has constituted the ‘Urban Mobility Mission Committee for Bengaluru’ (UMMCB), headed by Home Minister Priyank Kharge, to develop a comprehensive, efficient, sustainable and technology-driven urban mobility system...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju responded to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over the issue of women's reservation, detailing the provisions of the 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or the Constitution...
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Defending the DMK’s decision to boycott the MPs’ consultation meeting on delimitation convened by the TVK government, party Deputy General Secretary, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, on Saturday questioned Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s priorities and challenged him to...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has launched its largest-ever global shipbuilding tender for six container ships at an estimated cost of $720 million (around Rs 6,858 crore), according to a report.According to analysis by...
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday assured that women would be given representation in the Karnataka Cabinet, amid growing demands within the Congress for the inclusion of women ministers in the recently-expanded Cabinet.“Our Cabinet will certainly...
London, Aug 8 (IANS) India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been ruled out of the remainder of The Hundred due to a hamstring injury, which also places her participation in the upcoming Women’s T20 Asia Cup in serious jeopardy.Playing for Southern...
Seoul, Aug 8 (IANS) The number of heat-related illness cases reported in late summer nearly tripled in the past 10 years in South Korea, government data showed on Saturday.An annual average of 215 heat-related patients were reported from "ipchu" to...
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress youth leader has been arrested for allegedly beating up a BJP worker and molesting his mother in south Kolkata's Bhowanipur area, said the police on Saturday.The police took action within 24 hours of...