In a big push for self-reliance in the defence manufacturing sector, the defence ministry signed a raft of contracts for indigenous military hardware worth ₹32,100 crore including warships, supersonic missiles for the navy, and surface-to-air missiles and weapon...

Union Minister for Rural Development Sh. Giriraj Singh onboarded 19 Captive Employers, a unique initiative under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in New Delhi. Captive employers will train Rural Poor Youth and provide employment to trained...

Boxing Federation of India (BFI) chief Ajay Singh has been elected as the International Boxing Association (IBA) vice-president. Ajay Singh, who is in his second term as BFI chief, has become the third vice-president of the IBA and will continue in the post till 2026,...

The University of Texas at Dallas has conferred Indian industrialist Naveen Jindal with a lifetime achievement award for his accomplishments in industry, politics and education. An alumnus of the University of Texas at Dallas’ 1992 batch, Jindal received the award in...

Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a unique device to detect milk adulteration; this paper based portable device can detect milk adulteration within 30 seconds. The device can detect multiple substances commonly used as adulterating agents including Urea,...

The Saudi Arabian government has taken a significant step towards joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional alliance dominated by China and Russia. During a cabinet meeting presided over by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, a memorandum was approved to...

Himachal Pradesh’s famous Kangra Tea has been awarded a Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, opening up new opportunities for the tea to enter the European market. The EU and India have long emphasised the importance of GI tags in...

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav introduced an amendment bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, that seeks to bring clarity to the country's forest conservation law and exempt certain categories of lands from its purview to fast-track strategic and security-related...

Starting from April 1, merchants carrying out transactions through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) using Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) will be subjected to charges, according to a circular issued by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). As per...

The Union Territory has awarded wildlife conservationist Aliya Mir for her exceptional efforts in conservation. Aliya is the first woman from Jammu and Kashmir to work for Wildlife SOS and is the first woman in the region to receive this honour. She received the award...