Veteran industrialist and former Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday issued a "fake" alert for misusing his name on social media to "exaggerate investment" with risk-free and 100 per cent guarantee.
Pranab Mukherjee was aghast at Rahul Gandhi's ordinance-tearing act in 2013 and said he has all the "arrogance" of his Gandhi-Nehru lineage without their political acumen and that this episode was the "final nail in the coffin" for the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls the subsequent year, a book on the late president says.
Tibetan people are "dying a slow death" in the face of China's repression and the democratic nations must stand up to the Chinese belligerence, president of Tibet's government-in-exile Penpa Tsering has said.
The Indian Railways offered a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore on passenger tickets in 2019-20 and the concession still continues, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023' in Dehradun on December 8 as the hill state looks to boost investment in the coming years, his office said in a statement on Wednesday.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) does not differentiate between India and Bharat, and duly acknowledges the spirit as enshrined in the Constitution that recognises both, according to the Union Education Ministry.
Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel resigned from Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the BJP decided that all of its 12 MPs recently elected to state assemblies will quit Parliament, amid strong indications that they may join the new governments in Madhya Pardesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
Health & Lifestyle
Researchers examine efficacy of kala-azar therapy regimens in India
Opposition parties on Wednesday attacked Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks against India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, with Congress leaders saying nobody has the right to insult those who fought against British Rule and offered everything to support the freedom struggle.
Markets were closed in Jaipur and some other Rajasthan districts and protesters blocked roads and stopped trains on Wednesday after a bandh call by the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena over the killing of its chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.
For India to become a developed nation, it will have to repose faith in youngsters, handhold and mentor them and celebrate their failures, Union Education and SKill Development and Entrepreneur Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.
An India-born media executive who has worked in UK broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new BBC chairman.
Britain’s Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has resigned from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet over “strong disagreements” with the government’s Rwanda policy of deporting illegal migrants.
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked the Prayagraj district administration to ensure that the property of 'Chhoti Karbala Kabristan' (graveyard) shall not be usurped or encroached upon.
The Patna High Court has ruled that B.Ed degree holders cannot be considered eligible for appointment as primary school teachers in the state.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Wednesday rued that her bowlers couldn't properly execute their plans in the first T20I against England but said it was a new bowling line-up and they need such games heading into next year's T20 World Cup.
India failed miserably in all departments of the game as they suffered a comprehensive 38-run defeat against England in the first T20I of the three match series here on Wednesday.
East
Odisha extends ban on Paraquat pesticide by another 30 days
Odisha government on Wednesday extended its ban on Paraquat, a chemical pesticide used by farmers in the state, for a month, an official order said.
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West
88 pc of missing kids cases in Navi Mumbai between January-November solved: Police
The detection rate of cases of missing children in areas under the Navi Mumbai police commissionerate was a healthy 88 per cent so far this year, a senior official said on Wednesday.
North
J-K: Political leaders welcome move to reserve two assembly seats for Kashmiri migrant community
Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the government to reserve two seats in the assembly for the Kashmiri migrant community and said this will empower it politically.
South
Siddaramaiah directs steps to set up special court to try Gauri Lankesh, Kalburgi killings
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and M M Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters.
After a video in which Sunny Deol appeared to be roaming drunk on the streets at night went viral on social media, the actor on Wednesday put rumours to rest by saying that it was from the shoot of his upcoming movie "Safar".
Fame and crime are interlinked in the Punjabi music industry, says writer-director Rohit Jugraj, who is exploring this dynamic in his OTT debut series "Chamak".
Researchers have evaluated the efficacy of current therapy regimens for the neglected tropical disease, Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), and published their findings in The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia journal.
Certain crop plants are less prone to harm caused by ground-level ozone pollution, according to a study that opens the door to better models for predicting crop responses to the effects of climate change.