New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) The Union Government on Monday said the unmanaged and littered plastic waste including plastic packaging waste has adverse impacts on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In response to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh said, “Considering…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the lack of safety norms for coaching centres in the Capital in the backdrop of the death of three students who drowned in a flooded basement in Old Rajendra Nagar amid heavy rains last month. A division bench comprising Justice…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Monday said the budgetary allocations for the Health Ministry have increased by 164 per cent since 2014 to Rs 90,958 crore. Replying to the discussion on Demands for Grants in the House, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare said, “In 2013-14, the…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI in the corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Excise Policy. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna while refusing to quash Delhi CM’s arrest by CBI also dismissed his plea to grant an interim…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country amid deadly quota protests that reached her official residence on Monday forcing her to flee, said media reports, hinting that she might have taken refuge in India. The troubled nation’s Army chief, to whom the 76-year-old PM submitted her resignation, has…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (UNI) Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced today that an interim government, with the participation of all parties, will be formed after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country for a “safer place”. In an address to the nation, the army chief said: “After holding a fruitful discussion with all…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (UNI) India’s benchmark indices down over 3 per cent at 1130 hours as panic selling was seen across sharesamid weak global cues as BSE Sensex trading at 78527 down 2450 points while the Nifty 50 was down 750 points or 3.04 per cent. Nifty and Sensex opened lower today extending losses for…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) Essilor, the global leader in prescription lenses for spectacles, has launched a new campaign featuring Indian cricket star Virat Kohli. The campaign aims to highlight the unique benefits of Essilor’s Eyezen and Varilux lenses. The first phase of the campaign focuses on Eyezen lenses, designed for single vision consumers who…
Paris, Aug 5 (UNI) In a spectacular showcase of speed and determination, Noah Lyles of the United States, on Monday IST, clinched the gold medal in the men’s 100m final, marking the first time an American has won the Olympic title in this event since Justin Gatlin’s victory in Athens 2004. Lyles, the current world…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) India is to host the First BIMSTEC Business Summit in New Delhi from Aug 6-8 to foster greater regional collaboration through robust trade and investment relations among member countries. The BIMSTEC – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation – summit is being hosted by the Ministry…
