Kathmandu, July 22 (UNI) Twenty-five bodies of the passengers have been recovered while 37 others have remained missing since their buses were swept away into a river by landslides on July 12, a local official said on Monday. The number of people traveling on the buses was first put at 65, but revised to 62…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the head of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi to form a three-member expert committee to give their opinion on the correct answer to a multiple choice question in the physics section of the National-Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Under Graduate 2024, for which the National Testing Agency (NTA)…
New Delhi, July 20 (UNI) The Indian industry on Monday said that it is time to look at next leap on reforms trajectory that would prepare India for achieving higher growth. Commenting on the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in the Parliament today, Industry body FICCI said, “We see a very mature take on the outlook…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) The corporate sector in India has flourished as its profitability is at a 15-year high in FY24 with profits quadrupling between FY20 and FY23, the Government said adding the businesses have an obligation to themselves to strike the right balance between deployment of capital and deployment of labour. Noting that…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) The Congress in the Lok Sabha on Monday flayed the Government over the NEET paper leak issue and demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, given the gravity of the situation. INC member Manickam Tagore, during the question hour alleged that in the last seven years, paper leak incidents…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) Contributing significantly to economic growth, India’s services sector now accounts for about 55% of the total size of the economy. As per provisional estimates, the services sector is estimated to have grown by 7.6% in the financial year 2023-24. The services sector continues to be a significant contributor to India’s…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) India’s defence production grew substantially from Rs 74,054 crore in FY17 to Rs 108,684 crore in FY23, boosting defence exports and finding a place in the list of top 25 arms exporting nations, says Economic Survey 2023-24. Between 2015 and 2019, India held the distinction of being the world’s second-largest…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay till July 26 on the directions issued by Uttar Pradesh and other States which had ordered eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display names of owners and employees. The court noted that enforcing such orders without supporting provisions may infringe…
Vadodara/New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) The King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Gujarat on Monday on a three-day private visit. They arrived on a direct international flight from Bhutan, and were received by the Gujarat Minister of State Jagdish Vishwakarma at Vadodara airport. The King and the…
New Delhi, July 22 (UNI) Suggesting to follow China model for boosting farmers’ income, the Economic Survey tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday recommended shift to high-value agriculture – fruits and vegetables, fisheries, poultry, dairy and buffalo meat from conventional farming. The government’s flagship document also called for raising private sector investment in agriculture…
